DES MOINES, Iowa, March 25 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Iowa's pheasant season evolved over decades Iowa's current 70-plus day long pheasant season, opening on the last Saturday in October through January 10 each year, is a long way from how it began. In the early years, from 1926-41, the season varied in length from 2-7 days, and pre-1933, it was only opened in counties where 150 landowners signed a petition to hold a season. Shooting  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 25 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Prairie Chicken Day canceled due to low bird numbers Kellerton, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has canceled the upcoming Prairie Chicken Day due to the decline in the local population to the point where staff have only observed sporadic use by a few male prairie chickens of the main Kellerton lek. The effort to return the prairie chicken to Ringgold County,   more