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3 WHAT YOU RECEIVE WHEN BUYING A HUNTING, FISHING OR FURHARVESTER LICENSE AND HABITAT FEE

When you buy a hunting, fishing or furharvester license, or pay the habitat, state migratory game bird or trout fee, that money goes to the constitutionally protected Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund that pays for the majority of the fish and wildlife management activities undertaken by the Iowa DNR. The Iowa DNR had always been protective of the funds collected from license fees when, in 1996, a special Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund amendment was added to the Iowa constitution. The amendment was approved by 850,000 Iowans, representing 88 percent of the vote. It created the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund that protects license fees so they can only be used by the DNR to promote, manage, research and regulate hunting, fishing and trapping in the state. Trust fund supported activities include restoring habitat, planting food plots and managing wetlands on Iowa’s wildlife management areas and private land. These funds are also used to acquire additional public land, pay for shallow lake restorations, improve access, and for law enforcement activities. Hunters and anglers have been leaders in conservation and your impact is seen across the Iowa landscape. Hunters who pursue wild turkey or deer, trap river otters, or hunt Canada geese have that opportunity today because of funding provided by the Trust Fund in the past. Thank you for being part of Iowa’s conservation tradition.

Kayla Lyon Director, Iowa Department of Natural Resources

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4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Hunting Seasons and Limits...... 7 General Migratory Hunting Regulations...... 23 Spring Turkey Hunting...... 7 Hunting & Trapping Furbearers...... 32 Deer Hunting and Antlerless Quotas...... 8 Chronic Wasting Disease...... 34 Migratory Game Bird Seasons & Limits...... 9 Deer Hunting Information...... 36 Fall Turkey Hunting...... 10 Prohibited Devices and Activities...... 37 SEASONS/ QUOTAS Furbearer Seasons & Limits...... 10 Legal Method of Take...... 38 Hunting License Requirements ...... 11 Hunting Deer, Elk, Moose Out of State...... 39 Licenses, Fees and Stamps Required...... 12 Deer License Options...... 40 License Not Required...... 12 Bonus Deer Hunts...... 41 Landowner-Tenant General License ...... 13 Deer Management Zone Hunts...... 41 General Hunting Regulations...... 14 Landowner-Tenant Deer Licenses ...... 42 Upland Game Hunting Information...... 14 Deer-Turkey Tagging & Harvest Reporting...... 43 Use of CB, Mobile Transmitter, Cell Phone...... 15 HUSH & Iowa Deer Exchange ...... 45 GENERAL REGULATIONS Transporting Firearms...... 16 Fall Wild Turkey Information...... 46 Motor Vehicle Restrictions...... 17 2022 Resident Spring Turkey Hunting...... 47 Iowa Refuges...... 18 Hunting Shed Antlers...... 49 WMAs Requiring Nontoxic Shot...... 19 OHV Use and Hunting...... 49 Turn-In-Poachers...... 19 Dog Restrictions...... 50 Multiple Offender...... 19 Wildlife Office Phone Numbers...... 52

Migratory Game Bird Regulations...... 20 Conservation Officers...... 53 LANDOWNER TENANT Duck & Goose Zones...... 20

2021 LICENSE & FEES LICENSES are available online at RESIDENT HUNTING www.iowadnr.gov or at any of the retail outlets across the state Hunting 16 years old and older $22.00 MIGRATORY MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS Habitat Fee (Age 16-64) $15.00 NONRESIDENT HUNTING Hunting & Habitat Fee Combo $35.00 Nonresident licenses for 2022 are on sale Jan. 1, 2022. Hunting 3-Year with Habitat Fee $101.00 2021 nonresident licenses expire Jan. 10, 2022. Migratory Game Bird Fee $11.50 Hunting 18 years & older $131.00 Federal Duck Stamp $29.00 **Hunting 16 - 18 years old $32.00 Apprentice (includes hunting & habitat) $35.00 *Hunting 5-day 18 years & older $77.00 Furharvester Age 16 & Older $26.00 Habitat Fee $15.00 FURBEARERS Furharvester Under 16 $7.50 Hunting & Habitat Fee Combo Hunting, Fishing, Habitat Fee Combo $55.00 18 & Older $144.00 Hunting Preserve $7.00 Migratory Game Bird Fee $11.50

Lifetime Hunting (Age 65 & older) $61.50 Federal Duck Stamp $29.00 DEER Lifetime Furharvester (Age 65 & Older) $61.50 *Apprentice (includes hunting & habitat) $144.00 DEER & TURKEY LICENSES Furharvester & Habitat Fee Combo $247.00 Paid Deer Licenses *May not be used for deer or turkey hunting. General Deer $33.00 **Nonresidents under age 16, see p. 12. Anterless-only, First License $28.50 TAGGING/ REPORTING Anterless-only Second & All Others $15.00 DISCLAIMER: Reference in this booklet to any Paid Wild Turkey $28.50 specific commercial product, process, or service, Landowner-Tenant - Farm Unit Only or the use of any trade, firm or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public,

General Deer $2.00 TURKEY and does not constitute endorsement, recom- Antlerless-only $2.00 mendation, or favoring by the Iowa Department of Reduced Fee Antlerless-only $15.00 Natural Resources. Wild Turkey $1.00

5 CONTACTS HIGHLIGHTS & CHANGES FURHARVESTERS n Delaware and Jones counties were added into n The January antlerless-deer-only season has the bobcat harvest zone beginning in the 2021-22 been conditionally reinstated in Allamakee, furharvest season. See p. 33. Appanoose, Decatur, Wayne, and Winneshiek counties only if the number of unsold county WATERFOWL SEASONS, LIMITS, STAMPS antlerless-deer-only licenses exceeds 100 on n The Light Goose Conservation Order has been the third Monday in December. See p. 41. extended until May 1. See p. 9 n County antlerless-deer-only license quotas were n New zone boundaries and season dates will be increased in 16 counties and decreased in nine implemented in 2021. See p. 20. counties for a net increase of 1,250 licenses **MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTERS** statewide. See p. 8. n Starting Dec. 15, migratory game bird hunters ALL n This partial list of allowable cartridges has will be required to register for HIP either through generated the most questions on legality – these the Go Outdoors Iowa app on their smartphone or calibers are legal options during the youth/dis- through a link at www.iowadnr.gov/waterfowl. This abled and the shotgun seasons. For more infor- change is to improve registration accuracy and mation, see p. 38. facilitate license purchasing. See p. 20. .35 Whelen .45 Long Colt DEER .350 Legend .45 Raptor n The buck-only restriction during the first shotgun .358 Winchester .450 Bushmaster season has been removed in Hamilton, Webster, .375 Winchester .450 Marlin and Wright counties. See p. 8. .40 S&W .45-70 Govt n Blood tracking dogs for wounded deer, see p. 37. .44 Magnum .460 S&W .444 Marlin .500 S&W You need the resident or nonresident licenses and stamps listed below to hunt or trap in Iowa. All licenses, fees and stamps must be carried on your person while hunting or trapping. R = Resident NR = Nonresident a = License or fee required Blank = Not required Type of Hunter Type of License Required Hunting Furharvester3,5 Deer Turkey Habitat Fee6 Fed. Migratory Iowa Migratory R NR R NR R NR R NR R NR R NR R NR Under 16 1 1 a a a a a a Age 16 - 64 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a 65 and Older 2a a a a a a a a a a a a a Disabled Veteran 2a a a a a a a a 10 a a a a a Apprentice a a a a a a a a a a Landowner or Tenant 3 3,9 3 3 a a a a 9 4 a 4 a 4 a 4 a Small Game a a a a a 7 7 Waterfowl a a a a a a a a Turkey a a a a a a Furbearer a a a a Deer a a a a a a Military Stationed in Iowa a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Military Personnel on Leave 8 a a a 8 a 8 a 8 a a a a a 1License not required for youth under 16 if accompanied by a licensed adult (18 years or older). See p. 12. 2Lifetime hunting license available to residents who qualify. Deer and Turkey licenses, Iowa Migratory Game Bird Fee and Federal Waterfowl Stamp must be purchased annually. 3License not required for qualifying resident and nonresident landowners or tenants or their juvenile children when hunting or trapping on their own land. See p. 13. 4Unless under 16 years old. 5Required for hunting and trapping all furbearers, except coyote and groundhog, which may also be taken on a hunting license. 6Except those under 16 or 65 and older. See wildlife habitat fee on p. 12. 7Needed to hunt ducks, geese, gallinule, rails, snipe and woodcock. 8See p. 12 and 13. 9Hunting license and habitat fee required for all nonresidents hunting deer and turkey. 10Residents issued a disabled veteran lifetime hunting license are exempt from the habitat fee. 6 HUNTING SEASONS AND LIMITS **HUNTERS -- Just a reminder, annual licenses, stamps and fees expire on January 10. As the opportunity to hunt extends later into January, be sure to replace those that have expired. SEASONS/ QUOTAS SPECIES SEASON SHOOTING HOURS BAG LIMITS DAILY POSSESSION Rooster Pheasant (Youth)1 Oct. 23-24 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 1 2 Rooster Pheasant Oct. 30 - Jan. 10, 2022 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 3 12 Bobwhite Quail Oct. 30 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 8 16 Gray Partridge Oct. 9 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 8 16 Ruffed Grouse Oct. 2 - Jan. 31, 2022 Sunrise to Sunset 3 6 Rabbit (Cottontail) Sept. 4 - Feb. 28, 2022 Sunrise to Sunset 10 20 Rabbit (Jack) CLOSED 0 0 Squirrel (Fox and Gray) Sept. 4 - Jan. 31, 2022 No Restrictions 6 12 Groundhog2 Continuous Open Season No Restrictions No Limit No Limit Crow Oct. 15 - Nov. 30 and No Restrictions No Limit No Limit Jan. 14 - March 31, 2022 Pigeon Continuous Open Season No Restrictions No Limit No Limit Coyote2, 3 Continuous Open Season No Restrictions No Limit No Limit 1 Residents age 15 or younger. See p. 14 for complete requirements 2 May be hunted on either a hunting or furharvester license. 3See p. 32 for trapping information. Coyote or groundhog may be hunted on a hunting or furharvester license.

The pheasant population survey is available in early September at www.iowadnr.gov/pheasantsurvey

The NONRESIDENT spring turkey application period is Jan. 1 to the last Sunday in January. The application is available in December at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Nonresident-Hunting

2022 SPRING TURKEY HUNTING SEASON DATES COMBINATION GUN/BOW LICENSES Youth Season (Residents Only) April 8-10 Season 1 April 11-14 Season 2 April 15-19 Season 3 April 20-26 Season 4 April 27-May 15 RESIDENT ARCHERY-ONLY LICENSES: April 11-May 15 BAG LIMIT: Daily bag and season possession limit is one bearded or male wild turkey for each valid license and transportation tag issued to the hunter. SHOOTING HOURS: Half-hour before sunrise to sunset. See p. 47 for Spring Turkey regulations.

RUFFED GROUSE HUNTING ZONE

The Ruffed Grouse hunting zone is that por- tion of northeast Iowa bordered by U.S. High- ways 63, 20 and 151, and Iowa Highways 13 and 64. Ruffed Grouse hunters are required to wear blaze orange. See p. 14.

7 2021 DEER HUNTING SEASONS & QUOTAS NONRESIDENTS: The nonresident deer application period is the first Saturday in May through the first Sunday in June. The application is available in December at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Nonresident-Hunting

SEASONS/ QUOTAS Licenses are available from the sales date through the end of the season, or until quota fills.A current hunting license and habitat fee is also required. See p. 40 for resident deer license options. Shooting hours for all deer seasons are half-hour before sunrise to half-hour after sunset. SEASONS SEASON DATES LICENSE ON-SALE DATES Youth Season5 Sept. 18-Oct. 3 Aug. 15 - End of Season Disabled Hunter Season1 Sept. 18-Oct. 3 Aug. 15 - End of Season Archery Season6 Early Split Oct. 1-Dec. 3 Aug. 15 - End of Season Late Split Dec. 20 - Jan. 10, 2022 Aug. 15 - End of Season Early Muzzleloader2, 5 Oct. 16-24 Aug. 15 - End of Season Late Muzzleloader Dec. 20 - Jan. 10, 2022 Aug. 15 - End of Season Shotgun Season 1 Dec. 4-8 Aug. 15 - End of Season Season 2 Dec. 11-19 Aug. 15 - End of Season Nonresident Holiday Season 3,4 Dec. 24 - Jan. 2, 2022 Dec. 15 - End of Season 1 Requires permit to acquire from DNR. See p. 41. 2 Purchase until quota (7,500) is reached. 3 Purchase until nonresident antlerless quota is reached. 4 Nonresident deer zone maps are available online at www.iowadnr.gov/nonresidenthunting. 5 Residents only, see p. 41 for details. 6 Includes senior antlerless-only licenses, see p. 41 for details. ANTLERLESS QUOTAS AND ANTLERED ONLY COUNTIES FOR RESIDENT HUNTERS Counties in Red: Antlered deer only during first shotgun season. The restriction does not apply to Landowner-Tenant licenses. Counties in Gray: Each county is eligible for January antlerless season only if the number of unsold county antlerless-deer-only licenses exceeds 100 on the third Monday in De- cember. See p. 41.

LYON OSCEOLA DICKINSON EMMET KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH MITCHELL HOWARD WINNESHIEK ALLAMAKEE 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 450 SIOUX O'BRIEN CLAY PALO ALTO 0 HANCOCK CERRO GORDO 2700 3800 FLOYD CHICKASAW 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 375 FAYETTE CLAYTON PLYMOUTH CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTAS HUMBOLDT WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER BREMER 2500 4000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 300

WEBSTER BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE

WOODBURY IDA SAC CALHOUN HAMILTON HARDIN GRUNDY 0 400 950 1200 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TAMA BENTON LINN JONES JACKSON MONONA CRAWFORD CARROLL GREENE BOONE STORY MARSHALL 1100 300 325 850 1100 750 0 0 0 300 150 150 CLINTON CEDAR 400 HARRISON SHELBY AUDUBON GUTHRIE DALLAS POLK JASPER POWESHIEK IOWA JOHNSON

775 SCOTT 750 0 0 2150 2100 1350 575 200 450 950 200 MUSCATINE POTTAWATTAMIE CASS ADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON 900 750 400 1200 3300 3000 2050 475 500 1000 LOUISA 775 MILLS MONTGOMERY ADAMS UNION CLARKE LUCAS MONROE WAPELLO JEFFERSON HENRY 2500 1600 1500 DES MOINES 300 500 1000 1400 2400 2250 1050 900 FREMONT PAGE TAYLOR RINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN

LEE 100 500 1500 1400 2200 2700 2700 1700 2100 1700

DEER POPULATION MANAGEMENT ZONES Deer population management zone hunts are listed online at www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/DeerHunting/DeerManagementHunts See p. 42. 8 2021-2022 MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS SEASONS & LIMITS SHOOTING HOURS: 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset for all species except woodcock and the September teal season which is sunrise to sunset.

SEASON NORTH ZONE CENTRAL ZONE SOUTH ZONE YOUTH WATERFOWL Sept. 25-26 Oct.2-3 Oct. 9-10

DUCKS, MERGANSERS & COOTS Oct. 2-8 & Oct. 9-15 & Oct. 16-22 & Oct. 16-Dec. 7 Oct. 23-Dec. 14 Oct. 30-Dec. 21

BAG LIMITS: DUCKS: Daily limit 6, including no more than 4 mallards (of which no more than 2 may be female), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 1 pintail, 2 black ducks, and 2 canvasback. Scaup bag limit: 1 for first 15 days of the season, 2 for the remaining 45 days. MERGANSERS: Daily limit 5, including no more than 2 hooded mergansers. COOTS: Daily limit 15. YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING DAYS: Shooting hours and daily bag limits will conform to those set for the regular waterfowl seasons.

SEASON NORTH ZONE CENTRAL ZONE SOUTH ZONE DARK GEESE & LIGHT GEESE Sept. 25-Oct 10 & Oct. 2-17 & Oct. 9-24 & Oct. 16-Dec. 7 & Oct. 23-Dec. 14 & Oct. 30-Dec. 21 & Dec. 11-Jan. 8, 2022 Dec. 18-Jan. 15, 2022 Dec. 25-Jan. 22, 2022

BAG LIMITS: DARK GEESE: The daily bag limit for Canada geese, white-fronted geese, brant and any other geese that are not light geese is 5 and may include no more than 2 Canada geese through October MIGRATORY MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS 31 and no more than 3 Canada geese from November 1 through the end of the season. LIGHT GEESE: The daily bag limit for white and blue-phase snow geese and Ross’ geese is 20.

STATEWIDE SPECIAL SEPTEMBER TEAL Sept. 1-16 Daily limit is 6 (Blue-winged, Green-winged & Cinnamon only) DOVES (Mourning & Eurasian Collared) Sept. 1-Nov. 29 Daily limit is 15 SNIPE Sept. 4-Nov. 30 Daily limit is 8 RAIL (Sora & Virginia) Sept. 4-Nov. 12 Daily limit is 12 WOODCOCK Oct. 2-Nov. 15 Daily limit is 3

SPECIAL SEPTEMBER CANADA GOOSE SEASONS Only in designated zones around Des Moines, Cedar Rapids/Iowa City and Cedar Falls/Waterloo. Special regulations apply. See Special September Canada Goose Season maps at select license agents in hunt zones and online at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Migratory-Game-Birds CANADA GEESE Sept. 4-13 Daily limit is 5

LIGHT GEESE CONSERVATION ORDER (additional regulations apply. See p. 21) White & blue phase snow geese & Ross’ geese Jan. 23-May 1, 2022

POSSESSION LIMITS: Possession limits are three times the daily bag limit for all migratory birds, except light geese for which there is no possession limit.

9 2021 FALL WILD TURKEY HUNTING INFORMATION NONRESIDENTS are not eligible FALL TURKEY ZONES for fall turkey hunting licenses. SEASONS/ QUOTAS FALL TURKEY HUNTING GUN/BOW 9 69 8 63 Sioux City 6 Hunters may purchase Zone Quota Ft. Dodge Waterloo up to two licenses begin - 4 1,500 20 20 ning Aug. 15. 5 650 59 See p. 46 for more infor - 6 1,400 7 63 Iowa City mation. 7 250 80 5 80 8 200 Des Moines 9 200 4 4 59

LICENSE TYPE SEASON DATES SHOOTING HOURS Gun/Bow1 Oct. 11-Dec. 3 Gun: Half-hour before sunrise to sunset Archery Only2 Oct. 1 - Dec. 3 & Bow: Half-hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset Dec. 20 - Jan. 10, 2022 1 Sold until quotas are filled. 2 Sold until last day of the season. No quota. Bag Limit: Daily Bag & Season Possession Limit is one wild turkey of either sex for each valid license and transportation tag issued to the hunter. FURBEARER SEASONS AND LIMITS FURBEARER HUNTING INFORMATION SPECIES SEASONS SHOOTING HOURS DAILY POSSESSION Raccoon, Opossum, Nov. 6 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. on First Day No Limit No Limit Badger, Striped Skunk, Fox (Red and Gray) Bobcats1 Nov. 6 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. on First Day See p. 33 See p. 33 Coyote Continuous Open No Restrictions No Limit No Limit 1A total of up to three bobcats are allowed per season per licensed furharvester, either hunted or trapped. The bag limit is based on the zone where the bobcat was taken. Additional requirements & zone map on p. 33. FURBEARER TRAPPING INFORMATION SPECIES SEASON TRAPPING HOURS DAILY POSSESSION Coyote, Mink3, Muskrat3, Nov. 6 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. on First Day No Limit No Limit Weasel, Striped Skunk, Badger, Opossum, Fox (Red and Gray), Raccoon Beaver3 Nov. 6 - April 15, 2022 8 a.m. on First Day No Limit No Limit Otter1, 3 Nov. 6 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. on First Day 3 3 Bobcat2 Nov. 6 - Jan. 31, 2022 8 a.m. on First Day See p. 33 See p. 33 Civet Cat (Spotted Skunk) Continuous Closed Gray Wolf Continuous Closed 1Only three otters are allowed per licensed furharvester. See p. 34. 2A total of up to three bobcats are allowed per season per licensed furharvester, either hunted or trapped. The bag limit is based on the zone where the bobcat was taken. Additional requirements & zone map on p. 33. 3Taking by shotgun or spear is prohibited. A furharvester license is required to hunt or trap furbearers. Coyote or groundhog may be hunted on a hunting or furharvester license. 10 HUNTING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS HUNTER EDUCATION SPECIAL LICENSES FOR RESIDENTS Resident and nonresident hunters born after Jan. Iowa offers free annual hunting and fishing licens- 1, 1972, must satisfactorily complete a hunter edu- es and veteran lifetime hunting and fishing licenses cation course in order to obtain a hunting license. to qualifying residents. For qualifications and special A person who is 11 years-old or older may enroll license applications, contact the DNR at 515-725- in a course, but those who are 11 and successfully 8200. complete the course shall be issued a certificate of completion, which becomes valid on that person’s REQUIREMENTS FOR PURCHASING 12th birthday. Residents under the age of 12 can RESIDENT LICENSES be issued deer and turkey licenses, but the youth A NONRESIDENT is a person who is not a resi- hunter must be accompanied by, and under the dent of Iowa. NOTE: Iowa residents who have previ- immediate control of, or direct supervision of, a ously hunted, fished and/or trapped as nonresidents

licensed adult hunter. GENERAL REGULATIONS are urged to plan ahead to obtain license privileges. For class dates and locations, call The electronic licensing system for hunting, fishing 515-725-8200 or go to www.iowadnr.gov/hunt- and trapping automatically identifies people who ered have previously obtained licenses as nonresidents. Alternative. A hunter education certificate is- This law change was made to identify a growing sued by another state or certain foreign nations will meet the above requirement. Proof of completion problem in Iowa of nonresidents falsifying records to is required when purchasing your first Iowa hunting illegally obtain (invalid) resident licenses. Hunters, license. anglers and trappers who previously held a nonresi- dent Iowa license but are now eligible for resident PURCHASING A LICENSE licenses need to fill out and return a form that can be The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is accessed at www.iowadnr.gov/license. Former non- required to collect social security numbers from all residents are encouraged to do this as soon as pos- persons obtaining a hunting, fishing or other rec- sible as changes may take up to two weeks. License reational license under section 252J.8 of the Code vendors CANNOT make this change at the point of of Iowa and 42 U.S. Code 666(a)(13). Your social sale and it cannot be done over the phone. For ques- security number will serve as your principal iden- tions, contact the local conservation officer. tification number to determine your eligibility for RESIDENT means a person who meets one of licenses. It will be provided to enforcement agencies the following criteria. to establish, modify and enforce child support and 1. Has physically resided in this state as the per- tax obligations. It WILL NOT appear on your hunting son’s principal and primary residence or domicile for or fishing license. a period of not less than 90 consecutive days imme- diately before applying for or purchasing a resident HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAM license, and has an Iowa driver’s license or non-op- Starting Dec. 15, ALL migratory game bird hunters erators ID. Factors to determine the domicile include, will be required to register for HIP either through the but are not limited to: place of employment, mailing Go Outdoors Iowa app on their smartphone or through (street) address, utility records, real estate records, a link at www.iowadnr.gov/waterfowl. Once registered, vehicle registrations. hunters will need to write their confirmation number on A person is not considered a resident under this their license, print an updated copy of their license or paragraph if the person is residing in the state only take a screenshot of their confirmation on their phone for a special or temporary purpose including, but not to show proof. Conservation officers will be enforcing limited to; engaging in hunting, fishing or trapping. this requirement. 2. Is a full-time student at an accredited educa- Migratory game birds mean more than ducks and tional institution in Iowa and resides in Iowa while geese. Migratory game birds in Iowa include ducks, attending the educational institution, or is a full-time geese, coots, doves, woodcock, rails, and snipe. See student under 25 years of age at an accredited edu- p. 20 for more information. cational institution outside the state as long as at least one parent or legal guardian maintains a principal and primary residence in Iowa. 3. Is a nonresident under 18 years of age with a parent who is a legal resident of Iowa.

11 4. Is a member of the armed forces of the United a valid resident or nonresident Deer or Wild Turkey States who is serving on active duty and meets any License on their person while hunting. Residents of the following qualifications: must also have a valid resident Hunting License (1) Claims residency in this state and has filed and have paid the Habitat Fee if normally required a state individual income tax return as a resident to have them to hunt. All nonresidents must have a pursuant to chapter 422, division II, for the preceding valid nonresident Hunting License and have paid the tax year. Habitat Fee. (2) Is stationed at a federal military installation in FURHARVESTERS - All residents and this state, or at a federal military installation contigu- nonresidents regardless of age must have a ous to a county in this state, and is domiciled within Furharvester License to trap or hunt furbearing this state. animals. Residents 16 to 64 years old and all (3) Is stationed at and resides or is domiciled nonresidents regardless of age must also have paid within a federal military installation located contigu- the Habitat Fee. A Hunting License is not needed ous to a county in this state. to hunt furbearers. Coyote and groundhog may be hunted with either a Furharvester License or a Dual Residency Not Permitted: Unless you Hunting License. Nonresident furharvesters wanting qualify under 2, 3 or 4 in the previous paragraph, a to purchase an Iowa nonresident Furharvester person shall not purchase or apply for any resident License may do so only if their state of residence also license or permit if that person has claimed residency sells a nonresident Furharvester/Trapping License to in any other state or country. Iowa residents. APPRENTICE LICENSE - Allows the apprentice LICENSES, FEES & STAMPS REQUIRED age 16 and older to hunt under the direct supervision All residents and nonresidents 16 years of age of a mentor (age 18 or older) who has a current and older are required to have a valid Hunting hunting license and habitat fee, without completing a License on their person, and have paid all applicable hunter education course. Apprentice licenses may be fees and possess all required stamps while purchased twice in a lifetime. The hunter must then hunting game or participating in the hunt. See p. 6. satisfactorily complete a hunter education course to Participation in a hunt includes, but is not limited to: obtain a Hunting License. Apprentices must have paid handling firearms or ammunition during the hunt; all applicable fees and possess all required stamps trying to attract game, driving, flushing, or locating while hunting game or participating in the hunt. game; and working dogs. NONRESIDENT FALCONRY PERMIT - All WILDLIFE HABITAT FEE - All residents and nonresident falconers, regardless of age, who intend nonresidents age 16-64 who are required to have to hunt with a bird of prey must purchase and have a Hunting or Furharvester License must pay the in their possession a nonresident Falconry Permit, Wildlife Habitat Fee to hunt or trap. a nonresident Hunting License, and have paid the IOWA MIGRATORY GAME BIRD FEE - All Habitat Fee. These permits are available wherever residents and nonresidents 16 years of age and hunting licenses are sold or may be purchased online older must pay the Iowa Migratory Game Bird Fee to at www.iowadnr.gov. Call 515-725-8200 for details. hunt wild geese, brant, ducks, snipe, rail, woodcock, gallinule or coot. The fee must be paid even if a THE FOLLOWING DO NOT NEED A HUNTING Hunting License is not required. LICENSE AND/OR PAY CERTAIN FEES: FEDERAL MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING & 1a) Residents and nonresidents under 16 CONSERVATION STAMP - The law requires that years old who hunt under the direct supervision each waterfowl hunter 16 years of age and older of their properly licensed parent, guardian, or other must carry on his person a Migratory Bird Hunting competent adult with the consent of the parent or and Conservation Stamp (Federal Duck Stamp) that guardian do not need a Hunting License or pay the is validated by the hunter signing the stamp in ink Habitat or Migratory Game Bird fee. One properly across the face of the stamp. The Stamp is required licensed adult must accompany each unlicensed even if a Hunting License is not required. hunter under 16 years old. E-Stamp: The E-Stamp is only valid for 45 days. 1b) Residents 12 to 15 years old may hunt The physical stamp will be mailed to the address on without adult supervision, but must have a Hunting file. Hunters are responsible to make sure their ad- License and must have passed a hunter education dress on file is current. course (see p. 11 for hunter education training DEER & TURKEY HUNTERS - Residents and requirements). nonresidents who hunt deer or wild turkey must have

12 Persons exempted under 1a) or 1b) must and nonresident owners and tenants that farm have a Deer & Turkey Hunting License to agricultural land in Iowa and their juvenile children hunt deer & turkey (see below) do not need licenses to hunt and trap 2) Military personnel that qualify as a on such lands and may shoot by lawful means resident of Iowa, that are on active duty with ground squirrels, gophers, and woodchucks upon the armed forces of the United States, and are adjacent roads. Deer and Wild Turkey Licenses are on authorized leave from a duty station outside required to hunt deer and wild turkey. Nonresidents of Iowa, do not need a Hunting License, Deer hunting deer or wild turkey must also have a Hunting License, Wild Turkey License, or pay the Habitat License and pay the Habitat Fee. A valid Federal Fee. They must possess a Federal Migratory Migratory Waterfowl Stamp and an Iowa Migratory Waterfowl Stamp and pay the Iowa Migratory Game Bird Fee is required to hunt waterfowl and Game Bird Fee to hunt migratory game birds. other migratory game birds if they are 16 years old They must carry their leave papers on their or older. person while hunting and a copy of their current 2) Deer and Wild Turkey. Iowa residents earnings statement showing a tax deduction for who are owners of agricultural land or tenants that TENANT LANDOWNER Iowa income taxes for the previous year. They farm agricultural land, or are a spouse or child of may claim residency in lieu of their earnings the owner or tenant that reside with the owner or statement by being registered to vote in Iowa. tenant, are eligible for Landowner-Tenant Deer and If a deer or wild turkey is taken, a conservation Wild Turkey Hunting Licenses, commonly called officer must be contacted immediately to obtain a landowner-tenant licenses. Owning land in Iowa transportation tag for the animal. They are allowed does not confer residency. Nonresident landowners only one turkey and one deer per calendar year. and tenants are not eligible for these licenses. See Conservation officer cell phone numbers are listed p. 11 for residency requirements. on p. 53. Landowner-Tenant deer and turkey licenses 3) Persons with a dog entered in a are valid for taking the appropriate species, but licensed field trial may participate in the event only on the farm unit of the owner or tenant. Land and train their dog on the same area where the registration is required. To register, or for more field trial will be held during the 24-hour period information, go to www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/ immediately preceding the trial. Landowner-Assistance/Landowner-Registration. The qualifying landowner or tenant does not have HUNTING LICENSES FOR to reside on the farm, but must qualify under the LANDOWNERS & TENANTS THAT definitions below. FARM AGRICULTURAL LAND 1) Small game and furbearers. Resident

LANDOWNER/TENANT QUALIFICATION OVERVIEW Two or more contiguous acres operated as a farm unit for agricultural purposes. LANDOWNER OPERATION QUALIFICATIONS QUALIFICATIONS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS Must have legal ownership in qualifying land, be Spouse or child (under 18 years old or 18 or 19 and in a resident of Iowa, and meet one or more of the fol- high school or a general equivalency degree program) lowing: who resides with owner or tenant. l Operator on the farm unit. l Make annual decisions about the farm operation. DEER TAGS AVAILABLE PER FARM UNIT l l Raise specialty crops. One General Deer Tag l l Land is enrolled in a conservation reserve One Antlerless Deer Tag l program. Two paid Antlerless Deer Tags l l Rent entire farm to an adult child who operates A Youth Season Deer Tag counts as one tag of the farm unit. the farm unit’s total. l Youth up to age 18 are eligible. TENANT OPERATION QUALIFICATIONS Must be a resident of Iowa and rents and actively TURKEY TAGS AVAILABLE PER FARM UNIT farms agricultural land owned by another person. l One Spring Turkey Tag Rental includes cash rent or share crop arrange- l One Fall Turkey Tag ments. 13 GENERAL HUNTING REGULATIONS

DEFINITIONS UPLAND GAME HUNTING Please read the definitions of these terms, License Requirements and Fees commonly used in the hunting regulations See p. 6 and 12. summary, before referring to the rest of the text. HUNTER ORANGE REQUIRED “Hunting” means any pursuing, hunting, To hunt pheasant, quail, gray partridge and killing, trapping, snaring, netting, searching ruffed grouse you must wear at least one of for or shooting at, stalking or lying in wait for the following articles of visible, external appar- any game, animal, bird or fish protected by the el with at least 50 percent of its surface area state laws or rules adopted by the commission solid blaze orange in color: hat, cap, vest, GENERAL REGULATIONS whether or not such animal is captured, killed or coat, jacket, sweatshirt, shirt or coveralls. injured. “Limits” Daily Bag Limit or Possession Limit TRANSPORTING PHEASANTS is the number of a species permitted to be taken A foot, fully feathered wing, or fully feath- or held in a specified time. ered head must remain attached to any “Physically handicapped person,” when pheasant transported within the state. The used in reference to crossbow permits for deer bird may be field dressed, but the carcass and turkey hunting, means a person having a must remain intact. physical impairment of the upper extremities that makes a person physically incapable of YOUTH PHEASANT SEASON shooting a bow and arrow. This includes diffi- Resident hunters ages 15 or younger may culty in lifting and reaching with arms as well as hunt rooster (male) pheasants during the difficulty in handling and fingering a bow. Youth Pheasant Season without having a “Severely disabled person,” when used Hunting License, paying the Habitat Fee, or in reference to the Disabled Hunter deer sea- passing a hunter education course. The youth son, means a person that qualifies as severely hunter must be accompanied by an adult 18 disabled under Iowa Code Chapter 321L.1.8, years old or older who has a valid Hunting including those who have difficulty walking due License and has paid the Habitat Fee if nor- to lung or heart disease or an arthritic, neuro- mally required to do so to hunt. Only the youth logical or orthopedic condition. may shoot pheasants. The adult may shoot “Trespass” means entering property without other game if seasons are open. All other the express permission of the owner, lessee or person in lawful possession, with the intent to regulations in effect for the regular pheasant commit a public offense; to use, remove there- season apply during the youth hunt. from, alter, damage, harass, or place anything animate or inanimate, or to hunt, fish or trap on the property, including the act of taking or at- HUNTING ACCIDENTS MUST BE REPORTED tempting to take a deer which is on or in the Anyone involved in a hunting accident involv- property by a person who is outside the property. ing a firearm, which results in a personal injury The term trespass does not mean entering the or property damage exceeding $100, must report right-of-way of a public road or highway. Railroad the accident within 12 hours to the sheriff’s office right-of-ways are considered private property. in the county where the accident occurred, to the This paragraph does not prohibit the local conservation officer, or if neither are avail- individual unarmed shooter (not entire party) able and it is between 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-F, to from taking the most direct route in pursuit of the DNR in Des Moines at 515-725-8200. game or furbearing animals lawfully injured or killed that come to rest on, or escape to, the property of another.

14 SHOWING LICENSE TO OFFICER POSSESSION & STORAGE Upon request, you must show your license, A person having lawful possession of game certificate or permit to any peace officer or the or furbearing animals or pelts taken with a owner or person in lawful control of the land valid license by that person, may hold, pos- or water on which you are hunting or trap- sess or store the game or furbearing animals ping. You must have in your possession either or pelts in an amount that does not exceed the in license form or electronically, your license, possession limit until the day before the first certificate or permit. day of the next open season for that game or furbearing animal. Any person may possess USE OF CB, MOBILE TRANSMITTER, CELL up to 25 pounds of deer venison if the deer PHONE was lawfully obtained. You cannot use a one or two-way mobile radio transmitter to communicate the location OBSTRUCTION OF HUNTING OR TRAPPING GENERAL REGULATIONS or direction of game or furbearing animals, or A person shall not interfere with the lawful to coordinate the movement of other hunters. hunting or trapping activities of another person Exceptions: Coyote hunters may use two- where hunting or trapping is authorized by a way radios, except during the two shotgun custodian of public property or an owner or deer seasons. A falconer may use a one-way lessee of private property. Acts that could be mobile transmitter to recover a free-flying bird considered as interfering, obstructing or ha- of prey that is properly banded and covered on rassing include, but are not limited to: a falconry permit. Hunters with dogs may use • intentionally placing oneself in a location a one-way mobile transmitter to track or aid in where human presence may affect the the recovery of the dog. behavior of a furbearing animal, game bird or other game or the feasibility of killing or UNLAWFUL TRANSPORTATION taking a furbearing animal, game bird or You cannot ship, carry or transport, in any other game; one day, game, fish, birds or animals (except • intentionally creating a visual, audio, olfac- furbearing animals) in excess of the number le- tory or physical stimulus for the purpose gally permitted to be possessed, unless autho- of affecting the behavior of a furbearing rized by a special license such as a Taxidermy animal, game bird or other game; License. • intentionally affecting the condition or alter- ing the placement of personal property GAME BROUGHT INTO THE STATE used for the purpose of taking furbearing You may possess game that has been animals, birds or other game. lawfully taken outside the state and lawfully This rule does not prohibit a landowner, brought into the state, but you must be able tenant or an employee of the landowner or to prove it was legally killed and legally trans- tenant from performing normal agricultural ported into the state. See p. 39 for big game operations or a law enforcement officer from exceptions. performing official duties.

RETRIEVAL & WASTE OF GAME BLINDS While taking or attempting to take game or A blind can either be portable or stationary. A furbearing animals, you cannot abandon the blind can be a constructed place of concealment injured animal without making a reasonable for hunting, observing or photographing wildlife. effort to retrieve it from the field. You cannot You may construct a blind on a game manage- leave a usable portion of the game or furbear- ment area using only the natural vegetation ing animal in the field. “Usable portion” in this found in the area, except that no trees or parts instance means the following: 1) for game, that of trees other than willows can be cut for that part of an animal that is customarily processed purpose. The use of all blinds on game manage- for consumption; and 2) for furbearing animals, ment areas is on a first-come, first-served basis the fur or hide of the animal. regardless of blind type or construction.

15 You cannot drive or otherwise place any nail, highway, unless the gun is taken apart or broken spike, pin or any other object, metal or otherwise, down or totally contained in a securely fastened into any tree on a game management area to case, and its barrels and attached magazines construct a blind or to make access to a blind or are unloaded. Handguns must be transported to a hunting location above the ground. unloaded in a closed and fastened container or Portable blinds shall be prohibited from one securely wrapped package too large to conceal hour after sunset until midnight each day. Porta- on your person or in a cargo or luggage com- ble blinds which are built on, or are part of, a boat partment that is not readily accessible to any shall be considered as removed from an area when the boat and blind are tied up or moored at person in the vehicle. Muzzleloaders must be an approved access site. No boat shall be an- cased but will be considered unloaded if the chored away from shore and left unattended un- cap is removed from the nipple or the priming

GENERAL REGULATIONS less it is attached to a legal buoy. Portable blinds charge is removed from the pan. left on game management areas do not guaran- tee the owner exclusive use of the blind when PROHIBITED HUNTING NEAR BUILDINGS unattended, or exclusive use of the site. Portable You cannot discharge a firearm, or shoot blinds placed in trees (treestands) and used for or attempt to shoot, a game or furbearing ani- purposes other than hunting waterfowl may be mal within 200 yards of a building inhabited by left on an area for a continuous period of time people or domestic livestock or a feedlot unless beginning seven days prior to the open season the owner or tenant has given consent to do so. for hunting deer or wild turkey and ending seven Feedlot means a lot, yard or corral where live- days after the final day of that open season. See stock is confined for the purpose of feeding and p. 37 for deer blinds. growth prior to slaughter. Pastures, hayfields or DECOYS cropfields where animals are allowed to graze A “decoy” is a likeness of a bird or animal are not considered feedlots. used to lure game within shooting range. Motor- ized or mechanical decoys are legal for water- PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS fowl hunting. Decoys are prohibited on all game If a public hunting area was in place prior to management areas from one-half hour after the construction of an adjacent feedlot or building sunset until midnight of each day. Decoys are inhabited by people or livestock and such con- considered removed from an area if they are in struction occurred on or after May 14, 2004, then a boat or other container at an approved access consent is not required to shoot on the public site. Decoys cannot be left unattended for hunting area or within 200 yards of the feedlot or more than 30 minutes between midnight and building. This act protects existing uses of public one-half hour after sunset. hunting areas from infringements caused by new construction and development. SELLING GAME As used in this subsection, “public hunting You cannot buy or sell, dead or alive, a bird area” means public lands or waters available for or animal, including fish, or any part of one that hunting by the public and identified as a public is protected. This does not apply to furbearing hunting area by the city, county, state or federal animals and the skins, plumage and antlers of government. legally taken game. You cannot purchase, sell, barter or offer to purchase, sell or bartermigra - ARTIFICIAL LIGHT & LASER SIGHTS Sights that project a light beam, including laser tory game birds; and for millinery or ornamental sights, are not legal for hunting. You cannot cast use, the same applies to the feathers of migra- the rays of a spotlight, headlight or other artificial tory game birds. light on a highway or in a field, woodland or for- est for the purpose of spotting, locating, taking or TRANSPORTING FIREARMS attempting to take or hunt a bird or animal, while A person, except as permitted by law, shall not having in possession or control, either singly or have or carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a public as one of a group of persons, any firearm, bow or 16 other device capable of killing or taking a bird or Motor vehicle means any self-propelled animal. This rule does not apply to hunting rac- vehicle, including ATVs and snowmobiles. coons or other furbearing animals when they are Roads and parking lots. Motor vehicles are treed with the aid of dogs. prohibited on a game management areas ex- A person may use an infrared light source to cept on constructed and designated roads and hunt coyotes as long as the infrared light source parking lots unless specifically permitted. is mounted to the method of take or to a scope Mobility disabled persons. Any person mounted on the method of take. HOWEVER, no who has a physical (or mental) impairment that person shall use an infrared light source to hunt substantially limits their ability to walk, stand, coyotes during any established muzzleloader, bend, or lift may access game management bow, or shotgun deer hunting season. areas with a manually-operated or power-driven wheelchair or scooter if the device is designed

SHOOTING RIFLE OVER WATER primarily for use by a individual with a mobility GENERAL REGULATIONS OR HIGHWAY disability for either indoor or outdoor locomo- You cannot shoot any rifle on or over any of tion. Mobility disabled persons who wish to use the public highways or waters of the state or any some other power-driven device for mobility railroad right-of-way. You cannot discharge a assistance, such as an ATV, golf cart, or Seg- shotgun shooting a slug, pistol or revolver on or way, must contact the manager (p. 52) prior to over a public roadway (see diagram below). accessing any game management area. Additionally, no person shall discharge a rifle, including a muzzleloading rifle or musket, or a handgun from a highway; or discharge a shotgun LIQUIDATED DAMAGES shooting slugs from a highway north of U.S. High- In addition to penalties assessed by the court, a way 30, while deer hunting. person convicted of unlawfully selling, taking, catching, “Roadway” means the portion of the highway killing, injuring, destroying or having in their possession improved, designed or ordinarily used for ve- any animal, shall reimburse the state for the value of the hicular travel, including the shoulder. animal as follows: means the entire width between “Highway” • Antlered deer 150 gross inches or less: $2,000- property lines, from fenceline to fenceline (in- $5,000 plus 80 hours of community service; without cludes the ditches). community service, $4,000-$10,000, as deemed by Private Property the court Fence • Antlered deer more than 150 gross inches: $5,000- Ditch $10,000 plus 80 hours of community service; without community service, $10,000-$20,000 as deemed by Highway or Roadway Right-of-Way (includes the court shoulder) } • For each deer: $1,500 Ditch • For each bobcat, wild turkey, beaver, mink, { Fence otter, red fox, gray fox or raccoon: $200 Private Property • For each animal or bird or the raw pelt or plumage of such animal or bird for which HUNTING FROM AIRCRAFT OR damages are not otherwise prescribed: $50 SNOWMOBILES PROHIBITED • For each reptile, mussel or amphibian: $15 A person shall not intentionally kill or wound, • For each animal classified by the Natural Resource attempt to kill or wound, or pursue any animal, Commission as an endangered or threatened species: fowl, or fish from or with an aircraft or drone in $1,000 flight, or from or with any vehicles commonly • For each wild elk, antelope, buffalo or known as snowmobiles. Drones are considered moose: $2,500 aircraft by the U.S. Federal Government. • For each swan or crane: $1,500 • For each conviction of unlawfully harvesting ginseng, MOTOR VEHICLE RESTRICTIONS the state will be reimbursed 150 percent of the market The use of motor vehicles on all game value as determined by the department. management areas is restricted. 17 IOWA REFUGES The DNR has designated portions of some wildlife management areas as “wildlife refuges” or “waterfowl refuges.” WILDLIFE REFUGES Restrictions: It shall be unlawful to hunt, pursue, kill, trap, or take any wild animal, bird, or game on Wildlife Refuges at any time, and no one shall carry firearms thereon, except where and when specifically authorized by the DNR. It shall also be unlawful to trespass in any manner on the following areas, where posted, during the dates posted, both dates inclusive, except that DNR personnel and law enforcement officials may enter the area at any time in performance of their duties, and hunters, under the super- vision of department staff, may enter when specifically authorized by the DNR. GENERAL REGULATIONS AREA...... COUNTY AREA...... COUNTY South Twin Lake...... Calhoun Colyn Area...... Lucas Ventura Marsh...... Cerro Gordo Gladys Black Eagle Refuge...... Marion Allen Green Refuge...... Des Moines Five Island Lake...... Palo Alto Henderson...... Dickinson Polk City Refuge...... Polk Ingham Lake...... Emmet Smith Area...... Pottawattamie Crystal Hills...... Hancock Green Valley Lake...... Union Hawkeye Wildlife Area...... Johnson

WATERFOWL REFUGES Restrictions. It shall be unlawful to hunt ducks and geese on the following areas, where posted, at any time during the year. After the final day of the duck season, entry into the Waterfowl Refuge is allowed to hunt non-waterfowl species for which there is an open season (i.e. pheasant, rabbit, deer, squirrel, etc.) and trapping is allowed. Hunt- ers must be aware that some Waterfowl Refuges are also located within zones closed to Canada Goose hunting. DNR personnel and law enforcement officials may enter the area at any time in performance of their duties, and hunters, under the supervision of department staff, may enter when specifically authorized by the DNR. AREA...... COUNTY AREA...... COUNTY Lake Icaria...... Adams Eagle Flats...... Hancock Pool Slough Wildlife Area...... Allamakee Eagle Lake...... Hancock Rathbun Area...... Appanoose, Lucas, Green Island Area...... Jackson Wayne Muskrat Slough...... Jones Sedan Bottoms...... Appanoose Red Rock Area...... Marion, Polk, Warren Sweet Marsh...... Bremer Badger Lake...... Monona Big Marsh...... Butler Chichaqua Area...... Polk Union Hills...... Cerro Gordo McCausland...... Scott Round Lake...... Clay Princeton Area...... Scott Jemmerson Slough Complex...... Dickinson Otter Creek Marsh...... Tama Forney Lake...... Fremont Rice Lake Area...... Winnebago Riverton Area...... Fremont Snyder Bend Lake...... Woodbury Dunbar Slough...... Greene Elk Creek Marsh...... Worth Bays Branch...... Guthrie

RESTRICTED AREA In addition, portions of some wildlife areas may be posted as “restricted areas.” It is unlawful to trespass in any manner within the posted boundaries of restricted areas, except department personnel and law enforcement officials may enter these areas at any time in performance of their duties.

18 IOWA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS REQUIRING NONTOXIC SHOT FOR ALL HUNTING [excluding deer and wild turkey]

BENTON County, Iowa River Corridor; HUMBOLDT County, all state & federal areas; BOONE County, Harrier Marsh WMA; IOWA County, Iowa River Corridor; BUENA VISTA County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all JASPER County, Chichaqua WMA; state & federal areas; KOSSUTH County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all CALHOUN County, South Twin Lake; state & federal areas; CERRO GORDO County, all land enrolled in IHAP, OSCEOLA County, all state & federal areas; all state & federal areas; PALO ALTO County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all CLAY County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all state & state & federal areas; federal areas except the Ocheyedan WMA target POCAHONTAS County; all state & federal areas shooting range; except Kalsow Prairie; GENERAL REGULATIONS DICKINSON County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all POLK County, Paul Errington Marsh WMA & state & federal areas except the Spring Run WMA Chichaqua WMAs; target shooting area; SAC County, all state & federal areas except EMMET County, all state & federal areas; White Horse Access & Sac City Access; FRANKLIN County, all state & federal areas; STORY County, Colo Bog & Hendrickson Marsh; GREENE County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all TAMA County, all land enrolled in IHAP & Iowa state & federal areas except Rippey Access & North River Corridor; Raccoon River; WINNEBAGO County, all land enrolled in IHAP, GUTHRIE County, McCord Pond, Lakin Slough & all state & federal areas; Bays Branch WMAs, excluding the target shooting WORTH County, all state & federal areas; range at Bays Branch WMA. WRIGHT County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all HAMILTON County, Little Wall Lake, Gordon Marsh state & federal areas. & Bauer Slough WMAs; Target shooting on these areas will also require the HANCOCK County, all land enrolled in IHAP, all use of nontoxic shot. state & federal areas;

WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACT is an agree- POACHING IS A CRIME! ment between participating states that prohibits a person whose hunting or fishing privileges are If you observe or know of suspended in one state from participating in those a fish or wildlife violation, activities in another state (see Iowa Courts On- report it to TIP as soon line). as possible by calling Massachusetts and Hawaii are in the process of 1-800-532-2020. Provide becoming members. All other states are members as much information as of the compact. possible when you call, such as a description of the individual, vehicle and time and location of the violation. A conservation officer will be dispatched to MULTIPLE OFFENDER PROGRAM FOR investigate. Since the TIP program began in 1985, about $260,000 has been approved in FISH AND WILDLIFE VIOLATORS Convictions are assigned point values as deter- reward payments. mined by the Iowa Administrative Code. Licenses TURN IN POACHERS will be suspended or revoked for a specific period as determined by the number of points accumu- 1-800-532-2020 lated. or online at www.iowadnr.gov You can remain anonymous!

19 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD REGULATIONS MIGRATORY GAME BIRD SEASONS & LIMITS SPECIAL HUNTING REGULATIONS See p. 9. THAT APPLY TO MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING LICENSE REQUIREMENTS & FEES See p. 6 and 12. General Hunting Regulations may also apply SHOOTING HOURS to Migratory Game Bird hunters. See p. 14. See p. 9.

DUCK & GOOSE HUNTING ZONES For the fall 2021 through spring 2026 seasons, the North Zone is that part of Iowa north of a line beginning on the South Dakota-Iowa border at Interstate 29, southeast along Interstate 29 to State Highway 20 to the Iowa-Illinois border. The South Zone is that part of Iowa west of Interstate 29 and south of State Highway 92 east to the Iowa- Illinois border. The Central Zone is the remainder of the state. MIGRATORY MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS HARVESTHARVEST INFORMATIONINFORMATION PROGRAMPROGRAM (HIP)(HIP) The Harvest Information Program is a partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state wildlife agencies to collect information on the nation’s migratory game bird hunters and their harvests of mi- gratory game birds. Currently, the program requires hunters to provide their contact information and answer basic harvest questions when they purchase their migratory game bird fee. The data collected is used to identify hunters to be included in a follow up survey that collects more detailed information on hunting activity and harvest. Using this more informed (stratified) survey design increases the efficiency and cost-effec- tiveness of the survey, in other words it saves money and reduces the number of responses from hunters needed to provide reliable harvest estimates. This information is used to inform decisions about managing migratory game birds, including season framework, bag limits, hunting zones and habitat management. Unfortunately, the reliability of this information has declined in recent years due to inconsistent hunter par- ticipation and inconsistencies with HIP registration through license vendors at the time of purchase. Chang- es will be implemented during the 2022 license year in order to improve the reliability of Iowa’s HIP. STARTING DEC. 15, all migratory game bird hunters will be required to register for HIP over the internet at www.gooutdoorsiowa.com. Migratory game birds mean more than ducks and geese. Migratory game birds in Iowa include ducks, geese, coots, doves, woodcock, rails, and snipe. Since registering through license vendors at the time of purchase has been inconsistent at best, hunters will need to register either through the Go Outdoors Iowa app on their smartphone or through a link at www.iowadnr.gov/waterfowl. Once registered, hunters will need to write their confirmation number on their license, print an updated copy of their license or take a screenshot of their confirmation on their phone to show proof. Conservation officers will be enforcing this requirement. Hunters want state and federal agencies to make wise decisions about managing migratory game birds and that requires good and accurate data. The majority of hunters who participated in HIP provided quality data because they know it’s important. Unfortunately, the reliability of the Iowa HIP has been declining due to inconsistent participation by hunters and third-party license vendors. This change is intended to improve hunter provided data to the HIP, which is a primary source of information for harvest surveys.

20 SPECIAL HUNTS SPECIAL SEPTEMBER CANADA GOOSE hunting license and have paid the Iowa wildlife SEASONS habitat and migratory game bird fees, if normally Special September Canada goose seasons required to do so to hunt waterfowl. Only the are open on specified dates during the first youth may hunt ducks, geese, mergansers and two weeks of September (see p. 9) in the Des coots. The accompanying adult may hunt any Moines, Cedar Rapids-Iowa City, and Waterloo- game that is in season, including other migratory Cedar Falls zones. The daily bag limit in these game birds that may be in season, provided he/ zones is 5 Canada geese. The zone boundary she possesses a federal duck stamp. The daily maps are available on the DNR’s web site at bag and possession limit for ducks, geese, http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Migratory- mergansers and coots for the youth season are Game-Birds. the same as for the regular season. All other regulations in effect for the regular waterfowl SPECIAL SEPTEMBER TEAL SEASON seasons apply during the youth hunt. The Special September teal season allows hunters additional days to pursue teal. Hunt- LIGHT GOOSE CONSERVATION ORDER ers must be aware that only teal are legal and Only light geese (white- and blue-phase snow the shooting hours are sunrise to sunset. All geese and Ross’ geese) can legally be taken general migratory game bird hunting regulations during the Light Goose Conservation Order. apply. More information is available at Hunters must have a valid resident or nonresi- www.iowadnr.gov/teal dent hunting license and have paid the current Iowa wildlife habitat and migratory game bird YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING DAYS fees. A federal duck stamp is not required. Resident hunters ages 15 or younger may Shooting hours are 1/2-hour before sunrise hunt waterfowl on Youth Waterfowl Hunting until 1/2-hour after sunset each day. There is Days without purchasing a hunting license, or no daily bag or possession limit during the Light MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS federal duck stamp, or paying the Iowa habi- Goose Conservation Order. Hunters may use tat or migratory game bird fees. Each youth electronic callers and unplugged shotguns hunter must be accompanied by an adult during the Light Goose Conservation Order. 18 years old or older. The adult must have a

NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES Some parts of the National Wildlife Refuges under the management of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Iowa are closed to hunting. In addition, there may be other regulations that limit the species that can be hunted on these national wildlife refuge properties, as well as when and how they can be hunted. For more details on hunting on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge lands go to: http://www.fws.gov/midwest/news/iowa.html and click on the refuge for which you want informa- tion. Or, write to: Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5600 American Boulevard West, Suite 990, Bloomington, MN 55437-1458. For questions about interpretations of Federal regulations call 515-961-5094 or send questions to 1306 North 14th Street, Indianola, IA 50125 or by FAX 515-961-5429.

RESTRICTED AREAS Some parts of wildlife management areas may be posted as “restricted areas.” It is unlawful to trespass in any manner on areas posted as restricted areas, except that DNR personnel, law enforcement officials and anyone specifically authorized by the DNR may enter the area at any time in performance of their duties.

21 AREAS CLOSED TO CANADA GOOSE HUNTING Canada goose hunting is closed in posted portions of 16 counties. Maps of the closed areas are online at www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Migratory-Game-Birds, and available from local conservation officers or DNR facilities near the Canada goose closed areas.

LYON OSCEOLA DICKINSON EMMET KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH MITCHELL HOWARD WINNESHIEK ALLAMAKEE 1. Emmet County; Regional Office in Spirit 3 1 4 SIOUX O'BRIEN CLAY PALO ALTO HANCOCK CERRO GORDO Lake and Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit near FLOYD CHICKASAW 2 FAYETTE CLAYTON Wallingford. PLYMOUTH CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTAS HUMBOLDT WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER BREMER 15 14 2. Clay/Palo Alto counties; Regional Office

WEBSTER BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE WOODBURY IDA SAC CALHOUN HAMILTON HARDIN GRUNDY in Spirit Lake and Prairie Lakes Wildlife Unit

TAMA BENTON LINN JONES JACKSON near Ruthven. MONONA 9 CRAWFORD CARROLL GREENE BOONE STORY MARSHALL 11 3. Dickinson County; Regional Office in CLINTON

CEDAR HARRISON SHELBY AUDUBON GUTHRIE DALLAS POLK JASPER POWESHIEK IOWA JOHNSON Spirit Lake and Great Lakes Wildlife Unit 7 SCOTT near Spirit Lake. MUSCATINE POTTAWATTAMIE CASS ADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON 4. Worth/Winnebago counties; Regional LOUISA

MILLS MONTGOMERY ADAMS UNION CLARKE LUCAS MONROE WAPELLO JEFFERSON HENRY Office in Spirit Lake and Clear Lake Wildlife 8 16 5 DES MOINES VAN BUREN Unit in Ventura. FREMONT PAGE TAYLOR RINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS

LEE 13 5. Lucas County; Regional Office in Brigh- ton and Rathbun Wildlife Unit near Russell. 7. Guthrie County; Regional Office in Lewis and Saylorville Wildlife Unit near Panora. 8. Adams County; Regional Office in Lewis and Grand River Wildlife Unit near Mt. Ayr. 9. Monona/Woodbury counties; Regional Office in Lewis and Missouri River Wildlife Unit near Whiting. 11. Jackson County; Regional Office in Manchester and Maquoketa Wildlife Unit near Green Island. 13. Van Buren County; Regional Office in Brighton and Sugema Wildlife Unit near Keosauqua. 14. Bremer County; Regional Office in Manchester and Cedar-Wapsi Wildlife Unit near Tripoli. MIGRATORY MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS 15. Butler County; Regional Office in Manchester and Cedar-Wapsi Wildlife Unit near Parkersburg. 16. Union County; Regional Office in Lewis and Grand River Wildlife Unit near Mt.Ayr.

AREAS CLOSED TO WATERFOWL HUNTING TRUMPETER SWAN ID The entire state is open to waterfowl hunting except for the following areas and the refuges identified on p. 18: Trumpeter Swan l The east-west road adjacent to Forney Lake in Fremont County; Tundra Swan l U.S. Highway 30 adjacent to Desoto National Wildlife Refuge in Harrison County; Canada Goose l County roads adjacent to Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge in Kossuth County; Snow Goose l Marked county roads near the Port Louisa Na- tional Wildlife Refuge in Louisa County; White-fronted Goose l Posted dikes at Green Island Wildlife Manage- Be Sure of Your Target BEFORE You Shoot ment Area in Jackson County; Trumpeter and tundra swans are protected by l Posted dikes at Otter Creek Wildlife Manage- state law and cannot be shot in Iowa. Shooting a ment Area in Tama County; swan will result in a fine and a liquidated damage l Posted lands adjacent to Rathbun Reservoir in fee of $1,500. Appanoose and Lucas counties; Trumpeter swans differ from snow geese and l Portions of Summit Lake in Union County; Canada geese. Trumpeter swans weigh up to l Posted portions of Clear Lake and Ventura 35 pounds, have 8-foot wingspans and are com- Marsh in Cerro Gordo County. pletely white, including their wing feathers (gray l Within 150 feet of the center of Army Road from if they are immature swans). Snow geese weigh New Albin to the boat ramp on the only 6 pounds, have 4-foot wingspans and the tips Mississippi River, in Allamakee County. of their wing feathers are black. 22 GENERAL MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING REGULATIONS FEDERAL REGULATIONS SUMMARY A more detailed synopsis of the federal regulations governing the hunting of migratory game birds can be found at: www.iowadnr.gov/huntingregs A complete version of all the federal regulations governing the hunting of migratory game birds can be accessed at www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations.php

NO PERSONS SHALL TAKE MIGRATORY ing, or stirring up any migratory bird. GAME BIRDS: l By the aid of baiting, or on or over any baited l With a trap, snare, net, crossbow, rifle, pistol, area, where a person knows or reasonably swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt should know that the area is or has been baited. gun, battery gun, machine gun, fish hook, poi- A baited area is any area on which salt, grain, or son, drug, explosive, or stupefying substance. other feed has been placed, exposed, deposited, l With a shotgun capable of holding more than distributed, or scattered, if that salt, grain, or three shells, unless it is plugged with a one- other feed could serve as a lure or attraction for piece filler that is incapable of being removed migratory game birds to areas where hunters without disassembling the gun. are attempting to take them. Any such area will l From a sinkbox or any other type of low float- remain a baited area for ten days following the ing device having a depression affording the complete removal of all such salt, grain, or other hunter a means of concealment beneath the feed. surface of the water. l From or with the aid or use of any motor It is legal to take migratory game birds, vehicle or other motor-driven land conveyance including waterfowl and coots, on or over the or aircraft of any kind, except that paraplegics following areas that are not otherwise baited: l and persons missing one or both legs may take Standing crops or flooded standing crops MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS from any stationary motor-driven land convey- (including aquatics). ance. l Standing, flooded, or manipulated natural l From or by means of any motorboat or other vegetation; flooded harvested croplands; or craft having a motor attached, or any sailboat, lands or areas where seeds or grains have been unless the motor has been completely shut off scattered solely as the result of a normal agricul- and/or the sails furled, and its progress there tural planting, harvesting, post-harvest manipula- from has ceased. tion or normal soil stabilization practices. l By the use or aid of live birds as decoys. It l From a blind or other place of concealment shall be unlawful to take migratory waterfowl camouflaged with natural vegetation. on an area where tame or captive live ducks or l From a blind or other place of concealment geese are present unless such birds have been camouflaged with vegetation from agricultural confined within an enclosure that substantially crops, as long as such camouflaging does not reduces the audibility of their calls and totally result in the exposing, depositing, distributing or conceals such birds from the sight of migratory scattering of grain or other feed; or waterfowl for a period of 10 consecutive days l Standing or flooded standing agricultural prior to such taking. crops where grain is inadvertently scattered l By the use or aid of recorded or electrically solely as a result of a hunter entering or exit- amplified bird calls or sounds, or recorded or ing a hunting area, placing decoys, or retrieving electrically amplified imitations of bird calls or downed birds. sounds. This restriction does not apply dur- For more information on federal baiting regula- ing the Conservation Order for light geese (i.e. tions, go to https://www.fws.gov/le/waterfowl- greater and lesser snow and Ross’s geese). hunting-and-baiting.html l By means or aid of any motor-driven land, water, or air conveyance, or any sailboat used for the purpose of concentrating, driving, rally-

23 BAITING RULES FOR MOURNING DOVES WANTON WASTE OF MIGRATORY GAME Federal regulations governing baiting for BIRDS doves are different in some respects than those No person shall kill or cripple any migratory governing baiting for waterfowl. You may hunt game bird without making a reasonable effort to re- doves on, over or from: trieve the bird, and retain it in his/her actual custo- l Lands or areas where seeds or grains have dy, at the place where taken or between that place been scattered solely as the result of normal and either (a) his/her vehicle or principal means of agricultural operations, which include normal land transportation; or (b) his/her personal abode agricultural harvestings, normal agricultural post- or temporary or transient place of lodging; or (c) a harvest manipulations, or normal agricultural migratory bird preservation facility; or (d) a post of- practices. fice; or (e) a common carrier facility. l Lands planted by means of top-sowing or aerial seeding where seeds have been scat- NONTOXIC SHOT tered solely as the result of a normal agricultural No person may take ducks, geese (including planting, a planting for agricultural soil erosion brant), rails, snipe, or coots while possessing shot control, or a planting for post-mining land recla- (either in shotshells or as loose shot for muzzle- mation. loading) other than approved nontoxic shot. For a l Lands or areas where grain or feed has been list of approved nontoxic shot, see https://www. distributed or scattered solely as the result of the fws.gov/birds/bird-enthusiasts/hunting/non- manipulation of an agricultural crop or other feed toxic.php on the land where grown. l Standing crops. DOVES l Lands planted as wildlife food plots, provided Dove hunters are required to have a plug in their the seed is planted in a manner consistent with gun limiting them to three shells. They must also Cooperative State Research, Education, and register with HIP when they buy their small game Extension Service recommendations for the

MIGRATORY MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS hunting license or by calling 1-855-242-3683 or planting of wildlife food plots. In states without by registering online. Go to www.iowadnr.gov and Cooperative Extension Service recommenda- click on the “Buy Your License” sales site link. tions for the planting of food plots, the seed must Hunters may use lead shot to hunt doves, except be planted in accordance with Extension Service on the wildlife areas listed on p. 19. guidelines for producing a crop. l Lands planted as pasture improvements or DEFINITIONS: for the purpose of grazing livestock. (The Fish DAILY BAG LIMIT: The maximum number of and Wildlife Service will not make a distinc- migratory game birds of a single species or combi- tion between agricultural fields planted with the nation (aggregate) of species permitted to be taken intent to gather a crop and those planted without by one person in any one day during the open sea- such intent provided the planting is carried out in son in any one specified geographic area for which a manner consistent with the recommendations a daily bag limit is prescribed. of State Extension Specialists). l Standing or manipulated natural vegetation. The maxi- l A blind or other place of concealment camou- AGGREGATE DAILY BAG LIMIT: mum number of migratory game birds permitted flaged with natural vegetation. to be taken by one person in any one day during l A blind or other place of concealment camou- the open season when such person hunts in more flaged with vegetation from agricultural crops, than one specified geographic area and/or for more provided your use of such vegetation does not than one species for which a combined daily bag expose, deposit, distribute or scatter grain or limit is prescribed. The aggregate daily bag limit is other feed. You should be aware that seeds equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest daily bag or grains from such vegetation could create a limit prescribed for any one species or for any one baited area. specified geographic area in which taking occurs. For more information on the federal regulations

that govern baiting for doves, go to: http://www.fws.gov/le/HuntFish/WhatisLegal.htm

24 FIELD POSSESSION LIMIT TRANSPORTATION OF BIRDS No person shall possess, have in custody, or OF ANOTHER transport more than the daily bag limit or No person shall transport migratory game aggregate daily bag limit, whichever applies, of birds belonging to another person unless such migratory game birds, tagged or not tagged, at birds are properly tagged. or between the place where taken and either (a) his vehicle or principal means of land transporta- TAGGING REQUIREMENT tion; or (b) his personal abode or temporary or No person shall put or leave any migratory transient place of lodging; or (c) a migratory bird game birds at any place (other than at his per- preservation facility; or (d) a post office; or (e) a sonal abode), or in the custody of another per- common carrier facility. son for picking, cleaning, processing, shipping, transportation, or storage (including temporary

POSSESSION LIMIT storage), or for the purpose of having taxidermy The maximum number of migratory game services performed, unless such birds have a birds of a single species or a combination of tag attached, signed by the hunter, stating his species permitted to be possessed by any one address, the total number and species of birds, person when lawfully taken in the United States and the date such birds were killed. Migratory in any one specified geographic area for which a game birds being transported in any vehicle as possession limit is prescribed. the personal baggage of the possessor shall not be considered as being in storage or temporary AGGREGATE POSSESSION LIMIT storage. The maximum number of migratory game birds of a single species or combination of spe- cies taken in the United States permitted to be CUSTODY OF BIRDS OF ANOTHER possessed by any one person when taking and No person shall receive or have in custody possession occurs in more than one specified any migratory game birds belonging to another geographic area for which a possession limit person unless such birds are properly tagged. MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS is prescribed. The aggregate possession limit is equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest GIFT OF MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS possession limit prescribed for any one of the No person may receive, possess, or give to species or specified geographic areas in which another, any freshly killed migratory game birds taking and possession occurs. as a gift, except at the personal abodes of the donor or donee, unless such birds have a tag PERSONAL ABODE attached, signed by the hunter who took the One’s principal or ordinary home or dwelling birds, stating such hunter’s address, the total place, as distinguished from one’s temporary number and species of birds and the date such or transient place of abode or dwelling such as birds were taken. a hunting club, or any club house, cabin, tent or trailer house used as a hunting club, or any REPORT BANDED BIRDS hotel, motel or rooming house used during a www.reportband.gov Reporting the harvest of banded waterfowl hunting, pleasure or business trip. provides valuable information which helps SPECIES IDENTIFICATION sustain waterfowl populations and hunting for the future. REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION As of July 2, 2017, band reports will no No person shall transport within the United longer be accepted by phone. All reports must States any migratory game birds, except doves be through www.reportband.gov even if the and band-tailed pigeons, unless the head or one band has a phone number inscribed on it. fully feathered wing remains attached to each Questions should be directed to such bird at all times while being transported [email protected] or Orrin Jones at 641- from the place where taken until they have ar- 357-3517 ext. 23, [email protected]. rived at the personal abode of the possessor or Thank you for helping manage migratory a migratory bird preservation facility. birds!

25 IOWA REGULATIONS SUMMARY 17 and 18 of the Mississippi River must register their blind site with the Department of Natural BLINDS Resources by completing a registration card A blind is a constructed place of concealment and designating the blind’s location on a map. for hunting, observing or photographing wildlife. Registration is held in August at a site publicly You may construct a blind on a game manage- announced by the Department. Registration is ment area using only the natural vegetation for a five-year period and requires a fee of $100. found on the area, except that no trees or parts The blind registration number must be visibly of trees other than willows can be cut for that posted at the blind’s entrance. Blinds must be purpose. The use of such blinds is on a first- at least four feet by eight feet in size, but can- come, first-served basis whether or not you con- not have a floor space larger than 500-square structed the blind. You cannot drive or otherwise feet, not including a boat hide. Blinds must be place any nail, spike, pin or any other object, constructed of biodegradable materials. Treated metal or otherwise, into any tree on a game lumber, treated plywood, woven wire, chicken management area to construct a blind or to wire, cattle panels, tin and sheet metal, vinyl and make access to a blind or to a hunting location plastic, and other non-biodegradable above the ground. Portable blinds are prohib- materials are not allowed unless they are ited on game management areas from one hour removed within three days after the close of the after sunset until midnight of each day. Portable waterfowl season. The use of metal and blinds which are built on, or are part of, a boat nylon fasteners including but not limited to nails, shall be considered as removed from an area screws, lag bolts, staples and ties is allowed. when the boat and blind are tied up or moored No brush or trees, other than willows, may be at an approved access site. No boat may be removed around the blind. Blind registrants must anchored away from shore and left unattended occupy their blind by the opening of shooting unless it is attached to a legal buoy. Special time each day to claim the blind for that day. MIGRATORY MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS regulations regarding the use and construction After this time, unoccupied blinds will be avail- of blinds on parts of the Mississippi River are able to any other hunters. No person will claim described below. or attempt to claim a blind that is legally occupied and no person will harass, in any DECOYS manner, the occupants of a blind that has been A “decoy” is a likeness of a bird or animal legally occupied. Blinds may not be locked. used to lure game within shooting range. De- Decoys may be left out for the entire waterfowl coys are prohibited on all game management ar- season but must be picked up and removed eas from one hour after sunset until midnight of from the area within three days after the close of each day. Decoys are considered removed from the waterfowl season. All jugs and other floating an area if they are in a boat or other container at devices used to attract waterfowl are considered an approved access site. Decoys cannot be left decoys. unattended for more than 30 minutes between midnight and one-half hour after sunset. Special POSSESSION OF LIVE BIRDS regulations regarding the use of decoys on parts Wounded birds reduced to possession must of the Mississippi River are described below. be immediately killed and included in the daily bag limit. STATIONARY BLINDS & USE OF DE- COYS ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER POOLS SHOOTING OR HAWKING HOURS 14-18 You cannot take migratory game birds except Hunters wishing to build a stationary blind on during the hours open to shooting and hawking. Pool 14 downstream of Upper Mississippi River For complete falconry information, visit the Iowa National Wildlife and Fish Refuge River Mile DNR’s web site at 502, near Princeton, Iowa, and Pools 15, 16, www.iowadnr.gov/huntingregs.

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A FURHARVESTER LICENSE snare set on private land other than roadsides Hunters and trappers must have a furharvest- within 30 yards of a pond, lake, creek, drainage er license and have paid the habitat fee (see ditch, stream or river must have a loop size of p. 6) to hunt all furbearers, except coyote and 11 inches or less in horizontal measurement. All groundhog, and to trap any furbearing animal. A other snares must have a loop size of 8 inches hunting license is not needed when hunting fur- or less in horizontal measurement, except for bearers. Coyote and groundhog may be hunted snares with at least one-half of the loop under with a hunting or furharvester license. It is illegal water. Snares cannot be attached to a drag. All to kill an otter or beaver with a shotgun or spear. snares must have a functional deer lock which LICENSED FUR DEALERS will not allow the snare loop to close smaller than 2 1/2 inches. A current list of licensed fur dealers is available at MECHANICAL SNARES www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Trapping-Fur-Harvesting It is illegal to set any mechanically-powered snare designed to capture an animal by the PERMIT TO HOLD HIDES (see p. 15). neck or body unless the snare is placed com- DISTURBING DENS pletely under water. You cannot molest or disturb, in any manner, BODY-GRIPPING & CONIBEAR-TYPE any den, lodge or house of a furbearing animal TRAPS or beaver dam except by written permission of You cannot set or maintain any body-grip- an officer appointed by the director of the DNR. ping or conibear-type trap on any public road You cannot use any chemical, explosive, smok- right-of-way within 5 feet of any fence. ing device, mechanical ferret, wire, tool, instru- Humane traps, or traps designed to kill ment or water to remove furbearing animals instantly, with a jaw spread as originally from their dens. manufac- BOX TRAPS tured with A person shall not use or attempt to use an outside colony traps in taking, capturing, trapping or measure- killing any game or furbearing animals except ment that FURBEARERS muskrats. Box traps capable of capturing more exceeds 8 than one game or furbearing animal at each inches, are unlawful to use except when placed entirely setting are prohibited. A valid hunting license is required for box trapping cottontail rabbits and under water. squirrels. PUBLIC ROADSIDE LIMITATIONS REMOVAL OF ANIMALS FROM TRAPS & You cannot set or maintain any snare or SNARES conibear-type trap within any public road All animals or animal carcasses caught in right-of-way within 200 yards of the entry to a any type of trap or snare, except those that are private drive serving a residence or buildings placed entirely under water and designed to inhabited by humans unless a resident of the drown the animal immediately, must be removed dwelling adjacent to the public road right-of- from the trap or snare by the trap or snare user way has given permission, or unless the body- immediately upon discovery and within 24 hours gripping or conibear-type trap is completely of the time the animal is caught. under water or at least one-half of the loop of the snare is under water. This does not limit SNARES the use of foothold traps or box-type live traps For the purpose of law enforcement, snares in public road right-of-ways. A person may not are considered to be traps. 32 place a trap, stake or non-indigenous set mak- item or device to trap furbearers, or to mark ing material upon any public road right-of-way or otherwise claim any site to trap furbearers, except during a period of time that begins two except during the open season for trapping weeks before the trapping season opens and furbearers. ends on the last day of the season. BOBCAT HUNTING & TRAPPING FOOTHOLD & LEGHOLD TRAPS Hunters and trappers must have a furhar- You cannot set or maintain, on land, any foot- vester license and pay the habitat fee to har- hold or leghold trap with metal serrated jaws, vest bobcats, if normally required to have them metal-toothed jaws or a spread inside the set to trap. A regular Hunting License will not be jaws greater than 7 inches as measured to the adequate. outside edge. BOBCAT SEASON IN SHADED COUNTIES ONLY

LYON OSCEOLA DICKINSON EMMET KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH MITCHELL HOWARD WINNESHIEK ALLAMAKEE TRAP TAG REQUIREMENTS SIOUX O'BRIEN CLAY PALO ALTO HANCOCK CERRO GORDO All traps and snares, whether set or not, FLOYD CHICKASAW BobcatBobcat HarvestHarvestFAYETTE CLAYTON possessed by a person who can reason- PLYMOUTH CHEROKEE BUENA VISTAPOCAHONTAS HUMBOLDT WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER BREMER ably be presumed to be trapping must have WEBSTER ClosedClosedBLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE a metal tag attached, plainly labeled with WOODBURY IDA SAC CALHOUN HAMILTON HARDIN GRUNDY the user’s name and address. Officers ap- TAMA BENTONLINNJONES JACKSON MONONA CRAWFORD CARROLL GREENE BOONE STORY MARSHALL pointed by the DNR can confiscate such CLINTON CEDAR

HARRISON SHELBY AUDUBON GUTHRIE DALLAS POLK JASPER POWESHIEK IOWA JOHNSON traps and snares when not properly labeled SCOTT or checked. MUSCATINE POTTAWATTAMIE CASS ADAIRMADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA KEOKUK WASHINGTON

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You cannot set or maintain any foothold or FREMONT PAGE TAYLOR RINGGOLD DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN LEE body-gripping trap or snare within 20 feet of exposed bait on land anywhere in the state, or over water in the following areas: a) MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR - Allama- SEASON LIMIT: No more than 3 bobcats kee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, total can be legally harvested by a furharvester in Muscatine, Louisa, Des Moines and Lee coun- a season. ties. The season bag limit for bobcats either hunted FURBEARERS b) MISSOURI RIVER CORRIDOR - Those or trapped in Audubon, Boone, Cedar, Chero- portions of Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pot- kee, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Delaware, Guth- tawattamie, Mills and Fremont counties west of rie, Harrison, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Interstate 29. Jones, Lyon, Monona, Muscatine, Plymouth, c) DES MOINES RIVER CORRIDOR - Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Webster Boone, Dallas, Polk, Marion, Mahaska, Wapello and Woodbury County (counties in gray) is 1 and Van Buren counties. bobcat per person. “Exposed bait” means meat or viscera of any The season bag limit for bobcats, either animal, bird, fish, amphibian or reptile with or hunted or trapped, in Adair, Adams, Appanoose, without skin, hide or feathers that is visible to Cass, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, soaring birds. Fremont, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Mon- TRAPPING ON GAME MANAGEMENT roe, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ring- AREAS MARKING TRAP SITES gold, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, You cannot place on any game management Washington and Wayne County (counties in red) area any trap, stake, flag, marker or any other is 3 bobcats per person.

33 RIVER OTTER TRAPPING Trappers must have a furharvester license and pay the habitat fee to trap otter, if normally re- quired to have them to trap. WALK IN Season Limit: 3 otters per licensed furhar- vester. HUNTING AREAS TAGGING REQUIREMENTS Contact a Conservation Officer within 24 hours 36,000 ACRES of taking an otter or bobcat to receive a CITES tag. The CITES tag must remain with the animal THANK YOU to Iowa until it is sold. Animals kept for taxidermy or other landowners for opening private display or educational purposes must have the land for public hunting CITES tag retained at all times. Otters and bobcats accidentally captured after For maps and details: the season has closed and bobcats accidentally www.iowadnr.gov/ihap captured in an area of the state closed to bobcat Iowa Habitat and Access Program (IHAP) harvesting, must be turned over to the DNR with- Walk-in hunting only, all other activies are prohibited out penalty.

OTTER & BOBCAT PARTS COLLECTION ATTENTION FURHARVESTERS: The DNR will NOT be collecting otter and bobcat skulls and lower jaws this year for tooth aging pur- poses. We thank you for your cooperation with this in previous years.

HUNTERSHUNTERS:: HelpHelp FightFight ChronicChronic WastingWasting DiseaseDisease The Iowa DNR is committed to fighting the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). A harvested infected deer can no longer make direct contact with other deer, helping slow the disease. CWD is 100 percent fatal to infected deer. Infected deer may not display symptoms, and testing is the only way to know if a deer is infected.

FURBEARERS Three ways you can fight CWD: 1. PROVIDE THE SAMPLE. The DNR collects tissue samples in every county. By thorough testing, the disease can be tracked. Call your local wildlife unit (p. 45) and they can make arrangements if additional

DEER samples are needed from your hunting area. 2. STOP THE SPREAD. Do not use feed or salt-mineral licks to attract deer. High concentrations of deer can lead to the spread of the disease. 3. PROPERLY TRANSPORT AND DISPOSE. Do not leave a carcass or bones to decay on the land. Disposal with residential waste is permissible. Contact your local waste hauler for requirements. Make absolutely sure not to transport and dump carcasses outside of the area where the deer was shot, as this will spread the disease to new areas.

Information on individual management zones, license options, tissue sample require- ments, carcass disposal, and more is available in a new Chronic Wasting Disease guide available at www.iowadnr.gov, through the Go Outdoors Iowa app, and at select license sales vendors within the CWD zones.

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35 Hunters important role in helping to manage Iowa’s wildlife Hunters have been a long- Program, and is used to help us to manage game time partner in wildlife manage- species for responsible and regulated pursuit by ment here in Iowa – beyond licensed hunters. buying a license. You’ve told This relationship between us (agency), regu- us what you’ve seen from your lated hunters and game species exists to support treestand and what you’ve wildlife populations and to provide for traditional brought to bag when hunting hunting pursuits. For this relationship to work, we pheasants, deer, turkeys, rab- need good data – good data allows us to make bits, ducks, geese and furbear- informed decisions when setting bag limits, ex- ers and more. panding or contracting open seasons, and when Todd Bishop, chief This partnership gives us drafting habitat and species management plans DNR Wildlife Bureau a more complete picture of the to ensure game species populations can support status of different game spe- hunter harvest. cies, but it’s important that hunters participate and Hunters have a key role in this model – pro- the data is accurate for us to make good decisions viding good data. When you give good data, you on your behalf. get the maximum opportunities to pursue your The data is collected through hunter sur- interests while ensuring those opportunities will be veys– bow hunter, small game, waterfowl, harvest available for future generations. reporting and, of course, Harvest Information

2021 DEER HUNTING INFORMATION DEER SEASONS, LICENSE PURCHASE No person shall tag a deer with a tag that was DATES, ANTLERLESS QUOTAS & ANTLERED purchased after the deer was taken. RESTRICTIONS A hunter may not carry a deer license or trans- See p. 8. portation tag issued to another hunter while deer hunting. See p. 43.

LICENSE REQUIREMENTS & FEES Deer hunters may not possess a tag belonging to See p. 6 and 12. another hunter while in the field.

SPECIAL HUNTING REGULATIONS PAID DEER LICENSES see p. 40. THAT APPLY TO DEER HUNTING Resident hunters may obtain the following types of General Hunting Regulations may also apply to deer licenses: deer hunters. See p. 14. General Deer Licenses are valid statewide in the season selected by the hunter at the time the license SHOOTING HOURS is purchased. General deer licenses are valid for are half- DEER Shooting hours for all deer seasons taking deer of either sex for all counties except those hour before sunrise to half-hour after sunset. listed on the map on p. 8. A hunter may have one General deer license for the Bow Season and one TAGGING REQUIREMENTS General deer license for one of the following sea- The head and antlers (if any) must remain at- sons: Early Muzzleloader, Late Muzzleloader, Shot- tached to the carcass until it is processed for con- gun Season 1, or Shotgun Season 2. Exceptions: sumption. Hunters in the Youth, Disabled Hunter, l Youth, Disabled Season hunters see p. 41. Bow, Early Muzzleloader, and Late Muzzleloader l There is a quota of 7,500 Early Muzzleloader seasons must shoot their own deer and tag only Season General deer licenses. These are sold the deer they shoot. first-come first-served until the quota is filled or Hunters in both shotgun seasons may shoot deer until the last day of the Early Muzzleloader Sea- for each other, provided that all tagging require- son. ments are followed, and the deer will be considered Paid Antlerless-only Licenses are valid for in the possession of the hunter whose tag is affixed to taking only antlerless deer. An antlerless deer is a it. 36 deer with no forked antler. These licenses are valid consent of the property owner. A person using a dog only in the county and season or deer population to track a wounded deer outside of legal deer hunt- management zone and season selected by the ing hours shall not be in possession of a firearm or hunter at the time the license is purchased. archery device. An unarmed dog handler assisting Quotas for Antlerless-only Licenses are set for in the recovery of a wounded deer is exempt from each county to direct the additional harvest of does licensing requirements as long as the handler is ac- to areas with the greatest number of deer. The quota companied by the licensed hunter who wounded the is the maximum number of Antlerless-only Licenses deer. that will be sold for each county for all deer seasons. Licenses are sold first-come first-served until the BLAZE ORANGE REQUIRED quota is reached. See p. 8. To hunt deer with a firearm in any season you must wear one of the following articles of external, vis- ALLOWABLE COMBINATIONS ible, solid blaze orange clothing: vest, jacket, coat, OF PAID DEER LICENSES sweatshirt, sweater, shirt or coveralls. An orange hat See table on p. 40. alone is not sufficient. No person shall use blinda for hunting deer during the regular shotgun deer seasons BAG & POSSESSION LIMIT unless such blind exhibits a solid blaze orange mark- For Shotgun Season 1 and Shotgun Season 2 ing with a minimum of 144 square inches visible in all seasons, the daily bag and possession limit is one directions. deer for each unfilled transportation tag issued to a A blind is defined as a place of concealment hunter who is present in the party. constructed, either wholly or partially from man-made For all other deer seasons, the daily bag and pos- materials, which is used for the purpose of hiding a session limit is one deer for each license and trans- person who is hunting from sight. A blind is not a nat- portation tag issued to the hunter for that season. urally occurring landscape feature or an arrangement The annual possession limit is one deer for of natural or agricultural plant material that a hunter each license and transportation tag obtained by uses for concealment. In addition to the requirements the hunter for all seasons. above, hunters using blinds must also satisfy the requirements of wearing blaze orange. HELPING OTHER HUNTERS Resident and nonresident deer hunters with a valid TREE STANDS deer hunting license may hunt with and assist other You may not construct a permanent tree stand on deer hunters only in the season specified on their state public hunting areas. You may not drive or in license. Party hunting is allowed in the Shotgun 1 any other way place any nail, spike, pin, or any other and Shotgun 2 seasons. Helping does not include metal object into a tree on state public hunting areas retrieval of game on private property. Hunters must to construct a blind or to provide hunting access to a have a valid tag for the county in which they are hunt- location above the ground. ing. See tagging requirements on p. 43. Tree stands may be left on a state public hunting area from 7 days prior to the start of deer hunting

BLOOD TRACKING WOUNDED DEER WITH A season until 7 days after the final day of that open DEER DOG season. A person having a valid hunting license and a valid deer hunting license who has wounded a deer PROHIBITED DEVICES & ACTIVITIES while hunting may use a dog to track and retrieve the You may not use dogs, domestic animals, bait, wounded deer. The person must maintain physical radios, handguns, rifles and crossbows (except as control of the dog at all times during the search by described on p. 38), automobiles, aircraft, drones, means of a maximum 50-foot lead attached to the electronic calls or any mechanical conveyance or de- dog’s collar or harness. The person may dispatch the vice to hunt deer. Persons who meet one or more of deer using a legal method of take authorized by the the following conditions would be considered eligible person’s deer hunting license. A person shall not use for a non-ambulatory deer license and able to hunt that method of take to hunt, wound, or kill any animal from a stationary motor driven conveyance: paralyzed other than the deer that the hunter is tracking, except from the waist down; the loss or partial loss of both in self-defense. Using a dog to track a wounded deer legs; or any other physical affliction which makes it on private property is permissible at any hour with impossible to walk from place to place successfully. 37 “Bait” means grain, fruit, vegetables, nuts, hay, SHOTGUNS: 10-, 12-, 16-, and 20-gauge shot- salt, mineral blocks, or any other natural food materi- guns shooting single slugs only. als, commercial products containing natural food ma- MUZZLELOADERS: Only muzzleloading rifles, terials, or by-products of such materials transported muzzleloading muskets, muzzleloading pistols, and to or placed in an area for the purpose of attracting muzzleloading revolvers between .44 and .775 of wildlife. Bait does not include livestock feed placed an inch shooting a single projectile. Muzzleloaders during normal agricultural activities. equipped with electronic ignition are not allowed. In- line and disk-type muzzleloaders are allowed. Rifle- SHOOTING FIREARMS OVER WATER OR scopes may also be used. HIGHWAY HANDGUNS: Any pistol or revolver with a barrel You cannot shoot any rifle on or over any of the length of at least four inches and firing straight wall or other centerfire ammunition propelling an ex- public highways or waters of the state or any rail- panding-type bullet with a maximum diameter of no road right-of-way. You cannot discharge a shotgun less than .350 of an inch and no larger than .500 of shooting a slug, pistol or revolver on or over a an inch and with a published or calculated muzzle public roadway (see diagram). energy of 500 foot pounds or higher is legal for Additionally, no person shall discharge a rifle, hunting deer during the pistol or revolver seasons. including a muzzleloading rifle or musket, or a hand- A person who is 20 years of age or less shall gun from a highway; or discharge a shotgun shooting not hunt deer with a pistol or revolver unless that slugs from a highway north of U.S. Highway 30, while person is accompanied and under direct supervi- deer hunting. sion throughout the hunt by a responsible person Private Property with a valid hunting license who is at least 21 years Fence of age, with the consent of a parent, guardian, or Ditch spouse who is at least 21 years of age. The re- sponsible person with a valid hunting license who is

Highway or Roadway at least 21 years of age shall be responsible for the Right-of-Way (includes shoulder) conveyance of the pistol or revolver while the pistol } or revolver is not actively being used for hunting. Ditch RIFLES: Rifles firing straight wall or other cen- { Fence terfire ammunition propelling an expanding-type Private Property bullet with a maximum diameter of no less than .350 of an inch and no larger than .500 of an inch LEGAL METHOD OF TAKE and with a published or calculated muzzle energy ARCHERY: Longbows, recurve bows, and of 500 foot pounds or higher is legal for hunting compound bows shooting broadhead arrows are deer during the youth and disabled hunting season permitted. No explosive or chemical devices may and first and second shotgun seasons. be attached to the arrow or broadhead. There are The following is a partial list of allowable cartridg- no minimum draw weights for bows or minimum es that has generated the most questions on legal- diameter for broadheads. Arrows must be at least 18 ity. Cartridges meeting the criteria defined above inches long. are legal whether listed here or not. DEER Crossbows are not legal except that a physically handicapped person, as defined on p. 14, may obtain a permit from the DNR to use a crossbow. .35 Whelen .45 Long Colt Applications are available at .350 Legend .45 Raptor www.iowadnr.gov/hunting - click on “Licenses .358 Winchester .450 Bushmaster and Laws” and then on “License Applications,” .375 Winchester .450 Marlin or by visiting the DNR central office or any of the .40 S&W .45-70 Govt district offices (p. 52), or by calling the DNR at 515- .44 Magnum .460 S&W 725-8200. Residents 65 and older may obtain one .444 Marlin .500 S&W Antlerless-only statewide crossbow deer license. See p. 41 for details. Hunters may not carry a handgun while hunting under an archery tag, unless they have an unfilled transportation tag for a season that allows handguns or a valid permit to carry.

38 CROSSBOW: A legal weapon for residents CARING FOR DEER AFTER HARVEST during the Late Muzzleloader season. A cross- • Know how the locker wants to receive the meat. bow consists of a bow mounted transversely on a • Properly field-dress within 30 minutes of harvest stock or frame and designed to fire a bolt, arrow with special attention to removing the intestines, or quarrel by the release of the bow string, which important above 45 degrees. is controlled by a mechanical trigger and work- especially ing safety. Crossbows equipped with pistol grips • Wear disposable gloves and use clean tools – keep and designed to be fired with one hand are illegal the meat clean. for taking or attempting to take deer or turkey. All • ONLY use bags and containers designed for food projectiles used in conjunction with a crossbow for – NOT garbage bags. deer hunting must be equipped with a broadhead. • A link to a guide on proper field-dressing is available at www.iowadnr.gov/hunting.

LEGAL METHOD OF TAKE BY SEASON

SEASON Archery Muzzleloader Handgun Shotgun Crossbow Rifle Youth/Disabled X X X1 X X6 Bow3,4 X Early Muzzleloader X X2 Late Muzzleloader X X X X5 Shotgun 1 X X X X6 Shotgun 2 X X X X6 Nonresident Holiday Season X X X 1 Youth hunters may only hunt with a handgun while under direct supervision of licensed adult who is at least 21 years old. 2 Muzzleloading pistols only. 3Antlerless Senior (65 years old and older) Statewide Crossbow License during the bow season only. 4Cannot carry a handgun while hunting with a bow tag, unless hunter has an unfilled transportation tag for a season that allows handguns or a valid permit to carry. 5Resident hunters only. 6See p. 38.

GOING OUT OF STATE TO HUNT? DNR regulations prohibit bringing back whole carcasses of deer, elk, moose or caribou into the state from areas where CWD has been identified, whether they were taken from wild, free-ranging animals or shot on a hunting preserve. Currently, CWD has been detected in free-ranging populations in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wiscon- sin, Wyoming and in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. It has been detected in captive facilities in Colora- do, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming, and in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Quebec, Canada. If you take a deer, elk, moose or caribou in a CWD endemic area, you may bring back only the boned out DEER meat, skin (cape) and antlers. Antlers may be attached only to a clean skull plate from which all brain and connective tissue has been removed. Animals taken outside of identified CWD areas may be transported in any manner that is otherwise legal. It is very unlikely that CWD could be contracted by eating venison from Iowa deer. However, for concerned hunters, the best preventive measures are:  Avoid shooting obviously sick or emaciated deer.  Wear latex or rubber gloves while field dressing to reduce the chance of contracting any disease.  Bone out the meat from your animal.  Minimize handling and avoid eating the brain, spinal cord, eyes, spleen, tonsils and lymph nodes of harvested animals.  Wash hands and instruments thoroughly after field dressing is complete.  Thoroughly cook all meat (or meat products like sausage or jerky) until juices run clear. Any dead deer that is obviously emaciated or with unnatural lesions or growths on the internal organs or chest cavity should be reported to a DNR wildlife biologist or conservation officer.

39 Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Disabled [if eligible] Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Late Muzzleloader [if eligible] Youth Shotgun Season 2 Season Shotgun Bow 1 Season Shotgun Bow 2 Season Shotgun Bow *Early Muzzleloader Bow Shotgun Season 1 OR Shotgun Season 2 (not both) Bow Shotgun Season 1 OR Shotgun Season 2 (not both) Bow *Early Muzzleloader Bow Shotgun Season 1 Season Shotgun Bow Shotgun Season 1 OR Shotgun Season 2 (not both) Bow ANTLERLESS-ONLY LICENSES ANTLERLESS-ONLY General Deer License for Early Muzzleloader season must be purchased *A Antlerless-only License may be purchased. before the Early Muzzleloader

DEER Bow Season Shotgun Season 1 Shotgun Season 2 Quota] [7,500 Muzzleloader Early Late Muzzleloader Bow Season Bow Season None Purchased SECOND GENERAL DEER LICENSE DEER GENERAL SECOND statewide: Maximum One Valid No quota except Early per hunter. Select one license Muzzleloader. from the same row as first General Deer License section. Bow Season IOWA RESIDENT DEER LICENSE OPTIONS 2021-2022 SEASON IOWA SHOTGUN SEASON 2 BOW MUZZLELOADER EARLY [7,500 Quota] MUZZLELOADER LATE NONE PURCHASED SHOTGUN SEASON 1 : The chart below will help determine which licenses resident Iowa deer hunters may purchase. To use, 1] select the preferred General deer license To The chart below will help determine which licenses resident Iowa deer hunters may purchase. DIRECTIONS : from the left column. 2] Follow to the right, staying within the same horizontal line, to determine what additional licenses may be purchased. Bonus licenses, if Antlerless Crossbow] may be purchased in addition to statewide licenses. [See p. 41.] Senior Disabled, Nonambulatory, eligible, [Youth, LICENSES : Before Sept. 15: Maximum 1. Beginning No limit unti l quotas fill. Select from the same horizontal row as your ANTLERLESS-ONLY in one county; county quotas apply. General Deer License selection. Valid FIRST GENERAL DEER LICENSE FIRST GENERAL statewide: Maximum One Valid No quota except per hunter. Select one Early Muzzleloader. license from any box below.

40 BONUS DEER HUNTS NON-AMBULATORY DEER LICENSE YOUTH DEER SEASON A non-ambulatory Iowa resident may be Iowa residents who are younger than 16 years issued one General deer license which may be old on the day they obtain a license are eligible used to hunt deer during any established deer for the Youth Season subject to the following hunting season using the method of take for that restrictions: season until the license is filled. A person obtain- ing this license may obtain any other deer hunting l While hunting, youth hunters must be under licenses for which they are eligible. Applications the direct supervision of an adult mentor who for a non-ambulatory license permit are available has a valid Hunting License and has paid the online at www.iowadnr.gov/hunting then clicking Habitat Fee, if the adult is normally required to on Licenses and Laws, or any of the regional or have them to hunt. Only one youth hunter may district offices listed on p. 52, or by calling the DNR accompany each adult mentor. at 515-725-8200. After approval and filing of the l Clothing requirements, method of take and all permit application with the DNR, non-ambulatory other deer hunting regulations in effect during hunters may purchase this special license at any the regular deer seasons are in effect during ELSI agent. the youth season, if hunting deer with a firearm. l If a youth hunter turns 16 while utilizing a youth CROSSBOW LICENSE FOR SENIORS license, they must purchase a hunting license Resident hunters 65 years old and on the day and habitat fee, if normally required. they purchase a license, may purchase one state- wide Antlerless-only License to hunt deer with a crossbow. This license is valid during the bow sea- Youth hunters may hunt with a bow, shotgun, son and may be obtained in addition to any other rifle or muzzleloader as defined on p. 38. deer license.

UNFILLED YOUTH TAG JANUARY ANTLERLESS-ONLY SEASON Youth hunters with a Youth Deer License who The January antlerless-deer-only season do not take a deer during the youth deer hunt- has been conditionally reinstated in Allamakee, ing season may use the Youth Deer License and unused tag during any following deer season. The youth must follow all other rules specified for each season. Party hunting is not allowed while hunting with a youth tag, regardless of the season. The deer must be harvested by the "Full Line Benelli -Franchi-Stoeger-Uberti Dealer" youth whose name is on the tag. Youth hunters may also obtain deer licenses for other seasons like any other hunter.

SEVERELY DISABLED DEER LICENSE A severely disabled (see p. 14) Iowa resident may be issued one General Deer License to DEER hunt deer during the Youth Season with a bow, shotgun, rifle or muzzleloader as defined on p. 38. A person obtaining this license may obtain any other deer hunting licenses for which they are eligible. Applications for a severely disabled deer license permit are available online at www. Expert iowadnr.gov/hunting then clicking on Licenses and Laws, or any of the regional or district offices listed on p. 52, or by calling the DNR at 515-725- 8200. After approval and filing of the permit ap- plication with the DNR, severely disabled hunters 1118 4th Ave S, Denison, IA 51442 309 Truman Rd, Anita, IA 50020 may purchase this special license at any ELSI [email protected] [email protected] (712) 393-4867 (712) 762-3374 agent. Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm Mon-Sat: 9am-5pm, Thur: 9am-8pm

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DEERDEER POPULATION MANAGEMENT ZONES Deer population management zones are used to reduce or maintain deer numbers. Each management zone has its own license quota, season dates, license restrictions and proficiency requirements. Most licenses are Antlerless-only. Management zone hunts are listed online at http://www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/DeerHunting/DeerManagementHunts.aspx Licenses for these hunts will not count in determining the number of licenses an individual may have, or against the county quota for Antlerless-only Licenses.

Appanoose, Decatur, Wayne and Winneshiek counties. The season will be reinstated in each LOT YOUTH DEER LICENSES A youth age county ONLY if the number of unsold county 18 or younger who resides with and is a member of antlerless-deer-only licenses exceeds 100 on the family of a landowner or tenant who is eligible the third Monday in December. Licenses will be for Landowner-Tenant Deer Licenses may obtain a available the same day the season is reinstated. Landowner-Tenant License for the Youth Season. Only antlerless deer may be taken during the The Landowner-Tenant Youth License will January Antlerless-only season. Hunting is count as the one Landowner-Tenant General allowed on public land, and private land with Deer License the landowner or tenant family is permission. entitled to for all deer seasons. Shotguns, handguns, muzzleloaders, bows and center-fire rifles .24 caliber and larger may be LOT ANTLERLESS-ONLY LICENSES are used. valid for taking an antlerless deer during the season selected by the hunter at the time of LANDOWNERS TENANT DEER LICENSES purchase (you must meet eligibility requirements Landowners, tenants and their eligible family to purchase for the Youth or Disabled deer members must register with the DNR before seasons).Up to three LOT Antlerless-only licenses obtaining Landowner-Tenant Licenses (LOT). are available for purchase per farm unit for See p. 13 to determine who is eligible. landowners, and their eligible family members, If there is more than one owner, there is still even if there are multiple landowners registered a maximum of four licenses for the farm unit. Li- on the same farm unity. Up to three LOT censes may be divided among qualifying family antlerless-only license are available for purchase members. It is illegal to use a LOT deer license per farm unit for tenants, and their eligible family to hunt on land owned or controlled by another members, even if there are multiple tenants individual. registered on the same farm unit. One of the LOT GENERAL DEER LICENSES are valid three LOT antlerless-only licenses is $2 and the for taking a deer of either sex during the season other two are $15 each. DEER selected by the hunter at time of purchase (you must meet eligibility requirements to purchase How many LOT licenses can I buy? The for the Youth or Disabled deer seasons). If landowner, and their eligible family members, and/ a LOT General license is purchased for the or co-owners of a farm unit must be registered shotgun season, it is valid for both shotgun on the same land parcel. Landowners registerd seasons, but only one deer may be harvested on the same parcel share a maximum of four and tagged. There is one General Deer Landowner-Tenant licenses, one General deer license available for purchase per farm unit for and three Antlerless-only licenses.These licenses landowners, and their eligible family members, may be divided among the registered landowners even if there are multiple landowners registered in any way the family or co-owners choose. If on the same farm unit. There is one General there is no tenant on the property, the maximum Deer license available for purchase per farm number of licenses available is still four for the unit for tenants, and their eligible family farm unit. members, even if there are multiple tenants registered on the same farm unit. 42 MANDATORY HARVEST REPORTING FOR TRANSPORTATION TAG DEER AND WILD TURKEY A Transportation Tag with the date Hunters who harvest a deer or wild turkey of kill properly shown shall be visibly must report the harvest to the DNR by midnight attached to the turkey immediately on the day after it is tagged, or before taking it or the deer within 15 minutes of the to a locker or taxidermist, or before processing time it is located after being taken or it for consumption, or before transporting it before the carcass is moved to be out-of-state, whichever occurs first. The hunter transported by any means, whichever whose name is on the transportation tag is occurs first, in a manner that the tag responsible for making the report. If no animal cannot be removed without mutilating is harvested, no report is necessary. Failure or destroying it. However, the to report or reporting falsely may result in a carcass may be moved away misdemeanor citation and possible loss of from an obstacle, entanglement, hunting privileges. waterway, roadway or other area if that location would be a There are five options to report the harvest: safety hazard, but only so far as 1) Online at www.iowadnr.gov, available 24 necessary to avoid the hazard, hours a day, 7 days a week. then tagged immediately before Antlerless 2) By phone at the toll-free phone number being moved to be transported. printed on the harvest report tag, available 24 For antlerless deer, attach hours a day, 7 days a week. the Transportation Tag to the 3) Through a license vendor during regular leg as shown. business hours. For antlered deer, attach 4) By texting your registration number to the Transportation Tag on the 1-800-771-4692 and follow the prompts. main beam between two points 5) Through the Go Iowa Outdoors app. as shown. The Harvest Reporting System will issue a No person shall tag a deer Antlered confirmation number to the hunter that must be with a Transportation Tag is- written on the Harvest Report Tag and attached sued to another person. to the leg of the animal. Failure to do so may During the youth season, disabled hunter sea- result in a misdemeanor citation. son, bow season, early muzzleloader season and late muzzleloader season, the hunter who killed TAGGING REQUIREMENTS the deer must tag the deer by using the Transpor- Iowa Deer and Turkey tags consist of two por- tation Tag issued in that person’s name. tions. The lower portion of the tag is the Trans- During the first and second regular gun sea- portation Tag and the upper portion is the Harvest sons, anyone present in the hunting party may Report Tag (see p. 44). Each performs different tag a deer with a tag issued in that person’s functions. name. Party hunting is not allowed while hunt- ing with a youth tag, regardless of the season. This tag shall be proof of possession and re- DONATE DEER HIDES main affixed to the carcass until the animal is pro- The Iowa Elks Association collects deer cessed for consumption. The head, and antlers if TAGGING/ REPORTING hides for use in the Iowa Veterans Leather any, shall remain attached to the deer while being Program. Veterans learn valuable skills while making leather products from the hides. transported from the place where taken to the Contact your local Elks Lodge for informa- processor or commercial preservation facility or tion on the deer hides donation program and until the deer has been processed for consump- collection location. tion. THANK YOU deer hunters for supporting Iowa Veterans.

43 HARVEST REPORT TAG turkey leg. Press halves of the tag together The Harvest Report Tag, with the confirmation to bond. The hunter’s name, registration number properly recorded, must be attached to number and date of harvest must be the leg of the animal after reporting and before readable. the reporting deadline (pictured below). The 2) Follow instructions on the Harvest Report Harvest Report Tag must be attached so that Tag to report the animal. When reporting, it is easily visible and cannot be removed with- you will need the harvest registration number out being mutilated or destroyed and remain from your tag and the Iowa county where attached to the carcass until the animal is pro- the animal was harvested. For deer, report cessed for consumption. whether it was a doe, button buck, antlered buck, or shed-antler buck. For turkeys, report TIPS ON TAGGING/REPORTING DEER the length of the beard (fall) or length of the AND TURKEYS longest spur (spring). 1) Remove the Transportation Tag from 3) Keep both the Transportation Tag and the backing and attach to antlers if it is an Harvest Report Tag attached to the animal antlered deer, otherwise attach to deer or until it is processed for consumption.

NOTE: The actual tag may differ slightly in appearance.

Harvest Registration Write confirmation Number listed here number here

Harvest Registration Number also listed here

GAME CARCASS DISPOSAL Iowa law allows lawfully taken game carcasses and waste from home meat processing to be

TAGGING REPORTING disposed with other residential waste, although your solid waste hauler may have some restrictions regarding the maximum size or weight of an individual bag. The waste should be sealed in plastic bags in lots that are similar in size and weight to a typical bag of residential waste. Contact your local waste hauler or landfill for the specific waste disposal requirements in your area.

Dumping a game carcass in a road ditch or on other public property creates a nuisance and is subject to enforcement under Iowa littering laws.

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IOWA DEER EXCHANGE The Iowa Deer Exchange is a free online database at www.iowadnr.gov/deerhunting where deer hunters willing to provide venison can ® connect with Iowans who want venison. Hunters enter their information into the database, includ- Big Names....Low Prices! ing their location. Recipients choose the condition they want the meat when they register – boned out, whole (field dressed), quartered, frozen, jerky /sausage or any, and in what amount. They also set the length of time their offer is open and may opt out at any time by contacting the Iowa DNR. The parties work out the details of the transfer. Donors are responsible for reporting the harvest and encouraged to properly care for the deer from the field to the recipient. It is illegal to sell venison in Iowa. The Iowa Deer Exchange does not replace the HUSH program but offers another way for Iowans to get high quality lean protein.

$avings Coupon USH 18% OFF* HHelp Us Stop Hunger Regular Price Of Any One Item In Stock With Coupon Any hunter may donate any legally taken, Exclusions may be mandated by the manufacturers. *Excludes: Firearms, ammunition, field-dressed, wild Iowa deer of any sex from licenses, Nike, Perception, select TaylorMade, select Callaway, Carhartt, Costa, Crocs, Merrell footwear, Oakley, Ray-Ban, New Balance, Terrain Blinds, Under Armour, Yeti, any season to the HUSH program. A list of lock- Columbia, Garmin, Tennis balls, Titleist golf balls, GoPro, Nerf, Lego, Leupold, Fitbit, arcade cabinets, bats and ball gloves over $149.98, shanties, large bag deer corn, ers participating in HUSH is available online at GPS/fish finders, motors, marine batteries, motorized vehicles and gift cards. Not valid for online purchases. Cannot be used with another offer, coupon, current sale or clearance www.iowahush.com. Last year, around 3,700 item. Only one coupon per customer. Not valid on previous purchases. Void if copied. Not for resale. Dunham’s Sports reserves the right to terminate this coupon/offer/discount at deer were donated to the HUSH program pro- any time, without prior notice. viding about 620,000 meals to Iowans in need. Lockers may be added before deer season so check the webpage for updates. DEER PROPERLY CARING FOR DEER Coupon Expires July 31, 2022 Take care of your harvest especially if donat- ® ing to HUSH or the Deer Exchange - It’s your job to keep the meat from spoiling. Every Harvest - Dunham’s Rewards remove the entrails, reproductive organs, clean out Receive money saving coupons the chest cavity, split the pelvis and remove anal and more. cavity then rinse the cavity well with water as soon www.dunhamsrewards.com as possible and before taking it to the locker or recipient. If air temperature is above 45 degrees, Sportsmen Club place bags or blocks of ice, or frozen milk jugs of Are you a member of a Sportsmen’s Club water in the cavity to cool; replace every 24 hours. with 25 or more members? Place deer on garage floor to pull heat from the www.dunhamssports.com/sportsmen animal. Make arrangements with the locker or 21-P-210 recipient before dropping off the deer. 45 FALL WILD TURKEY HUNTING NONRESIDENTS are not eligible LICENSE TYPES, PURCHASE DATES, for fall turkey hunting licenses HUNTING ZONES, QUOTAS, SEASON DATES, BAG LIMITS & SEX FALL TURKEY LICENSES See p. 10. Paid Combination Gun/Bow Licenses are valid only in the zone selected by the hunter SPECIAL REGULATIONS THAT MAY APPLY when the license is purchased. Paid Gun/Bow TO FALL TURKEY HUNTING Licenses are sold first-come first-served until the General Hunting Regulations may also zone quotas are filled or the end of the season, apply to turkey hunters. See p. 14. whichever comes first. Paid Archery-only Licenses are valid LICENSE REQUIREMENTS & FEES statewide. There are no quotas and licenses are See p. 6 and 12. sold until the end of the season. TAGGING REQUIREMENTS The leg that bears the tag must be attached to Landowner-Tenant Gun/Bow & Landowner- Tenant Archery-only Licenses for eligible the carcass of any wild turkey being transported landowners and tenants or their family members within the state during any wild turkey hunting are issued until the end of the respective season and the tag must remain attached to the season. Only one Landowner-Tenant Turkey carcass until it is processed for consumption. License may be obtained per landowner family See p. 43. and one per tenant family. Landowner-Tenant Licenses are valid only on the farm unit of the HARVEST REPORTING landowner or tenant. See p. 13 to determine All hunters who shoot a turkey must report the who is eligible for Landowner-Tenant fall Turkey harvest through the DNR’s Harvest Licenses, and how to register as a landower or Reporting System. Hunters who do not shoot tenant. a turkey do not need to report. See p. 43 for details. HOW MANY TURKEY LICENSES MAY I HAVE? TURKEY QUAIL A resident hunter may obtain a maximum of PACKET PACKET two fall turkey hunting licenses: two Combination Gun/Bow Licenses, or two Archery-only Licenses, or one Combination Gun/Bow License PHEASANT and one Archery-only License. One of these PACKET licenses may be a Landowner-Tenant License if CREATE- A-PACKET the hunter is eligible.

SHOOTING HOURS Create Habitat Gun: Half-hour before sunrise to sunset. for Wildlife Bow: Half-hour before sunrise to half-hour The State Forest Nursery has packets designed after sunset. just for turkey, pheasant, quail, and songbirds. LEGAL METHOD OF TAKE See p. 47. ORDER YOUR TREES & SHRUBS TODAY! USE OF DOGS FALL SEASON ONLY Dogs may be used to locate, flush and retrieve TURKEY ORDER BY PHONE: 800.865.2477 wild turkeys as long as the hunter has a valid OR ONLINE: wild turkey license with an unfilled transportation iowadnr.gov/Conservation/Forestry tag in his or her possession. 46 RESIDENT SPRING TURKEY HUNTING

LICENSE TYPES, SEX, BAG LIMITS & or their family members are sold until the end SEASON DATES of the season selected at the time the license See p. 7. was purchased. See p. 13 to determine who is eligible for Landowner-Tenant Spring SPECIAL REGULATIONS THAT APPLY Turkey Licenses and how to register as a TO SPRING TURKEY HUNTING landowner or tenant. General Hunting Regulations may also The following restrictions apply: Landowner- apply to turkey hunters. See p. 14. Tenant Gun/Bow Licenses are valid in the season selected by the hunter at the time of purchase. Landowner-Tenant Archery- SHOOTING HOURS only Licenses are valid in all four seasons. : Half-hour before sunrise to Gun/Bow Landowner-Tenant Licenses are valid only sunset. on the farm unit of the landowner or tenant (see p. 13). One Landowner-Tenant Turkey LICENSE REQUIREMENTS & FEES License may be obtained per landowner farm Licenses go on sale Dec. 15. unit and one per tenant farm unit. See p. 6 and 12. HOW MANY TURKEY LICENSES MAY I ALL PAID LICENSES ARE VALID STATEWIDE HAVE? A resident hunter may obtain a maximum TAGGING REQUIREMENTS of two spring turkey hunting licenses. One of The leg that bears the tag must be attached these may be a Landowner-Tenant License, if to the carcass of any wild turkey being trans- the hunter is eligible. ported within the state during any wild turkey License choices: two Archery-only (or) one hunting season and the tag must remain at- Archery-only and one Combination Gun/Bow tached to the carcass until it is processed for Season 4 (or) two Combination Gun/Bow of consumption. See p. 43. which at least one must be Season 4.

HARVEST REPORTING LEGAL METHOD OF TAKE SPRING & FALL All hunters who shoot a turkey must report RESIDENT ARCHERY-ONLY LICENSE the harvest through the DNR’s Harvest Longbows, recurve bows, and compound Reporting System. Hunters who do not shoot bows are permitted. No explosive or chemi- a turkey do not report. See p. 43 for details. cal devices may be attached to the arrow or broadhead. Blunthead arrows with a minimum RESIDENT SPRING TURKEY LICENSES diameter of 9/16-inch may also be used. Ar- Paid Combination Gun/Bow Licenses are rows must be at least 18 inches long. valid statewide in the season selected by the Crossbows are not legal, except that a hunter at the time of purchase. Paid Gun/Bow Licenses are sold until the end of the season physically handicapped person incapable of selected at the time of purchase. shooting a bow may obtain a permit from the Paid Archery-only Licenses are valid DNR to use a crossbow (see p. 14). statewide for all four seasons. There are no Applications are available at quotas and licenses are sold until the end of www.iowadnr.gov/hunting - click on the fourth season. “Licenses and Laws” or call the DNR at Landowner-Tenant Gun/Bow licenses 515-725-8200. and Landowner-Tenant Archery-only TURKEY Licenses for eligible landowners and tenants

47 RESIDENT GUN/BOW LICENSE participate, may obtain two licenses for the Archery equipment as defined on p. 47, regular spring turkey seasons like any other and 10-, 12-, 16- and 20-gauge shotguns or hunter. muzzleloading shotguns shooting number 4 through 8 lead or nontoxic shot. Hunters may PROHIBITED DEVICES & ACTIVITIES not have shot sizes other than those listed You may not use live decoys, dogs (except in above on their person while hunting turkeys. the fall), horses, phones, radios, motorized ve- Muzzleloading rifles may not be used to hicles, aircraft, bait, recorded or electronically hunt turkeys. amplified turkey calls or electronically amplified imitations of turkey calls or sounds when hunt- YOUTH TURKEY HUNTING SEASON ing turkeys. Persons who meet one or more of (RESIDENTS ONLY) the following conditions would be considered Hunters younger than 16 years old on the eligible for a non-ambulatory license and able day they purchase a license may participate to hunt from a stationary motor driven convey- in the Youth Turkey Season. The Youth Wild ance: paralyzed from the waist down; the loss Turkey License will be a Combination Gun/ or partial loss of both legs; or any other physi- Bow License valid statewide. The youth does cal affliction which makes it impossible to walk not have to have a Hunting License or have from place to place successfully. completed a hunter education course in order “Bait” means grain, fruit, vegetables, nuts, to participate. A Youth Season License is hay, salt, mineral blocks, or any other natural valid for the Youth Season or if unfilled food materials, commercial products containing may be used in any other spring season. natural food materials, or by-products of such Youth hunters must be under the direct materials transported to or placed in an area supervision of an adult mentor while hunting for the purpose of attracting wildlife. Bait does during the Youth Season. The mentor must not include food placed during normal agricul- have a valid Wild Turkey License for one of tural activities. the spring seasons, a valid Hunting License, and have paid the Habitat Fee if the adult is HELPING OTHER HUNTERS normally required to have them to hunt. The A resident hunter with a valid spring turkey mentor must not carry a bow or firearm and hunting license for any season may assist must be in the direct company of the youth other hunters in any season. A nonresident at all times. There may be no more than may assist other hunters only in the zone and one youth with each properly licensed adult season indicated on his or her license. The mentor. The youth and mentor must comply hunter doing the assisting may not carry a with all spring turkey hunting regulations. shotgun or bow or shoot a turkey unless he or A youth who resides with and is a member of a family of a landowner or tenant who is she has a valid license and an unfilled eligible for a Landowner-Tenant Wild Turkey transportation tag for that zone and season. Hunting License may obtain a Landowner- Tenant License for the Youth Season. The Landowner-Tenant Youth License will count as the one Landowner-Tenant Wild Turkey Hunting License the landowner or tenant family is entitled to for the spring turkey seasons. Youth hunters may obtain one additional Gun/Bow License for Season 4, or one TURKEY Archery-only License. Hunters that are eligible for the Youth Season, but choose not to

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HUNTING SHED ANTLERS FALCONRY It is permissible for people to hunt for shed Game may be taken by licensed falcon- antlers. Shed antlers are antlers that have ers. All falconers who pursue game must carry naturally fallen from a whitetail deer. Shed ant- a copy of their Iowa Falconry License and lers can be collected on public land including have a valid resident or nonresident Hunting state parks. Permission must be granted from License and pay the Habitat Fee. the landowner on private land. (See trespass Falconry regulations for hunting, including law on p. 14.) Antlers that are still attached to bag and possession limits and the listing of the skull or any other parts of a deer can only permitted game species, can be found at

be possessed with approval and tag from an www.iowadnr.gov/hunting then click on GENERAL REGULATIONS Iowa DNR conservation officer. Licensing and Laws and scroll to the bottom of the page, or by calling 515-725-8200 from CROWS 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. M-F. The minimum age of A migratory bird stamp is not required to hunt falconers is 14. crows. FALCONRY SEASON TAXIDERMY SMALL GAME OPEN CLOSE A taxidermist is a person engaged in the Pheasant, Quail, business of preserving or mounting game, fish Partridge & Grouse Oct. 1 March 31 or furbearing animals. A license is required for Rabbit Sept. 1 March 31 anyone to practice taxidermy and the taxider- WATERFOWL mist must contact a DNR conservation officer Ducks: All Zones Jan. 6 Feb. 3 prior to operating. Geese Same as conventional seasons A federal permit is required for activities involving migratory birds. Obtain the permit by OHV USE AND HUNTING contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at The following regulations apply when using Off- 612-713-5449. Highway Vehicles (OHV) for hunting purposes:  It is illegal to operate an OHV on DNR Wild- PROTECTED NONGAME life Management Areas. Physically handicapped Protected nongame species include wild persons may be eligible for a permit to operate an birds, fish, bats, reptiles and amphibians or OHV on DNR lands. Permission for access is still their eggs or nests, their dead body or dead required. See p. 17. body parts or a product made from their parts.  Any firearm being transported on an OHV must Any bat, with the exception of the Indiana bat, be unloaded and enclosed in a carrying case, that is found within a building occupied by except as otherwise provided. A person shall not humans is not protected. discharge a firearm while on an OHV, except that UNPROTECTED NONGAME a nonambulatory person may discharge a firearm The European starling, the house sparrow, from an OHV while lawfully hunting if the person and the common garter snake are not protect- is not operating or riding a moving OHV. Refer to a current copy of Iowa’s OHV regulations for ed species. Timber rattlesnakes are protected more details. in Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Des Moines, Iowa’s OHV Regulations are available from lo- Dubuque, Fayette, Henry, Jackson, Jones, cal conservation officers, county recorders, DNR Lee, Madison, Van Buren and Winneshiek offices or online at www.iowadnr.gov. counties but not including an area of 50 yards around houses actively occupied by humans in those counties. 49 OTHER INFORMATION FERAL HOGS A feral hog is any hog, including Russian and Eu- ropean wild boar, that is not identified by ear tags or other identification and is roaming freely on public or private land. Feral hogs are not native to Iowa and releasing pigs intentionally to hunt is illegal. Hunters are encouraged to report feral hog sightings while in the field to the Iowa DNR’s forest wildlife biologist at 641-774-2958 or the USDA. The GENERAL REGULATIONS DNR would like to collect a blood sample if pos- sible, for disease testing. Photo courtesy of Kenton Lohraff, wildlife biologist, Feral hogs can spread diseases to humans, pets Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch, and all domestic livestock, especially pigs. These Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. animals damage crops and forest lands and com- pete with native wildlife for food. They eat anything they can catch, including reptiles, amphibians, deer fawns, bird eggs and newly born livestock.

DOG RESTRICTIONS RABIES VACCINATION. Hunters bringing dogs six months of age or older into Iowa must have in their possession a health certificate verifying the rabies and other vaccinations of the dog(s). WHERE RESTRICTED. All dogs are prohibited on all state-owned game management areas be- tween March 15 and July 15 of each year, except that dog training is permitted on designated training areas. Field and retriever meets are restricted to designated sites. A permit must be obtained from the DNR for field and retriever meets. The permit shall show the exact designated site of the meet and all dogs shall be confined to that site. TRAINING DOGS. Hunters need a valid Hunting License and have paid the Habitat Fee to train a bird dog on game birds. An Iowa Migratory Bird Fee and Federal Waterfowl Stamp are required if using waterfowl taken from the wild. A valid Furharvester License and Habitat Fee is required to train a coon hound, fox hound or trailing dog on any furbearing animals at any time of the year, including during the closed season on such birds or animals. The animals, when pursued to a tree or den, shall not be fur- ther chased or removed in any manner from the tree or den. Hunters must have a Hunting License or a Furharvester License and Habitat Fee to train a dog on coyote or groundhog. Only a pistol, revolver or other gun shooting blank cartridges shall be used while training dogs during closed hunting seasons. If a dog is entered in a licensed field trial the hunter does not need any type of Hunting License to participate in the event or to exercise the dog on the area on which the field trial is to be held during the 24-hour period preceding the trial. Pen-raised game birds of either sex may be used and shot in the training of bird dogs. Before any bird is released or used in the training of dogs, the bird must be banded with a band from the DNR. Contact the DNR at 515-725-8200.

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SUNRISE-SUNSET Sunrise Sunset time is available from the Go Outdoors Iowa app, from most weather apps, the local television weather and online at https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/grad/solcalc/sunrise.html

PRECAUTIONS ABOUT LEAD IN VENISON Deer shot with bullets containing lead can have particles of lead remaining in the meat, some too small to see or feel. Although lead can LET'S GO be harmful to humans, even in low amounts, there is no known evidence that links human consumption of veni- SHOOTING son to lead poisoning. Children under 6 years and pregnant women are at the greatest risk from lead exposure. Since 1992, about 500,000 Iowans under 6 years and 25,000 adults have been tested for lead poisoning, and no elevated blood lead levels have been attributed to veni- son or any other wild game. To minimize potential exposure to lead in venison: • Remind your meat processor to, or if you process your own venison, trim a generous Share your passion and invite a friend distance away from the wound channel and discard any meat that is bruised, discolored, or on your next trip to the range. contains hair, dirt or bone fragments. • Avoid consuming internal organs. • Practice marksmanship and outdoor skills to FIND A RANGE get closer, cleaner, lethal shots away from major Check out Iowa's interac ve muscle areas. (Don’t shoot at running deer.) range map to discover a public or • Consider non-lead alternative such as cop- private shoo ng range near you. per or others that have high-weight retention. There’s no limit to the fun you Call the Iowa Department of Public Health at can have on the range. 1-800-972-2026 for information Lead Poisoning Prevention. IOWADNR.GOV/RANGES

51 CONTACTS PHONE NUMBERS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT BIOLOGISTS DISTRICT OFFICES 1) BLACK HAWK UNIT______712-661-9726 (DNR Fish, Wildlife and Law Enforcement) 2) CEDAR-WAPSI UNIT______319-213-2815 HEADQUARTERS: Wallace State Office Bldg. 3) CLEAR LAKE UNIT______641-425-2814 502 E. Ninth St., Des Moines 50319-0034 4) GRAND RIVER UNIT______515-238-5708 515-725-8200 5) GREAT LAKES UNIT______712-330-4543 NORTHWEST: Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery 6) IOWA RIVER UNIT______319-330-7013 122 252nd Ave., Spirit Lake 51360 7) MAQUOKETA UNIT______563-357-2035 712-336-1840 8) MISSOURI RIVER UNIT______712-420-2437 NORTHEAST: Manchester Fish Hatchery 9) NISHNABOTNA UNIT______712-350-0147 22693 205th Ave., Manchester 52057 10) ODESSA UNIT______319-551-8459 563-927-3276 11) PRAIRIE LAKES UNIT______712-330-2563 SOUTHWEST: Cold Springs State Park 12) RATHBUN UNIT______641-535-6765 57744 Lewis Rd., Lewis 51544 13) RED ROCK UNIT______515-238-6936 712-769-2587 14) SAYLORVILLE UNIT______712-330-6685 SOUTHEAST: Lake Darling State Park 15) SUGEMA UNIT______641-799-0793 110 Lake Darling Rd., Brighton 52540 16) UPPER IOWA UNIT______563-380-3422 319-694-2430

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FREMONT PAGE TAYLOR RINGGOLD4 DECATUR WAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN NONGAME WILDLIFE, DEER, PHEASANTS, LEE 10 12 QUAIL & RABBITS Boone Research Station 1436 255th Street, Boone 50036 WILDLIFE DEPREDATION STAFF DEER: 515-777-5378 For questions concerning wildlife damage to UPLAND: 515-979-0828 private property, contact the depredation staff for your county, listed on the map below. WILD TURKEY, SQUIRREL LYON OSCEOLA DICKINSON EMMET KOSSUTH WINNEBAGO WORTH MITCHELL HOWARD WINNESHIEK ALLAMAKEE & RUFFED GROUSE

SIOUXDarrinO'BRIEN JonesCLAY PALO ALTO HANCOCK CERRO GORDO Chariton Research Station 515-777-8079 FLOYD CHICKASAW FAYETTE CLAYTON 24570 US Hwy. 34, Chariton 50049 PLYMOUTH CHEROKEE BUENA VISTA POCAHONTAS HUMBOLDT WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLERRossBREMER Ellingson 563-929-6001 641-774-2958 Inga Roen WEBSTER BLACK HAWK BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE WOODBURY IDA SAC CALHOUN HAMILTON HARDIN GRUNDY 515-518-7788 WATERFOWL & FURBEARERS TAMA BENTON LINN JONES JACKSON MONONA CRAWFORD CARROLL GREENE BOONE STORY MARSHALL Clear Lake Fish & Wildlife Station CLINTON

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HARRISON SHELBY AUDUBON GUTHRIE DALLAS POLK JASPER POWESHIEK IOWA JOHNSON 1203 N. Shore Drive, Clear Lake 50428 Greg Harris SCOTT 641-357-3517 MUSCATINE POTTAWATTAMIEAndyCASS KellnerADAIR MADISON WARREN MARION MAHASKA 319-330-5578KEOKUK WASHINGTON 515-975-8318 LOUISA

MILLS MONTGOMERY ADAMS UNION CLARKE LUCAS MONROE WAPELLO JEFFERSON HENRY Helga DES MOINES FREMONT PAGE TAYLOR RINGGOLD DECATUROffenburgerWAYNE APPANOOSE DAVIS VAN BUREN LEE 641-203-2970

CONTACTS 52 CONSERVATION OFFICERS COUNTY OFFICER CELL PHONE COUNTY OFFICER CELL PHONE ADAIR Grant Gelly...... 712-250-0303 JONES Lucas Dever...... 319-480-0397 ADAMS Andrea Bevington...... 712-520-0508 KEOKUK Wesley Gould...... 641-660-3441 ALLAMAKEE Jared Landt...... 563-794-1224 KOSSUTH Vacant...... 712-260-1003 APPANOOSE Adam Arnold...... 641-777-2164 LEE Ben Schlader...... 319-470-0788 Dallas Davis...... 641-777-2163 LINN Vacant...... 319-350-2863 AUDUBON Jeremy King...... 712-250-0061 Ron Lane...... 319-350-2871 BENTON Brett Reece (west 1/2)...... 641-751-0931 LOUISA Joe Fourdyce...... 563-260-1225 Ron Lane (east 1/2)...... 319-350-2871 LUCAS Kyle Jensen...... 641-414-2175 BLACK HAWK Lynn Koch...... 319-240-5034 LYON Tait Anderson...... 712-260-1006 BOONE Vacant...... 515-290-0527 MADISON Craig Lonneman...... 515-238-5005 Brandon Bergquist...... 515-290-0177 MAHASKA John Steinbach...... 641-660-0741 BREMER Lynn Koch...... 319-240-5034 MARION Eric Hoffman...... 641-891-2004 Chris Jones...... 319-939-4448 Ken Kenyon...... 641-891-1246 BUCHANAN Dakota Drish...... 563-920-0566 MARSHALL Tyson Brown...... 641-751-5246 BUENA VISTA Brent Koppie...... 712-260-1010 MILLS Richard Price...... 712-520-0121 BUTLER Jordon Hansen...... 319-240-8033 MITCHELL Jacob Fulk...... 319-240-9174 CALHOUN Nathan Haupert...... 712-330-8462 MONONA Gary Sisco...... 712-420-1486 CARROLL Aron Arthur,...... 515-370-0422 MONROE Dallas Davis...... 641-777-2163 CASS Grant Gelly...... 712-250-0303 Adam Arnold...... 641-777-2164 CEDAR Eric Wright...... 319-530-6121 MONTGOMERY Vacant...... 712-520-0507 CERRO GORDO Matt Washburn...... 641-425-0822 MUSCATINE Derrick Slutts...... 563-260-1223 Ben Bergman...... 641-425-0828 O’BRIEN Joe Yarkosky (east 1/2)...... 712-260-1004 CHEROKEE Brent Koppie (east 1/2) ...... 712-260-1010 John Sells (west 1/2) ...... 712-260-1019 Chad Morrow (west 1/2)...... 712-260-1023 OSCEOLA Tait Anderson...... 712-260-1006 CHICKASAW Marc Waterlander...... 319-240-6662 PAGE Vacant...... 712-520-0507 CLARKE Michael Miller...... 641-414-2174 PALO ALTO Chris Subbert...... 712-260-1009 CLAY Joe Yarkosky...... 712-260-1004 PLYMOUTH Chad Morrow...... 712-260-1023 CLAYTON Jerry Farmer...... 563-880-0422 POCAHONTAS Nathan Haupert...... 712-330-8462 Burt Walters...... 563-880-0108 POLK Nate Anderson...... 515-238-4849 CLINTON Lucas Webinger...... 563-357-1078 Angela Jansen...... 515-238-5006 CRAWFORD Gary Sisco...... 712-420-1486 POTTAWATTAMIE Adam Gacke...... 712-520-5570 DALLAS Dustin Eighmy...... 515-883-0228 Richard Price (west 1/2)...... 712-520-0121 DAVIS Bob Stuchel...... 641-777-2169 POWESHIEK John Steinbach...... 641-660-0741 Chad Horn...... 641-777-7805 RINGGOLD Corey Carlton...... 641-414-2173 DECATUR Michael Miller...... 641-414-2174 SAC Kirby Bragg...... 712-661-9237 DELAWARE Dakota Drish...... 563-920-0566 SCOTT Nick Rocca...... 563-349-9418 DES MOINES Paul Kay...... 319-759-0751 Travis Graves...... 563-349-8953 DICKINSON Blake Mills...... 712-260-1017 SHELBY Aaron Johnson...... 712-249-2015 Vacant...... 712-260-1018 SIOUX John Sells...... 712-260-1019 DUBUQUE Andrew Keil...... 563-590-1945 STORY Brandon Bergquist...... 515-290-0177 Nate Johnson...... 563-590-1944 Vacant...... 515-290-0527 EMMET Chris Subbert...... 712-260-1009 TAMA Brett Reece...... 641-751-0931 FAYETTE Chris Jones...... 319-939-4448 TAYLOR Andrea Bevington...... 712-520-0508 FLOYD Jacob Fulk...... 319-240-9174 UNION Corey Carlton...... 641-414-2173 FRANKLIN Jordon Hansen...... 319-240-8033 VAN BUREN Chris Flynn...... 641-919-9115 FREMONT Marlowe Wilson...... 712-520-0506 WAPELLO Chad Horn...... 641-777-7805 GREENE Aron Arthur...... 515-370-0422 Bob Stuchel...... 641-777-2169 GRUNDY Tyson Brown...... 641-751-5246 WARREN Craig Cutts...... 515-238-4847 GUTHRIE Jeremy King...... 712-250-0061 WASHINGTON Wesley Gould...... 641-660-3441 HAMILTON Nathan Carr...... 515-238-2047 WAYNE Kyle Jensen...... 641-414-2175 HANCOCK Ken Lonneman...... 641-425-0823 WEBSTER Bill Spece...... 515-571-0127 HARDIN Nathan Carr...... 515-238-2047 WINNEBAGO Jeff Harrison...... 641-425-0821 HARRISON Aaron Johnson...... 712-249-2015 WINNESHIEK Brian Roffman...... 563-380-0496 HENRY Dan Henderson...... 319-653-1636 WOODBURY Stacey Bragg...... 712-301-6735 HOWARD Marc Waterlander...... 319-240-6662 Steven Griebel...... 712-301-4009 HUMBOLDT Bill Spece...... 515-571-0127 WORTH Jeff Harrison...... 641-425-0821 IDA Kirby Bragg...... 712-661-9237 WRIGHT Ken Lonneman...... 641-425-0823 IOWA Brad Baker...... 319-430-1630 JACKSON Lucas Dever...... 319-480-0397 RECREATION SAFETY OFFICERS Andrew Keil...... 563-590-1945 NORTHWEST Marty Eby...... 712-260-1036 JASPER Will Brickel...... 641-521-2003 NORTHEAST Pat Jorgensen...... 319-240-8640 JEFFERSON Chris Flynn...... 641-919-9115 SOUTHEAST Terry Nims...... 563-357-1812

Dan Henderson...... 319-653-1636 SOUTHCENTRAL Jeffrey Barnes...... 515-290-4907 JOHNSON Erika Billerbeck...... 319-330-9710 SOUTHWEST Allen Crouse...... 515-238-4955 Brad Baker...... 319-430-1630

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS & ALTERNATIVE FORMATS If you need accommodations to access the DNR’s programs or services because of a disability, requests may be made by contacting your local field office or the department’s ADA coordinator at 515-725-8200. This information is available in alternative formats upon request by contacting the DNR at 515-725- 8200. TTY users - Contact Relay Iowa at 800-735-2942.

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