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