House
File
657
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
657
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
NATURAL
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
363)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
allowing
the
use
of
a
leashed
dog
to
track
and
retrieve
1
a
wounded
deer
and
providing
a
penalty.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
481A.56A
Retrieval
of
wounded
deer
1
by
leashed
dogs.
2
A
person
having
a
valid
hunting
license
and
a
valid
deer
3
hunting
license
who
has
wounded
a
deer
while
hunting
may
use
4
a
dog
to
track
and
retrieve
the
wounded
deer.
A
dog
being
5
used
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
and
a
person
using
a
dog
for
6
tracking
a
wounded
deer
shall
both
be
certified
in
deer
blood
7
tracking.
Any
person
using
a
dog
for
tracking
wounded
deer
8
must
maintain
physical
control
of
the
dog
at
all
times
during
9
the
search
by
means
of
a
maximum
fifty-foot
lead
attached
to
10
the
dog’s
collar
or
harness.
The
person
may
dispatch
the
deer
11
using
a
legal
method
of
take
authorized
by
the
person’s
deer
12
hunting
license.
A
person
shall
not
use
that
method
of
take
to
13
hunt,
wound,
or
kill
any
animal
other
than
the
deer
that
the
14
hunter
is
tracking,
except
in
self-defense.
Tracking
a
wounded
15
deer
is
permissible
at
night,
but
no
person
tracking
a
wounded
16
deer
shall
be
in
possession
of
a
firearm
or
archery
device
17
outside
of
legal
deer
hunting
hours.
A
person
shall
obtain
18
permission
from
the
owner
or
tenant
of
private
property
before
19
using
a
dog
to
track
a
wounded
deer
on
the
private
property.
20
The
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
21
implement
this
section.
22
Sec.
2.
Section
805.8B,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
23
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
24
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
r.
For
violations
of
section
481A.56A,
the
25
scheduled
fine
is
two
hundred
fifty
dollars.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
creates
new
Code
section
481A.56A
to
allow
a
30
hunter
with
a
valid
hunting
license
and
deer
hunting
license
31
who
wounds
a
deer
while
hunting
to
use
a
dog
to
track
and
32
retrieve
the
wounded
deer.
The
bill
provides
that
a
dog
being
33
used
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
and
a
person
using
a
dog
34
for
tracking
a
wounded
deer
shall
both
be
certified
in
deer
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blood
tracking.
Any
person
using
a
dog
for
tracking
a
wounded
1
deer
must
maintain
physical
control
of
the
dog
at
all
times
2
during
the
search
by
means
of
a
maximum
50-foot
lead
attached
3
to
the
dog’s
collar
or
harness.
The
person
may
dispatch
the
4
deer
using
a
legal
method
of
take
authorized
by
the
person’s
5
valid
deer
hunting
license.
The
bill
provides
that
a
person
6
must
obtain
permission
from
the
owner
or
tenant
before
using
a
7
dog
to
track
a
wounded
deer
on
private
property,
and
that
the
8
natural
resource
commission
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
Code
9
chapter
17A
to
implement
the
bill’s
provisions.
10
A
violation
of
the
new
provisions
is
punishable
by
a
11
scheduled
fine
of
$250.
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