I printed out the app and was dissapointed to see that our odds of drawing a Zone 4 archery tag are slightly better than 50% with 1 point. What a drag. I used to figure on hunting Iowa every other year. Every 2 to 3 years makes it tougher to keep up landowner relations. I'm sure when they jack the price up to $400.00+ it will weed some people out. Problem is that some people will be me!!
blake
Life Member
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So are we to assume that the legislation for this year is complete?
Or are these regs subject to change?
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The Iowa Senate passed there bill, the House had their own bill, somewhat different than the Senates. If my sources are correct I think both bills are now being debated in a subcommittee.
If they come to an agreement on a bill and vote it in, I believe you can expect some changes.
So are we to assume that the legislation for this year is complete?
Or are these regs subject to change?
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The Iowa Senate passed there bill, the House had their own bill, somewhat different than the Senates. If my sources are correct I think both bills are now being debated in a subcommittee.
If they come to an agreement on a bill and vote it in, I believe you can expect some changes.
DOR
Life Member
MN SLICK
Zone 9 is getting tough as well. Max of 210 bow tags to be issued. 610 bowhunters did not draw last year.
I beleive that will make it a 1 in 4 year hunt for some of those fella's.
I notice that you can buy a 10$ preferance point now instead of giving them 400$ for a month or two. That is fantastic!
Zone 9 is getting tough as well. Max of 210 bow tags to be issued. 610 bowhunters did not draw last year.
I beleive that will make it a 1 in 4 year hunt for some of those fella's.
I notice that you can buy a 10$ preferance point now instead of giving them 400$ for a month or two. That is fantastic!
Stump Shooter
New Member
A $10 preference pt or just another way to get a little money? I side with the second option.
PYBucks
Member
DOR, the $10 for a preference point is only going to lower your odds even more in the future. Every Tom, [censored], and Harry will have a point now. I was talking to a guy I work with yesterday and he's going to get himself a point. He's never even mentioned hunting IA but why not get a point in case he changes his mind.
If those numbers are correct from the DNR, then the number of applicants for zone 5 more than doubled in one year. Last year if you had a point you would draw a tag and now the odds are only 43%.
Tim
If those numbers are correct from the DNR, then the number of applicants for zone 5 more than doubled in one year. Last year if you had a point you would draw a tag and now the odds are only 43%.
Tim
DOR
Life Member
Your point may have some merit to it PYbucks, but I think the cat has been out of the bag for a couple years now.
The 10$ option is here now, might as well use it to your advantage. Remember, a quality hunt 1 0ut 3 years is better than a sh!tty hunt 3 out of 3!! Besides, IA is just one of many states that a good hunt can still be had by the DIY guy! Hopefully, we will both get lucky this year.
The 10$ option is here now, might as well use it to your advantage. Remember, a quality hunt 1 0ut 3 years is better than a sh!tty hunt 3 out of 3!! Besides, IA is just one of many states that a good hunt can still be had by the DIY guy! Hopefully, we will both get lucky this year.
Stump Shooter
New Member
I hear what your saying DOR, but you'd think at about $325 a pop including your tag and fees associated for a NR to get a deer tag down there...they'd open up a few more tags to at least make it possible to go every other year. I've been down there scouting 2 weekends in the last month and there isn't a shortage of deer that's for sure. I understand that you can't just open the flood gates for NR's and attempt to keep the quality of the hunt near the same, but it sort of sucks to think that maybe every 3rd to 4th year we'll get drawn. So I'm torn on both sides of the issue. Not to mention the extra $$ NRs bring down to Iowa in hotel costs, food, gas, extra hunting equip and other such things. And if QDM is truely the goal of Iowa and it's hunter population(which is suspect from the amount of dead little bucks that I've found on public land), why aren't NRs not allowed to aquire a doe tag at a cheap price? Either way, I'm hoping to get drawn this fall with a pref pt of 1!!
Benny
New Member
That stupid cap on only allowing nonresidents bowhunters 35% of the available tags also is a bunch of cow-poopie.
Its going to take me 4 years to get drawn in zone 9 for an archery tag, whereas if you hunt during the firearms season you will at least get a tag every other year and you have about a 25% chance of getting drawn the first year. If they got rid of the stupid cap it would help the bowhunting situation out alot.
Its going to take me 4 years to get drawn in zone 9 for an archery tag, whereas if you hunt during the firearms season you will at least get a tag every other year and you have about a 25% chance of getting drawn the first year. If they got rid of the stupid cap it would help the bowhunting situation out alot.
ibohunt65
Professional food plotter
As a bowhunter, I would like to see the 35% rule lifted as well. That doesn't mean lift the cap. Bowhunters just aren't getting the same opportunity. Shotgun hunters can get a doe tag if they don't draw and still kill a buck with thier group. Bowhunters don't enjoy the same opportunity. I say drop the 35% rule. The IBA has said they do not support it.
Stump Shooter
New Member
teeroy...you need to re-read my last post. What you explained is not what we "NRs" want to have happen at all. There's a reason why we want to come to Iowa to hunt. Why would we want to see the quality of the hunt change in any way? That's counter productive to say the least! None of us care if we only get drawn every other year one bit. But don't you find it funny that gunners have a much better chance at getting drawn then bow guys? What's the sucess rate on gunners(100-125 yard shot) versus bow guys(most under 30 yards)? Of which in my opinion, bow guys seem to follow the idea of QDM more than gun guys do. Another reason(that I stated previously) baffles me why we(NRs) aren't able to buy a bow anterless tag at a reasonable price. It only helps the Iowa herd to take out some doe. Just my thoughts.