HSB 651 (LSB 6171YC (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BACON)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to hunting deer by persons with bow season licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 483A.8, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  A person who is issued a bow season deer hunting license and who is unsuccessful in taking a deer under such license and tag during a bow season established by the commission by rule may use the bow season deer hunting license and tag during the late muzzleloader season or the January antlerless deer hunting season established by the commission by rule that follows the bow season for which the license and tag were valid. A person hunting with a bow season deer hunting license and unfilled tag pursuant to this subsection may use a crossbow during the January antlerless deer hunting season.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Pursuant to current rules, the natural resource commission (NRC) may establish an antlerless deer only deer hunting season from January 11 through the second Sunday after that date if there are at least 100 unsold antlerless deer only deer hunting licenses in the county on the third Monday in December preceding the season.
   This bill allows a person who was unsuccessful in taking a deer during a bow season established by NRC by rule while using a bow season deer hunting license to use the license and unfilled tag during the late muzzleloader season or the January antlerless deer hunting season that follows the bow season for which the license and tag were valid. A person hunting pursuant to the bill is authorized to hunt using a crossbow during the January antlerless deer hunting season.