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And that's on monitored county, state, federal land. Imagine the rate of damage on land with zero park ranger/DNR support

You will see more CRP converted to crops if you get that wish. Many owners aren't going to want strangers on their ground. It's a huge liability. It's also a recipe for arguments and confrontations to break out. Beyond that, in our case, the only way to access our CRP is to cross thru our row...

I'm only presenting a point of view and not arguing for or against either position. The perceived problem with cell cams on private is deer are transient and don't belong to just one person's farm. Cell cams have the potential to eliminate fair chase. Fair for both the animal and the others in...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has tabled its proposed policy position regarding trail cameras on public land to allow for more public input on the issue during its wildlife rules meetings, held across the state in February. There are no changes to how trail cameras can be used on...

This is the fear I have. The outfitters are going to apply even more pressure to get tags designated just for their disposal. They have already been trying for such tags. NRLO also will add to their push, but they have a more legitimate claim to access the resource

In summary, previously it was allowed because it was never explicitly forbidden. Now, it is forbidden on the decision made by the committee that combined the two chapters when they saw party hunting in the resident section

What?? There were multiple thousands of unsold NR doe tags last year

Fishing and pheasant both allow for it and not just in iowa

BINGO!!

Correct that deer drives and party hunting heavily overlap. In our group, when someone tags a buck they push for the remainder of the drives instead of blocking/shooting. In our group, if we have enough deer by Saturday, we are done and don't hunt Sunday/Monday. And, we know our target number...

I was trying to keep YOU on point. You continue to confuse party hunting with deer drives. If you want to talk about eliminating deer drives, start another thread.

Too busy in the fall/winter to hunt anywhere else. When I retire I intend to

Either you care enough to do something about or you just want to complain. We have a rule where I am from, you only get to complain once. After that, it's up to you to work on a solution. Learn to process your own deer if you are worried about putting a locker owner out of business. Get the...

There are resources for reporting this and you can even get a reward if you desire or you can report it anonymously. Report the processor if you don't know the hunters. Any bad actors should be penalized. https://programs.iowadnr.gov/tip/PublicTIP/Step1 Changing the rules on deer drives...

You are very much confusing party hunting (cross tagging) with group hunting (deer drives). A dozen untagged deer is 100% NOT party hunting seeing as how they are without tags. It may be the result of deer drives or it may be the result of road hunting, bottom line is no tag is POACHING.

That's poaching not party hunting

Marcus Branstad will have the most intimate knowledge of how it went down. He is the head of the committee that made the changes.

This started with Executive Order 10 on January 10, 2023 (governor) and the five-year review of rules (Iowa Code) It then went to the Natural Resource Commission (NRC). The commissioners names and contact info is available here...

The DNR didn't make the change, why would they see a firing? Our group has had two NR doe tag hunters the past decade. I don't see them changing their plans for attending again this year. Consider those two tags sold for as long as they are offered. They will, however, pass on a buck now and...

Party hunting =\= Group hunting Party hunting is defined as cross tagging, pooling the tags among the party of hunters. Non residents are now only allowed to use their own tag on their own harvest. Once they tag out, they are done shooting. Group hunting is defined as hunting in a group, that...