Iowa Turkey · Zone 5
Iowa Zone 5 spans 2,848,005 acres, centered 31 miles north of Council Bluffs. 3% of it is public land. Its most applied-for hunt, T5-S4, put up 55 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 98 first-choice applicants.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Iowa Department of Natural Resources held its 2026 turkey draw without Zone 5. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Iowa turkey hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
5 licenses
first choice, NR
not published
62% State
2,848,005 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Zone 5
The last draw held in Zone 5 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T5-S1 | Zone 5 season 1 nonresident spring turkey, combination gun/bow | — | — | |
| T5-S2 | Zone 5 season 2 nonresident spring turkey, combination gun/bow | — | — | |
| T5-S3 | Zone 5 season 3 nonresident spring turkey, combination gun/bow | — | — | |
| T5-S4 | Zone 5 season 4 nonresident spring turkey, combination gun/bow | — | — | |
| TML | Statewide nonresident spring turkey, muzzleloading shotgun only… | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Iowa DNR 2026 Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting guide, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $265 ($265 to apply). Open Jan 1 – Jan 31, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| State land | 50,133 ac | 2% |
| Department of Defense | 13,458 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 12,006 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 3,414 ac | <1% |
| Private | 704 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 597 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 2,767,691 ac | 97% |
What the Agency Says About the Area
South of US Hwy 20, west of US Hwy 59 (571 IAC 106.10 defines each zone by these highway boundaries, not by county)
Source: Iowa Legislature / Natural Resource Commission 2026 Administrative Code 571-Chapter 98….
▸ Sources 5
- Iowa DNR 2026 Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting guide draw results, fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Iowa DNR 2026 Nonresident Deer Application… fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- US Census Bureau 2024 TIGER/Line Primary and Secondary Roads boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Iowa DNR 2026 Boundaries/Public_Lands land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Iowa Legislature / Natural Resource Commission 2026 Administrative Code 571-Chapter 98… area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Iowa Department of Natural Resources' published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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