House File 439 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY DOLECHECK (COMPANION TO 2299SS BY REYNOLDS) Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for depredation plans to harvest antlerless deer 2 after the last established deer hunting season. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2299HH 83 5 av/sc/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 481C.2B UNFILLED ANTLERLESS DEER 1 2 HARVEST QUOTAS == COUNTY DEPREDATION PLANS. 1 3 1. Annually, after the last established deer hunting 1 4 season, the department shall determine in which counties the 1 5 resident and nonresident antlerless deer hunting licenses 1 6 available for that county have either not been issued or a 1 7 deer has not been harvested pursuant to a license issued. 1 8 2. For each county in which the quota for the harvest of 1 9 antlerless deer in that county has not been met, the wild 1 10 animal depredation unit shall develop a depredation plan for 1 11 that county that provides for the harvest of antlerless deer 1 12 sufficient to satisfy that quota by the following April 1. 1 13 The wild animal depredation unit may seek the assistance of 1 14 interested parties, including hunters, landowners and tenants, 1 15 cities and counties, and master hunters as provided in section 1 16 481C.2A, in developing and implementing the depredation plan. 1 17 The depredation plan shall be developed and implemented at no 1 18 cost to a city or county. 1 19 3. Notwithstanding section 481C.2A, subsection 2, the 1 20 depredation plan shall provide for the issuance of deer 1 21 shooting permits to resident hunters who agree to harvest an 1 22 antlerless deer pursuant to a depredation plan developed under 1 23 subsection 2, as provided by the commission by rule. 1 24 a. Deer shooting permits issued pursuant to this section 1 25 are valid for use on public lands as provided in the 1 26 depredation plan and on private land on which the permittee 1 27 has obtained permission to hunt. 1 28 b. A person who obtains a deer shooting permit pursuant to 1 29 this section shall be otherwise qualified to hunt and have a 1 30 resident hunting license. 1 31 c. A person who harvests a deer with a deer shooting 1 32 permit issued pursuant to this section shall utilize the deer 1 33 harvest reporting system set forth in section 483A.8A and 1 34 shall not be subject to different disposal or reporting 1 35 requirements than are applicable to the harvest of deer 2 1 pursuant to other deer hunting licenses. 2 2 EXPLANATION 2 3 This bill requires the department of natural resources to 2 4 develop depredation plans to fill harvest quotas of antlerless 2 5 deer in each county that have not been met at the end of the 2 6 last established deer hunting season each year. 2 7 The bill requires the department to determine in which 2 8 counties the resident and nonresident antlerless deer hunting 2 9 licenses available for that county have either not been issued 2 10 or a deer has not been harvested pursuant to a license issued. 2 11 The wild animal depredation unit of the department is then 2 12 required to develop a depredation plan for those counties 2 13 where the harvest quota has not been met that provides for 2 14 harvesting the requisite number of antlerless deer by the 2 15 following April 1. The depredation unit may seek the 2 16 assistance of interested parties in developing and 2 17 implementing the plan, which shall be at no cost to a city or 2 18 county. 2 19 The depredation plan shall provide for the issuance of deer 2 20 shooting permits to resident hunters who agree to harvest an 2 21 antlerless deer pursuant to such a depredation plan. Deer 2 22 shooting permits issued pursuant to this section are valid for 2 23 use on public lands as provided in the plan and on private 2 24 land on which the permit holder has obtained permission to 2 25 hunt. A person who obtains a deer shooting permit shall be 2 26 otherwise qualified to hunt and have a hunting license. A 2 27 person who harvests a deer with a deer shooting permit must 2 28 utilize the deer harvest reporting system set forth in Code 2 29 section 483A.8A and shall not be subject to different disposal 2 30 or reporting requirements than are applicable to the harvest 2 31 of deer pursuant to other deer hunting licenses. 2 32 LSB 2299HH 83 2 33 av/sc/14