H.F. 96 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. The deer hunting license shall be accompanied by a tag 3 designed to be used only once. When a deer is taken, the deer 4 shall be tagged and the tag shall be dated. The tag shall be 5 attached to the carcass of a deer taken within thirty minutes 6 of the time the deer carcass is located after being taken, or 7 before the carcass is moved to be transported by any means 8 from the place where the deer was taken, whichever occurs 9 first. For each antlered deer taken, the tag shall be affixed 10 to the deer’s antlers. For the purposes of this subsection, 11 transportation of a deer carcass does not include moving the 12 carcass by hand a reasonable distance for the sole purpose of 13 finding a suitable location to field dress the deer. For the 14 purposes of this subsection, “field dress” means that the deer 15 carcass is bled and cleaned of its internal organs. 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill requires that a deer tag must be attached to the 18 carcass of a deer taken within 30 minutes of the time the deer 19 is located after being taken, or before the carcass is moved to 20 be transported by any means from the place where the deer was 21 taken, whichever occurs first. For the purposes of the bill, 22 transportation of a deer carcass does not include moving the 23 carcass by hand a reasonable distance for the sole purpose of 24 finding a suitable location to field dress the deer. For the 25 purposes of the bill, “field dress” means that the deer carcass 26 is properly bled and cleaned of its internal organs. 27 Currently, by rule, a tag must be attached to the carcass of 28 a deer taken within 15 minutes of the time the deer is killed 29 or before the carcass is moved in any manner, whichever occurs 30 first. 31 -1- LSB 1841YH (5) 84 av/nh 1/ 1