Iowa Unit 4 Deer: Draw Odds, Harvest & Access

Hardest draw in Unit 42026 draw

448 tags, 872 applied, 51% drew.

7th hardest of 20 Iowa deer draws in 2026.

Hunt codes

Deer huntsin Unit 4

Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.

Hunt code	What it is	Draw result · 2025	Tags
Zone 4
Zone 4 BOW	bowZone 4	448 of 872 drew	448
Zone 4 GUN	gunZone 4	832 of 1,272 drew	832

Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.

Before you apply

Points: “Preference points may only be purchased May 2 - June 7.”
Application fee: “*Purchases subject to an application fee based on a percentage of total license cost, provided at the time of application.”
Leftovers: “the excess licenses will be sold firstcome, first-served online only beginning 6 a.m. CDT July 25.”
Tag fee: “GENERAL DEER/ANTLERLESS-ONLY......$498.00”

Rules for 2026.

Map & access

Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.

Public land & access

Each program opens on the state's site. Check on-the-ground signage.

Offline maps

Opens in onX, Gaia GPS, CalTopo, Google Earth, and Garmin. Works offline in those apps.

Free

Unit boundary

The unit outline only.

Unit 4

Members

Unit 4 hunt pack

One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each deer hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.