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Week 3 Legislation. There are some head scratchers here.

Hawk32

Hawk32

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Legislative Update
Week 3​
Each piece of legislation is linked so that you can read the current legislation.

SF42 - Increases nonresident tag quota from 6,000 to 7,500 (O)
Sponsored by Sen. Klimesh (District 32)
The bill increases the number of nonresident any sex deer tags from the current 6,000 to 7,500. The bill requires NRC to use a random draw process that is weighted to favor applicants with the most preference points to assign nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses until all available nonresident antlered or any sex deer hunting licenses have been issued. The bill also provides that when a nonresident uses the antlerless deer only deer hunting license and tag that the nonresident is required to purchase with an antlered or any sex deer hunting license to take an antlerless deer in a zone that is above the population goal determined by NRC, then NRC will assign one preference point to the nonresident.
Approved by Subcommittee

SF 138 - Airbows (O) - This bill provides that an airbow is a legal method of take during any deer hunting season in which any firearm is a legal method of take.
Referred to Natural Resources

SF22 - This bill relates to lifetime hunting and fishing licenses available to certain disabled veterans. (NR)
Sponsored by Sen. Zaun (District 22) The bill would change current law to allow a resident disabled veteran to apply for and receive a lifetime fishing license or a lifetime hunting and fishing combined license without paying a fee.
Subcommittee: Edler, McClintock and Weiner

HF33 – This bill relates to discharging a weapon from a motor vehicle. (S)
Sponsored by Rep. Wills (District 10)
The bill prohibits a person from discharging a weapon from a snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle, or any other motor vehicle except that a non-ambulatory person may discharge a firearm from a snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle while lawfully hunting if the person is not operating or riding a moving snowmobile or all-terrain vehicle. The bill does not prohibit a person who uses a stationary motor-driven land conveyance intended to accommodate that person’s disability from hunting from the conveyance.
Subcommittee: Wilz, B Meyer and Wheeler

SF79 – Lifetime trapping license for certain disabled veterans. (NR)
Sponsored by Senators Donahue, Dotzler and Boulton

HF32 – The bill requires the director of the Department of Natural Resources to establish and administer a No Child Left Inside program to provide grants for outdoor environmental, ecological, and other natural resource-based education and recreation programs serving youth. (S)
Sponsored by Rep. Isenhart (District 72)
Referred to Natural Resources

SF 145 - Rifles For Turkey Hunting (O) - This bill requires the Natural Resource Commission to establish a rifle season for hunting turkey. The method of take for the rifle season shall be a caliber .17 hornady magnum rimfire rifle.
Referred to Natural Resources

SF 109 - Youth Deer Licenses (M) - The bill requires the Department of Natural Resources to make youth deer hunting licenses available for purchase during the same period that general deer hunting licenses are available for purchase, including through all established deer hunting seasons.
Approved by subcommittee

HF 118 - Nuisance Animal Killing (NR) - Under the bill, an owner or tenant of agricultural property or an associated residence, or an agent of the owner or tenant, may take, capture, kill, or temporarily possess, for the purpose of destroying or disposing of, a coyote, raccoon, opossum, skunk, or groundhog without receiving prior permission if the owner, tenant, or agent deems the animal to be a nuisance. Any fur-bearing animal taken pursuant to the provisions of the bill shall be disposed of onsite or shall be relinquished to a representative of the commission.
Subcommittee: Fisher, Hayes and Scholten

HF 89 - Black Bear Hunting (NR) - The bill designates black bears as a game animal. The bill prohibits a person from willfully disturbing, pursuing, shooting, killing, taking or attempting to take, or having in possession a black bear outside of an open season established by the Natural Resource Commission. The Commission may allow for the hunting of black bears subject to limitations the commission imposes.
Approved by subcommittee

HF 73 - Firearms and Hunting Education (S) - The bill requires the director of the Department of Education to develop an age-appropriate model program for firearm safety instruction by July 1, 2024, for pupils enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 and distribute the model program to all school districts. The bill also provides that, commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2024, the model program based on the hunter education course for pupils enrolled in grades 6 through 12 shall be taught in public schools and accredited nonpublic schools.
Referred to Education

Legend:
HF - House File HSB - House Study Bill SF - Senate File SSB - Senate Study Bill
(O) – Oppose
(S) – Support
(M)- Monitoring; watching the bill closely for any changes that may occur
(NR)- Not registered; meaning our lobbyist has not declared our position yet
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“Rifles for turkeys” was always one of my “go to” jokes or points about how the politicians & special interests always target deer hunters with the insanity!!! I lost one of my lines!!!! Oh my gosh.
Do u folks understand how whacky & out of touch these politicians are?!?! None of them hunt or are “serious hunters or deer managers” (that’s a factual statement for the 2nd part for sure). The increasing NR quota. Small or large- it does nothing except displace 1,500 more Residents, period. They are literally doing things in favor of folks that do not vote here over the actual citizens of this state.
All these are stepping stones. More tags…. Drip drip drip. Rifles for turkey…. which yes, they want to see how this goes & it goes ok, the sooner we will see centerfires for deer season. These folks have lost it. We knew this long ago. But it never ends. We must be the ones that end it again. Never give up. Fight this off… again…. WRITE IN!!!!

AIR BOWS FOR DEER?!?!?!?!!!?!?!? This has to be a joke!!!!?!?!? NOPE- this is how nuts these folks truly are!!!!!

Back to an infinite creative list of other regulations I’d like to propose!!!! I’m down one line but here’s some others….
-Centerfire Bass Fishing/shooting!!!! Why we’ve limited bass to antiquated rod & reel is so old fashioned! Need more youth fishing (“fish hunting”)!!! Some polarized glasses around bass spawning beds with a .308 AR-10 is gonna be awesome!!!
-Deer trapping season!!!! Guns, arrows…. Why can’t trappers have a go at these giant rats?!?! Big foot hold or maybe giant 5’ high conibear traps?!?!
-Drone hunting for ducks?!?!? Maybe mount a shooting system on the drone?!?! Or…. A “floating feed station” that’s loaded with corn & feed…. Inside that is packed with 20 lbs of tannerite!!!!!! Blow the ducks out of the water!!!!!!! How awesome would that be?!?! Youth would love it!!!!
-oh!!!!…. Flame thrower squirrel season!!!! We all know how squirrels go crazy through those branches when the shots fire. How bad a$$ would it be to see these giant lines of fire raining scorching hot death to these rodents?!?! Burn em out of the trees- cooked for consumption by the time they hit the burning leaves! Fun the whole family can enjoy!!!!!
Come on folks - we need so many more seasons & creativity to give opportunities to other types of hunters!!!!
 
Not just any rifle for turkeys either - has to be a .17 HMR ( WHY???)

And Airbows for deer - please NO!!!!
 
Posted this to our IG/FB page. We need email lists of legislatures posted immediately!!!!!!

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Matthewfox_45 said:
Also, would you need a trapping license or a deer tag to trap deer? Both?
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I was kidding about the deer trapping. ;).
The ones that are deadly, & I’m happy to explain why, are:
-Air bows for archery season
-rifles for turkeys
-1,500 more NR tags.
Crazy. Destructive. Stepping stones. Stuff the Resident hunters of this state did NOT ask of their politicians. This is 10000% driven by special interests, lobbyists & politicians with motives. Shameful.
 
Sligh1 said:
I was kidding about the deer trapping. ;).
The ones that are deadly, & I’m happy to explain why, are:
-Air bows for archery season
-rifles for turkeys
-1,500 more NR tags.
Crazy. Destructive. Stepping stones. Stuff the Resident hunters of this state did NOT ask of their politicians. This is 10000% driven by special interests, lobbyists & politicians with motives. Shameful.
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It is absolutely shameful! Not logic or science based at all.
 
Sligh1 said:
I was kidding about the deer trapping. ;).
The ones that are deadly, & I’m happy to explain why, are:
-Air bows for archery season
-rifles for turkeys
-1,500 more NR tags.
Crazy. Destructive. Stepping stones. Stuff the Resident hunters of this state did NOT ask of their politicians. This is 10000% driven by special interests, lobbyists & politicians with motives. Shameful.
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Getting ahead of them there Skip, the air bow proposal is for gun season only, for now anyway.

As for 17’s and turkey, that could be challenging if a person was committed to a head shot only. Shot can be hard on the teeth as it is.
 
From some of what I’ve been told… the 1,500 more tags is being driven by outfitters. Start with 1500 with a push to increase it every couple years.
You wanna see destruction? Go hunt in IL where you are surrounded by outfitters & look at what it’s done to their deer herd. It’s the exact opposite of what anyone here would ever want. The younger best bucks are wiped out. The younger or casual hunter in IL- there is no access to good quality land. It’s degraded that state horribly!!!
 
Remind or inform our politicians …. All these folks want to come to iowa because they ruined their own states!!!!!!! We don’t need to ruin ours & go down the same path because other states have destroyed their hunting!!!
 
Company had an Airbow at the ATA show several years ago and was demonstrating it in the target demo area. It was so load that every time they shot it every dealer in the building flinched as it sounded just like a bow being dry fired. They had to be told not to shoot it any more and were banned from returning.
 
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