Migratory Game Birds

Game species in Iowa include upland and small game, migratory game birds, turkeys, deer, and furbearers.

The migratory game birds that may be hunted are:

• Crow
• Dove, including Mourning and Eurasian Collared
• Duck
• Black
• Canvasback
• Coot
• Mallard
• Merganser, including Common and Hooded
• Pintail
• Redhead
• Scaup
• Wood
• Goose
• Brant
• Canada
• Light Geese, including Ross’s, and White and Blue Phase Snow
• White-Fronted
• Rail: Sora and Virginia
• Snipe
• Woodcock