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42nd Iowa Taxidermy Association Competition & Show
On Saturday, March 15th, District 17 Director Mike Cope, my wife Sandy, and I attended the 42nd Iowa Taxidermy Association Competition...


May, 2025 President's Report
Greetings all. Another season has passed under the belts for many of us, except for beaver. I hope that everyone had an enjoyable season...


March 2025 President's Report
Greetings all. First item is a NOTICE of change in the banquet date. I stated in my last report the banquet was to be held March 15....


January, 2025 President's Report
Greetings all. I will start this with a note for those lifetime members who joined at or since convention. The business that makes our...
November, 2024 President's Report
Greetings all. As I write this on August 31st, four of ten Beginner Trapper classes have been held. Attendance numbers to this point have...
September, 2024 President's Report
Greetings all. There has been a lot going on since my last report. First, Scott Webb our District 20 Director passed away suddenly June...
2024 Beginner Trapper Classes
The Iowa Trappers Association in conjunction with the IA DNR will be hosting 10 beginner trapping classes around the state for anybody...
July 2024 President's Report
Greetings all. Our ITA Legislative Breakfast was held March 21st at the Statehouse. This was our 13th year were we had a display of...
Trapping Survey
Hi all, Received the following message from Peter, who compiles data and studies within our Iowa DNR. If you are contacted to participate...
May 2024 President's Report
Greetings all. On February 11th Jim Mesler of West Burlington passed away. Jim was our first ITA President from June of 1961 to October...
March, 2024 President's Report
Greetings all. Another new year has arrived upon us. As most know, trapping season has been extended to February 28th for all harvestable...
January, 2024 President's Report
Greetings all. In my last report under General membership meeting I stated that Cody Hutton and Chris Grillot will remain our Vice...
President's Report, November, 2023
Greetings all. It has been a busy July and August. Headed to Escanaba July 23 to 30th for NTA National. I attended NTA Board meetings...
September 2023 President's Report
Greetings all. First I will start with news of a NEW banquet location for next year. The 22nd annual FBU/ITA banquet will be held April...
July 2023 President's Report
Greetings all. Hope everyone is enjoying mushroom and turkey hunting this time of the year. All our planting and field work was finished...
May 2023 President's Report
Greetings all. The ITA Winter Board of Directors meeting was held February 5th. At that meeting Rod Husman presented himself before the...
March, 2023 President's Report
Greetings all. Trapping season is winding down for another year. Hope everyone has enjoyed their season. I have been helping a neighbor,...
January, 2023 President's Report
Greetings all. Another season is underway and colder weather has set in as I write this. Markets appear to be down some from last season...
September, 2022 President's Report
Greetings all. The new ITA website is up and operational as of August 8th. The site has a few more tabs and looks a lot nicer than the...
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