Fishbonker
Life Member
This bill would reclassify mourning doves as migratory birds. As a result hunters would have to pay the migratory game bird fee to hunt them.
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF2607&ga=88
When I purchase my hunting license I always say yes to hunting mourning doves. I have never gone but I always say yes just in case the opportunity presents itself. If I need to start paying the migratory bird fee on the off chance that I may actually hunt doves then I probably won't pay for the privilege.
I don't know if this is in some way an effort to get the hunting season on mourning doves eliminated or maybe the converse is true the bill would solidify the season. The bill was introduced by a dem whom I am unfamiliar with but he is on the House Natural Resource Committee.
Any thoughts?
Also, I haven't hunted ducks since I was 16. I remember purchasing a "duck stamp". Is the duck stamp the same as the migratory fee?
Also also, I'm not sure how this bill gets introduced after the first funnel but here it is. The same thing could happen with deer tags and methods of take.
https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF2607&ga=88
When I purchase my hunting license I always say yes to hunting mourning doves. I have never gone but I always say yes just in case the opportunity presents itself. If I need to start paying the migratory bird fee on the off chance that I may actually hunt doves then I probably won't pay for the privilege.
I don't know if this is in some way an effort to get the hunting season on mourning doves eliminated or maybe the converse is true the bill would solidify the season. The bill was introduced by a dem whom I am unfamiliar with but he is on the House Natural Resource Committee.
Any thoughts?
Also, I haven't hunted ducks since I was 16. I remember purchasing a "duck stamp". Is the duck stamp the same as the migratory fee?
Also also, I'm not sure how this bill gets introduced after the first funnel but here it is. The same thing could happen with deer tags and methods of take.