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METHOD STATED · SOURCES CITED · CORRECTIONS DATEDFigure 1 · statewide reported harvest, 2006 to 2024
Iowa, County by County: Two Decades of the Most Coveted Draw
Non-residents prize Iowa for its limited draw and big-buck reputation. Yet reported harvest dropped 32.8% between 2006, Iowa DNR's earliest comparable year, and 2024. The county map shows nearly universal but sharply unequal declines.
−32.8%Iowa reported harvest, 2006 to 2024
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