“It's a good time for trappers right now,” said Vince Evelsizer, furbearer specialist for the Department of Natural Resources. Strong furbearer populations, coupled with high fur prices, have fueled a ...

TABOR, Ia. — Amber Sharp insists that trapping turtles isn’t so much an art form as it is an exercise in common sense. You need to keep an air pocket in the top of the trap so the turtles can come up ...

The Iowa trapping season is underway, and a DNR expert says the prospects are good. Furbearer biologist, Vince Evelsizer, says there shouldn’t be any trouble finding furs. “Most of our species of ...

Iowa saw a record number of coyotes taken last year and a DNR furbearer biologist says they remain the hot animal to hunt and trap. Vince Evelsizer says there were more than 18,000 coyotes taken last ...

RICEVILLE | Fur trapping is more than guys in coon-skinned caps walking through the woods looking for something to put in the stew pot. The sport also has a potential financial payoff. For the past 30 ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is recommending a 5% increase in hunting, fishing and trapping license fees to keep pace with inflation and increasing costs. License fees go to the state's ...

“I'm what you call a serious trapper,” said Larry Karels, who during the past season trapped and skinned 185 coyotes. While most Iowans seldom if ever see a coyote, Karels, 64, of Monticello, has ...

Have you seen a gray fox lately? Iowa DNR is offering a $400 reward for live-caught gray foxes that are in good health. Iowa DNR is asking trappers for help with a study on Iowa's gray fox population.

LIKELY TO HAVE SHORTER STAYS. A NEW BOUNTY PROGRAM IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY OFFERS MONEY FOR PEOPLE WHO CATCH BEAVERS. THE COUNTY SAYS IT WANTS HELP STOPPING THE DAMAGE THE ANIMALS CAUSE. EACH CATCH IS ...

Iowa City RAGBRAI organizers have announced that The Jayhawks and Blitzen Trapper will headline the July 27 "Book it to Iowa City" bash. The Jayhawks, an alternative country and country rock band from ...