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Subscribe today! iowadnr.gov | 1-800-361-8072 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 HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS : MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ATTENTION HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS - Give us your thoughts & feedback on your hunting and trapping expe- riences at the annual public meetings in late winter. Go to www.iowadnr.gov/hunting for dates, time & locations. 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