Wilcox Wildlife Area

Marion County, IA

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A pond with Lillypads, Lotus flowers, and a prairie with timber in the background during summer Prairie area with Cedar trees in the winter time with blue sky Bird dogs and owners in blaze orange with UTV and trailer in the prairie for a field trial Small blue and multicolor butterflies on yellow flowers in the grass Brown prairie grass in the winter time with sparse trees and a pond in the center Yellow Lotus flowers and Lillypads floating in a pond Frozen pond with Cattails around it and Cedar thicket nearby in the wintertime Pink flower with vine like leaves in a prairie area Brown grass in a prairie in the winter with sparse Cedar trees through out and timber area on top of Tall yellow flowers sticking out above prairie grasses with a blue clear sky above Fence and entrance to a prairie and pond with a Cedar thicket in the background

Discover Wilcox Wildlife Area in Knoxville

Wilcox Wildlife Area is a 470 acre public hunting and fishing management area. County Highway T17 passes through the management area, 300 acres lay on the west side of the highway and 170 acres encompass the east side of the highway. The management area is a reclaimed coal strip mine site, consisting of 75% mixed grasses, 20% hardwoods and 5% conifers making up the remainder of the land cover. Deer, Turkey, Pheasants, Quail, Doves, Waterfowl, Rabbits and Squirrels as well as several other fur bearing animals utilize the Wilcox Wildlife Area. Several small ponds are dispersed throughout the area, 6 of the water bodies, ranging in size from 2 acres to 7 acres, support a fishery of Bass, Bluegill and Catfish.

Public Hunting and Fishing.

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