OrionWhitetails
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Folks,
Here is another FACT (i.e., not spin) from the report entitled "A Review Of Iowa's Deer Management Program" given to the Iowa Legislature from the Iowa Deer Advisory Committee (see table 5, page 39)...
Seven of 9 states neighboring Iowa do not have <u>ANY</u> quota on the number of non-resident deer licenses issued. The 2 states that do have NR license quotas, Illinois and Kansas, have NR tag quotas 4-5 times higher than Iowa's. Illinois makes available 25,000 any-sex tags, while Kansas makes available around 32,000 any-sex tags.
Combined, EVERY state surrounding Iowa is more liberal in the number of NR tags issued. In fact, every state in the U.S. is more liberal in the issuance of NR white-tailed deer licenses!
Has this resulted in a reduction in older-aged, large-antlered bucks within our neighboring states? Absolutely not, in fact several states have now bypassed Iowa in the production and harvest of B&C-sized whitetails, including our neighbors Illinois & Wisconsin!
Come on guys, let's not blame NR's for everything under the sun and let's not grossly exaggerate facts to create spin in your favor!
Here is another FACT (i.e., not spin) from the report entitled "A Review Of Iowa's Deer Management Program" given to the Iowa Legislature from the Iowa Deer Advisory Committee (see table 5, page 39)...
Seven of 9 states neighboring Iowa do not have <u>ANY</u> quota on the number of non-resident deer licenses issued. The 2 states that do have NR license quotas, Illinois and Kansas, have NR tag quotas 4-5 times higher than Iowa's. Illinois makes available 25,000 any-sex tags, while Kansas makes available around 32,000 any-sex tags.
Combined, EVERY state surrounding Iowa is more liberal in the number of NR tags issued. In fact, every state in the U.S. is more liberal in the issuance of NR white-tailed deer licenses!
Has this resulted in a reduction in older-aged, large-antlered bucks within our neighboring states? Absolutely not, in fact several states have now bypassed Iowa in the production and harvest of B&C-sized whitetails, including our neighbors Illinois & Wisconsin!
Come on guys, let's not blame NR's for everything under the sun and let's not grossly exaggerate facts to create spin in your favor!