H.F. 2316 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code 2016, 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 fifteen 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 from 8 the place where the deer was taken, whichever occurs first. 9 For each antlered deer taken, the tag shall be affixed to 10 the deer’s antlers. The commissioner shall provide by rules 11 adopted pursuant to chapter 17A that a hunter who kills a 12 deer must tag the deer by using the transportation tag issued 13 in that person’s name. A person shall not tag a deer with a 14 transportation tag issued to another person except as otherwise 15 provided by rules relating to members of hunting parties, or 16 with a tag that was purchased after the deer was taken. 17 EXPLANATION 18 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 19 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 20 This bill relates to tagging requirements for deer hunting. 21 The bill requires the natural resource commission to adopt 22 rules pursuant to Code chapter 17A requiring that the hunter 23 who kills a deer must tag the deer by using the transportation 24 tag issued in that person’s name. A person shall not tag a 25 deer with a tag issued to another person except as otherwise 26 provided by rules relating to members of hunting parties, or 27 with a tag that was purchased after the deer was taken. 28 -1- LSB 5868YH (5) 86 av/nh 1/ 1