1) Online on www.iowadnr.gov, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. “In Iowa, shotgun snails and, in some cases, large-caliber medium-fire rifles have proven effective for deer hunting,” Stone wrote. “Smaller .223 bullets could cause more injuries to animals. In addition, the ar 15 guns` high-capacity magazines can entice some hunters to shoot too fast or shoot fleeing animals in vain – instead of taking the time to aim carefully to attempt a one-shot kill. This increases the danger. ** Correction of regulations The printed version of the Iowa Hunting, Trapping and Migratory Game Regulations 2019-2020 omitted the wording of a new state law that allows hunters with a non-ambulatory deer license to hunt during each open season until the permit is completed, using the method of catching authorized for that season. The error was discovered too late for the print edition. It has been corrected in the online copy (page 40). The Iowa DNR is working with the Iowa Food Bank and its subsidiaries across the state to ensure the game is distributed to qualified Iowans. The Iowa Food Bank receives $5 in administrative fees for each deer distributed. Will the law come into effect for the 2017 deer hunting season? Yes, it will be an option as a legal method to take it. A non-ambulatory resident of Iowa may be issued a general deer license, which can be used to hunt deer during each established deer hunting season using the removal method for that season until the permit is completed. A person who receives this permit can obtain all other deer hunting permits to which he or she is eligible.

Applications for non-ambulatory licensing permits are available online at www.iowadnr.gov/hunting then for licenses and laws or one of the regional or district offices, or by calling MNR at 515-725-8200. After approval and submission of the permit application to MNR, non-ambulatory hunters can purchase this special permit from any elsi officer. Why would lawmakers want hunters to shoot deer with an AR-15? Well, the truth is that the state already allows it. The new law would therefore in principle allow the use of smaller .223 caliber cartridges for deer. “It`s such a non-issue,” said Ernie Traugh, owner of Cedar Valley Outfitters in Marion and deer hunter with a .350 legend. But he understands the reaction to everything that has to do with an AR 15 rifle. If you have any questions, please email Alicia.Plathe@dnr.iowa.gov or call (515) 725-8283. Additional information: Resident hunters who are 65 years old and on the day they acquire a permit can purchase a national antlerless license to hunt deer with a crossbow. This license is valid during bug season and can be purchased in addition to any other deer license. The new law requires people caught with a rifle capable of firing ammunition that is not on the approved list during deer hunting suspend their hunting privileges for two years and receive a $250 fine.

General deer licences are valid nationally during the season chosen by the hunter at the time of licence purchase. General deer permits apply to the removal of deer of both sexes for all counties except those listed. A hunter can have a general deer license for insect season and a general deer license for one of the following seasons: Early Muzzleloader, Late Muzzleloader, Shotgun Season 1 or Shotgun Season 2. Exceptions: In 2017, lawmakers passed a bill allowing Iowa deer hunters to hunt with rifles with straight cartridges. According to the website of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, cartridges must be .350 to .500 caliber. No bigger or smaller. Rifles can be semi-automatic or single-shot. There is no limit to the size of journals. MNR regulations prohibit the return to the Crown of whole carcasses of deer, moose, moose or caribou from areas where CWD has been identified, whether taken from wild animals in the wild or slaughtered from a hunting ground. A severely disabled Iowa resident may be issued a general deer license to hunt deer with a bow, shotgun, rifle, or muzzle magazine during youth season.

A person who receives this permit can obtain all other deer hunting permits to which he or she is eligible. Requests for severely disabled consent from the owner. A person who uses a dog to track an injured deer outside of legal hunting seasons must not be in possession of a firearm or archery device. An unarmed dog handler who helps save an injured deer is exempt from the requirement to issue a permit as long as he or she is accompanied by the licensed hunter who injured the deer. To hunt deer with a firearm at any time of the year, you must wear one of the following items in outerwear, visible and bright orange: vest, jacket, coat, sweatshirt, sweatshirt, shirt or overalls. An orange hat alone is not enough. No one may use a blind to hunt deer during the regular hunting deer season unless such a blind shows a bright orange mark with a minimum of 144 square inches visible in all directions. How many LOT licenses can I buy? The landowner and eligible family members and/or co-owners of a farm unit must be registered on the same property. Landowners registered on the same parcel share a maximum of four owner-tenant permits, one general deer permit and three woodless permits.

These licenses can be distributed among registered landowners in any way the family or co-owners choose. If there is no tenant on the property, the maximum number of licenses available is always four for the farm unit. A person with a valid hunting licence and a valid deer hunting licence who injured a deer during the hunt can use a dog to track and recover the injured deer. The person must maintain physical control of the dog at all times during the search with a maximum leash of 50 feet attached to the dog`s collar or harness. The person may ship the deer using a legal removal method authorized by their deer hunting licence. A person may not use this method to hunt, injure or kill an animal other than the deer being pursued by the hunter, except in self-defence. The use of a dog to chase an injured deer on private property is allowed at any time, with Traugh claiming that the smallest .223 caliber bullet is “absolutely capable of hunting deer ethically.” Ethical hunting means not hurrying, taking a bad shot, not leaving deer injured and making sure there is a safe background for your shot. Without a safe background, missed shots can travel more than a mile, he said. These are the kinds of things we were taught in the hunting safety lessons at the time. Paid antlerless licences are only valid for the removal of antlerless deer. A deer without antlers is a deer without forked antlers. These permits are only valid in the county and seasonal population or deer management area and the season selected by the hunter at the time of purchase of the permit.

The law allows the use of ammunition with a straight wall, which has already been approved for pistol hunting, in rifles. The list of acceptable calibers is contained in the Iowa Hunting and Trapping Regulations (p. 31, www.iowadnr.gov/hunting) as well as criteria for ammunition of similar size that is not on the list. Iowa hunters will have a new option this fall as they hunt deer during the youth season, disabled hunting season and both hunting rifle seasons — rifles capable of firing straight-walled cartridges. Tree populations can be left on a public hunting area in the state from 7 days before the start of the deer hunting season to 7 days after the last day of that open season. CROSSBOW: A legal weapon for residents during the end of the magazine season by mouth. A crossbow consists of a bow mounted transversely on a shaft or frame and designed to pull a bolt, arrow or dispute by loosening the bow rope, which is controlled by a mechanical trigger and safety at work.