House
File
552
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Enrolled
House
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
USING
A
DOG
TO
TRACK
A
WOUNDED
DEER.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
481A.56A,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
481A.56A
Retrieval
of
wounded
deer
by
leashed
dogs.
A
person
having
a
valid
hunting
license
and
a
valid
deer
hunting
license
who
has
wounded
a
deer
while
hunting
may
use
a
dog
to
track
and
retrieve
the
wounded
deer.
A
dog
being
used
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
and
a
person
using
a
dog
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
shall
both
be
trained
in
deer
blood
tracking.
An
unarmed
dog
handler
assisting
in
the
recovery
of
a
wounded
deer
is
exempt
from
the
licensing
requirements
as
long
as
the
handler
is
associated
with
the
licensed
hunter
who
wounded
the
deer.
Any
person
using
a
dog
for
tracking
wounded
deer
must
maintain
physical
control
of
the
dog
at
all
times
during
the
search
by
means
of
a
maximum
fifty-foot
lead
attached
to
the
dog’s
collar
or
harness.
The
person
licensed
hunter
who
wounded
the
deer
may
dispatch
the
deer
using
a
legal
method
of
take
authorized
by
the
person’s
deer
hunting
license
consistent
with
all
rules
and
regulations
for
that
season
.
A
person
shall
not
use
that
method
of
take
to
chase,
hunt,
wound,
or
kill
any
animal
other
than
the
deer
that
the
hunter
is
tracking,
except
in
self-defense.
Using
a
dog
to
track
a
wounded
deer
on
private
property
is
permissible
at
any
House
File
552,
p.
2
hour
with
consent
of
the
property
owner.
A
person
using
a
dog
to
track
a
wounded
deer
outside
of
legal
deer
hunting
hours
shall
not
be
in
possession
of
a
firearm
or
archery
device.
The
commission
shall
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
implement
this
section
.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
552,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor