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I made a post about cutting doe tags earlier this week asking for help contacting Gov. Branstad decided today doe tags will remain at same level and a week will not come off late Jan season. His advisors have better information than the biologist. Deer numbers are down, car/deer accidents are...

FYI Season could be stopped or delayed by Administative Rules Review Comm. Administrative Rules Review Committee NATURAL RESOURCE COMMISSION RULE ON MOURNING DOVE SEASON Wednesday, May 11th at 1:00 pmRoom 116, State Capitol in Des Moines Mourning dove season, IAB Vol. XXXIII, No. 22 ARC...

Below is a letter put out by FB. Comments are running 3 to 1 against cutting the tags. We as hunters haven't done a good enough job stating our case. This week the Gov. office will tell the DNR what changes they can make. You need to repond to letter below, but more importantly you need to...

Rule change within the DNR

Yes 5-2 vote. 70 day season. Sept 1

Governor signed dove bill yesterday. A short email thanking the 4 people below would be a great idea. They always hear from us when we disagree. It would be a nice gesture to thank them. Sen Deardon (especially him) dick.dearden@legis.state.ia.us Sen Gronstal mike.gronstal@legis.state.ia...

Most likely I'll never hunt them, but if they are hunted in all the midwest states why shouldn't Iowans join in. Once they hit the border south of here they become table fare.

HSUS has dumped over $100K in lobbying fees in the last week, to kill the dove bill.

The Ia. Senate passed the dove bill 30-18 yesterday, sending it to the House. This opened the floodgate of opposition to the bill, mainly from HSUS (Humane Society) We need phone calls to all House members that you strongly support this bill. We need phone calls today. Emails won't cut it...

If your rep is on list below please contact them. · Calls from inside Senate districts are running 50/50, so we need to get ahead on that. · Senators are working at least part of the day on Friday—so can take calls in the Senate · There will be opportunities to...

Talk to any DNR CO, the nr archery doe tag was very heavily abused. PERSONALLY, I'd love to see party hunting go away. Lots of people ask about that, my standard answer is " We will do away with party hunting when Tx. does away with feed and baiting for deer". Tradition is tough to do away...

Hardwood Anything that limits access or negatively affects the hunting opportunities of the res is not a good thing.Doesn't matter if it's a nrlo, leasing or outfitting.Most of the time they create problems. Couple ideas to add to your idea. 120 acres Bought or inherit land before 2000...

hardwood That's not what I asked.You are now the Ia. res and I'm the Mn. res with land in Ia. Open arms?

Since MOST of the NRLOer's are so fair and open mined and MOST of the Ia. res are selfish and close mined, let's put the shoe on the other foot. Jdub, FnH, HW11 you are the IBA/res hunter and I'm the nrlo, you gunna welcome me with open arms and willingly give me all the benefits of the res lo?

Iowa Conservation Alliance Member Organizations – The Dove bill (SF83) passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee last Thursday and now is eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate (the bill still must be placed on the debate calendar). The legislation is very simple--the bill simply grants...

Iowa Conservation Alliance Member Organizations – The Dove bill (SF83) passed the Senate Natural Resources Committee last Thursday and now is eligible for debate in the Iowa Senate (the bill still must be placed on the debate calendar). The legislation is very simple--the bill simply...

The DNR still still gathering data that will be given to Natural Resource Commission. They have a partial list of recommendations, but that's all they are, recommendations. The NRC will have the final say when they vote 6/10. Below are the dates for NRC meetings 3/10, 4/14, 5/11, 6/9

IBA Legislative Update 3/4/11 OVERVIEW OF THE WEEK First Funnel Date. It was a busy week & many bill did not get out of committee including the Nonresident Landowner Deer License bills. I believe the information is correct, but I may have missed some bills and will update you with any...

Sorry that didn't post as copied. Here is the link. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=Lobbyist&Service=DspReport&ga=84&type=b&hbill=hf327

Thought people might like to see how the lobbyist have registered on this bill. Just for the record FB went from being FOR to Undecided this week. Also DNR can no longer take a stance on any issue, that directive came from the Gov. MARCH 2, 2011 09:18:4284th General Assembly...