Blog · October 14, 2026 · Iowa
The Audubon County Hunting Map: an Iowa guide
Owner lookups, public ground and permission tips for hunters around Kimballton.
Main page: Audubon County, IA GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Audubon County facts and neighboring maps).
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Every season, hunters around Gray ask the same thing about Audubon County hunting map: who do I call? The Audubon County, IA parcel map does that for free, with no login.
We'll cover owner lookups for tracts near Gray, how to approach a landowner, and the agency that sets seasons for Audubon County.
Scouting Audubon County hunting map on the parcel map
Open the Audubon County Beacon site, turn on aerial imagery, and pan the timber and field edges around Kimballton; click a tract to see the titleholder and acreage. Note which Audubon County tracts touch a road; landlocked ground near Exira needs the owner's route in, not just permission.
Search Audubon County parcels by owner, address or ID
Audubon County publishes its parcels on the Audubon County Beacon site, which runs on Schneider Geospatial's Beacon platform, free to use for a lot in Gray or a piece of ground near Exira. In the county version, the search page takes an owner, an address or a parcel ID, and each report links back to the map view for the piece of ground near Gray. For a backup route to the map covering Exira, our Audubon County directory entry keeps the link current.
Public and private ground in Audubon County
With little large public land listed for Audubon County, hunters near Brayton depend on private permission and leases. Iowa Department of Natural Resources publishes the season dates, license rules and public-land maps that apply around Kimballton.
Recorded documents in Audubon County, Iowa
Deeds and plats behind the Audubon County map are kept by the county's recording office; the official Audubon County website names which office that is. Easements and access rights near Brayton live in recorded documents, so read the deed, not just the county map.
The lay of the land around Audubon
Audubon is the county seat, and Brayton, Exira, Gray, and Kimballton are among the other towns on the county map. Audubon County had an estimated 5,534 people in 2023 (Census Bureau), spread across about 443 square miles. Outside Gray, most of the county map is farm, ranch or timber ground with large, irregular tracts. Audubon County was organized in 1851, so deeds for older farms near Kimballton can run back a long way.
Asking an Audubon County landowner for permission
A letter or a daytime visit to an owner near Kimballton beats a cold call; name the county tract, the game and the dates. Once an owner near Kimballton agrees, ask about lines, gates and other hunters on the county tract.
Staying on the right side of the line
Lines near Kimballton aren't marked on the ground, so load the county corners into a GPS before the hunt.
Season-to-season scouting
Look for travel corridors that cross several owners near Exira; permission from two neighbors can make a small tract hunt bigger. Keep a simple list for Audubon County: tract, owner, mailing address, date contacted and answer, and update it each season.
What Audubon County owners want to hear
Tracts near Exira that back up to timber or a creek are worth more letters than open ground in the county. A postseason note to the titleholder near Exira, with what you saw on the county ground, is useful next year's request.
Work and land use in Audubon County
Audubon County's 2022 business count was 188 establishments, with transportation and warehousing, other services, and retail trade the largest groups. Truck transportation and wholesale of nondurable goods (including farm products) make up an above-average share of Audubon County businesses, a clue to how land around Exira gets used.
Tracts that cross the Audubon County line
Near the edge of the county, check the next map over: Adair County, Carroll County, Cass County, Crawford County, and Guthrie County all border it. Our Iowa page links each map neighboring Audubon County.
Audubon County hunting land questions
Can I lease hunting land in Audubon County?
Many owners near Brayton lease by the season; put the terms, boundaries and liability in a written agreement.
Can I hunt unposted land in Audubon County without permission?
Always get permission; posting rules vary in Iowa, and the titleholder of land near Brayton decides who hunts.
Will the Audubon County map show which land near Exira is open to hunt?
No; the county map only tells you who holds the land, so permission still comes from the titleholder near Exira.
Where is public hunting ground near Exira?
Check the public hunting maps from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources; they show which areas in and near Audubon County are open and under what rules.
What should I say when asking to hunt land near Exira?
Give the county parcel ID for the land near Exira, your game, your dates and a number to call.
Open the official Audubon County, IA parcel map Audubon County in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.