House File 2049
HOUSE FILE
BY STRUYK
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act allowing certain senior residents to hunt deer during the
2 youth and severely disabled deer hunting season.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 5073YH 80
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 483A.8A SENIOR DEER HUNTS.
1 2 A person who is a resident and who is seventy years of age
1 3 or older may be issued one special senior statewide any sex
1 4 deer hunting license to hunt deer during the youth and
1 5 severely disabled deer hunting season as established by rule
1 6 by the commission. A person who obtains a license to hunt
1 7 deer under this section is not required to pay the wildlife
1 8 habitat fee but shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in
1 9 this state and shall have a resident hunting license.
1 10 A person who obtains a license under this section may
1 11 obtain one additional statewide bow license and one additional
1 12 antlerless deer hunting license for use during the youth and
1 13 severely disabled deer hunting season. Season dates, shooting
1 14 hours, limits, license quotas, method of take, and other
1 15 regulations for this license shall be the same as set forth by
1 16 the commission by rule for the youth and severely disabled
1 17 deer hunts. A person who obtains a deer hunting license under
1 18 this section is not eligible to obtain a deer hunting license
1 19 under any other provision.
1 20 EXPLANATION
1 21 This bill provides that persons who are residents of Iowa
1 22 and who are 70 years of age or older may be issued one special
1 23 statewide any sex deer hunting license to hunt deer during a
1 24 senior deer hunt. The bill provides that a resident who
1 25 obtains such a license may hunt deer during the youth and
1 26 severely disabled deer hunting season which is established by
1 27 the natural resource commission by rule. A person who obtains
1 28 a statewide any sex deer hunting license under the new
1 29 provision may also obtain one additional statewide bow license
1 30 and one additional antlerless deer hunting license to hunt
1 31 deer during the youth and severely disabled deer hunting
1 32 season. A person who obtains a license under the provision is
1 33 not required to pay the wildlife habitat fee but must be
1 34 otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state and must have a
1 35 resident hunting license.
2 1 The bill provides that season dates, shooting hours,
2 2 limits, license quotas, method of take, and other regulations
2 3 for this license are the same as those set forth by the
2 4 natural resource commission in rules for the youth and
2 5 severely disabled deer hunting season. Currently the youth
2 6 and severely disabled deer hunting season is the 16=day period
2 7 that ends on the first Sunday in October. An unlimited number
2 8 of licenses may be issued under the new provision. The daily
2 9 and season bag and possession limit is one deer per license.
2 10 Deer taken with a license under the provision can be taken
2 11 with shotgun, bow, or muzzleloaded rifles as permitted by
2 12 rules of the natural resource commission. Participants must
2 13 wear blaze orange apparel and comply with all other
2 14 regulations for obtaining licenses or hunting deer. Licenses
2 15 for the senior hunt may be obtained through the electronic
2 16 licensing system for Iowa (ELSI) beginning on August 15
2 17 through the last day of the youth and severely disabled deer
2 18 hunting season.
2 19 A person who obtains a deer hunting license under the new
2 20 provision is not eligible to obtain a deer hunting license
2 21 under any other provision.
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