White deer in Iowa are rare, Elliot said. All-white deer make up less than 1% of the deer population in Iowa, or as few as one out of every 30,000 deer, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported in 2020.

White deer in Iowa are rare, Elliot said. All-white deer make up less than 1% of the deer population in Iowa, or as few as one out of every 30,000 deer, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported in 2020.

Iowa deer hunting seasons are in the fall and early winter. But, any deer with more than 50% white coloring cannot be legally hunted. Iowa legislature created this protection in 1987, following an ...