ElkHunter
Life Member
Legislative Update
The Iowa legislature will be back in session soon (Jan. 9th). There are rumors of a few more changes to the deer management issue. For the last two years the legislators have been hearing only one side of the story. They claim the sportsmen of the state must be happy with the changes made because they haven’t heard from us. I think it’s time to turn up the heat, every hunter in the state should make phone calls to their legislators, not just the bowhunter, if you hunt pheasants, turkey or deer with a gun, you should know your legislator on a first name basis and have his or her phone # on your speed dial. Emails are OK but a phone call will really get their attention.
Please be polite and respectful, they will listen to your thoughts and opinions. Some of the key points that need to be expressed are:
1) Changes were made in the number of deer tags for all methods of deer hunting for resident and nonresident alike. The deer harvest should be very high if not an all time record. We should let the deer management program have a chance to work before setting off on another program.
2) Let them know if the deer numbers are down in your county. If you are seeing less deer make they need to know this. (The management program is working)
3) If you lost a favorite place to hunt due to leasing let them know about that also.
4) That you are very comfortable with the level of nonresident any sex deer tags and no increase is needed.
No need to stop at those 4 items, while you have their attention, get everything off your chest.
I have included all the information needed to contact your legislator or find out who they are.
How to Contact Your Legislator
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/
After you get to the website it is very easy to find everything you need.
List of All Legislators
Find Your Legislator (interactive search)
Maps and District Information (more information about Redistricting)
It is extremely important that the legislature hears from all sportsmen groups. Please pass this on to all your friends.
The Iowa legislature will be back in session soon (Jan. 9th). There are rumors of a few more changes to the deer management issue. For the last two years the legislators have been hearing only one side of the story. They claim the sportsmen of the state must be happy with the changes made because they haven’t heard from us. I think it’s time to turn up the heat, every hunter in the state should make phone calls to their legislators, not just the bowhunter, if you hunt pheasants, turkey or deer with a gun, you should know your legislator on a first name basis and have his or her phone # on your speed dial. Emails are OK but a phone call will really get their attention.
Please be polite and respectful, they will listen to your thoughts and opinions. Some of the key points that need to be expressed are:
1) Changes were made in the number of deer tags for all methods of deer hunting for resident and nonresident alike. The deer harvest should be very high if not an all time record. We should let the deer management program have a chance to work before setting off on another program.
2) Let them know if the deer numbers are down in your county. If you are seeing less deer make they need to know this. (The management program is working)
3) If you lost a favorite place to hunt due to leasing let them know about that also.
4) That you are very comfortable with the level of nonresident any sex deer tags and no increase is needed.
No need to stop at those 4 items, while you have their attention, get everything off your chest.
I have included all the information needed to contact your legislator or find out who they are.
How to Contact Your Legislator
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/
After you get to the website it is very easy to find everything you need.
List of All Legislators
Find Your Legislator (interactive search)
Maps and District Information (more information about Redistricting)
It is extremely important that the legislature hears from all sportsmen groups. Please pass this on to all your friends.
