Public Land Hunting & Fishing in Iowa

Free and permit-required public hunting and fishing areas in Iowa: national forests, BLM land, state WMAs, and wildlife refuges. 4 areas listed.

State WMAs 3
Yellow River State Forest
Allamakee County · 8,905 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Yellow River State Forest encompasses 8,905 acres of rugged driftless terrain in northeastern Iowa, with limestone bluff...
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Stephens State Forest
Lucas, Monroe, Appanoose, Wayne County · 15,553 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Stephens State Forest is Iowa's largest state forest at 15,553 acres spread across four counties in the southern Iowa co...
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Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt
Polk, Jasper County · 6,500 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Chichaqua Bottoms Greenbelt covers 6,500 acres of floodplain along the Skunk River in central Iowa, protecting one of th...
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Wildlife Refuges 1
Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge
Kossuth County · 3,334 acres
🦌 Hunting 🎣 Fishing Free Access
Union Slough NWR is a 3,334-acre wetland complex in north-central Iowa, situated in the heart of the Prairie Pothole Reg...
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