Funny, not a mention in that article about how this was a bill for children like the House Republicans sold it. This was yet another bill under the guise of "For the Youth".
I'm a Life Member of the NRA. They are not a friend of the hunter in regards to herd biology. They are a friend to the highest bidder. If they were truly concerned about deer hunting why haven't they taken a position on CWD?
The bill passed on straight party lines. It still has to go through the same process in the Senate.
I read HF716 and think it says bullet size has to be between .350 and .500. Anybody else come away with that? Not many popular necked rifle calibers in that group.
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Would be a great way for them to pass it this year then amend in larger stuff over the next 3 years.
Larger?? You mean smaller, like .243, 7MM, 300 Win Mag?
I’ll go along with the slippery slope slant.
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Who keeps pushing this crap? Every year they keep eroding away at what makes our state special. Was it the NRA that got at Republicans? If so, why? Big money pushing this so they can high power rifle hunt? Just seems nonstop. Getting really sick of it.
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I would never have known about half of this garbage if not for IW.
Question BonkLink to the lobbyist registration for the first version of this bill: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/declarations?ga=88&ba=HF179 this will show you the two organizations that were for it.
Here is a link to the bill's second version: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/declarations?ga=88&ba=HF716 you'll notice the IBA was "undecided". Just because any group registers as undecided it doesn't mean they aren't decided, it just means they are playing politics. The fix was in on this bill, the outcome was inevitable so to save some political capital we went undecided. We would have needed to change the minds of at least 10 Republican Representatives. The IBA doesn't have enough money to do that. If every one of the 55,000 bowhunters in Iowa would join the IBA it would be a much different story.
This bill still needs to go through the Senate. It is my hope the Senate takes a look and strikes the centerfire stuff. And monkeys will fly outta my asparagus patch. On a straight party line vote we will need to change at least 14 Republican Senator's minds Again, the IBA can't afford to do that but a large agricultural insurance company in Iowa could. This is not to say the FB has anything to do with this bill but just think about it for a minute. Who wants all the deer in Iowa dead? Alright, maybe not all of them, just the ones that eat crops and have close encounters with motor vehicles. So yeah, so all the deer.
Who can we really blame for this? Everybody reading this that voted Republican please raise your hand. My hand is up, he didn't win but I voted for him. We can't blame the liberal bunny huggers, they all voted no, we did this to ourselves. When you and I vote we look at the whole picture and vote our conscience on all of the issues not just one. The same is true for the public land access bills. Who is pushing that legislation? Republicans. Folks, we got no one to blame but ourselves here. All the tree huggers voted against the bill that passed the Senate.
Please help the IBA help you, if you are already a member, thank you for your support and please talk to other bowhunters about joining. In politics money talks and what's right walks.
OK, I hope my ranting is over for the evening.
And the strong IBA presence here.
Go Clones!
For every new member that signed up how many had some lame excuse not to sign up and help stop this BS?
Link to the lobbyist registration for the first version of this bill: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/declarations?ga=88&ba=HF179 this will show you the two organizations that were for it.
Here is a link to the bill's second version: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/declarations?ga=88&ba=HF716 you'll notice the IBA was "undecided". Just because any group registers as undecided it doesn't mean they aren't decided, it just means they are playing politics. The fix was in on this bill, the outcome was inevitable so to save some political capital we went undecided. We would have needed to change the minds of at least 10 Republican Representatives. The IBA doesn't have enough money to do that. If every one of the 55,000 bowhunters in Iowa would join the IBA it would be a much different story.
This bill still needs to go through the Senate. It is my hope the Senate takes a look and strikes the centerfire stuff. And monkeys will fly outta my asparagus patch. On a straight party line vote we will need to change at least 14 Republican Senator's minds Again, the IBA can't afford to do that but a large agricultural insurance company in Iowa could. This is not to say the FB has anything to do with this bill but just think about it for a minute. Who wants all the deer in Iowa dead? Alright, maybe not all of them, just the ones that eat crops and have close encounters with motor vehicles. So yeah, so all the deer.
Who can we really blame for this? Everybody reading this that voted Republican please raise your hand. My hand is up, he didn't win but I voted for him. We can't blame the liberal bunny huggers, they all voted no, we did this to ourselves. When you and I vote we look at the whole picture and vote our conscience on all of the issues not just one. The same is true for the public land access bills. Who is pushing that legislation? Republicans. Folks, we got no one to blame but ourselves here. All the tree huggers voted against the bill that passed the Senate.
Please help the IBA help you, if you are already a member, thank you for your support and please talk to other bowhunters about joining. In politics money talks and what's right walks.
OK, I hope my ranting is over for the evening.