House File 2296 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ROBERTS


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the tagging and possession of deer taken
  2    during certain deer hunting seasons.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6260HH 81
  5 av/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  a.  The deer hunting license shall be accompanied by a
  1  4 tag designed to be used only once.  When a deer is taken, the
  1  5 deer shall be tagged and the tag shall be dated.
  1  6    b.  The bag limit is one deer for each legal license and
  1  7 transportation tag obtained.  During muzzleloader seasons,
  1  8 regular gun seasons, and November and January antlerless deer
  1  9 only deer hunting seasons, the possession limit is one deer in
  1 10 the possession of the person whose license number matches the
  1 11 number of the transportation tag that is affixed to the
  1 12 carcass of the deer taken.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill relates to the tagging and possession of deer
  1 15 taken during certain deer hunting seasons.
  1 16    The bill provides that during muzzleloader, regular gun,
  1 17 and November and January antlerless deer only deer hunting
  1 18 seasons, the possession limit is one deer in the possession of
  1 19 the person whose license number matches the number of the
  1 20 transportation tag that is affixed to the carcass of the deer
  1 21 taken.
  1 22    Currently during muzzleloader seasons, a hunter may tag and
  1 23 possess only a deer that the hunter shot.
  1 24 LSB 6260HH 81
  1 25 av:nh/sh/8