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That's what I hate with the two views of the laws / regulations. Law enforcement and DNR. Every time you ask a law officer or a CO you get a different interpretation of the law / regulation. "Well.... that's a grey area". I asked three different CO's about the baiting law one time and I got three different answers. A guy was baiting on his farm about 1/4 mile away. One said no problem, one said there was a certain distance you had to be away (which there is not and he couldn't tell me) and one said I could not because the deer were traveling to the bait and I was using that to my advantage. Seems like the DNR is doing the same thing with this carry permit thing. We got stopped after duck hunting this year. Everything was put in truck, cased and unloaded. He made us take every gun out to see if they were unloaded even though we have carry permits. The way he talked he would have written us up if they were loaded.
Glad you guys on here can clear up a lot of these situations!
 
Sure is. The guy had feed out but doesn't hunt. So he is not baiting. He isn't doing anything illegal.
 
One of my friends told me some of his group got pulled over during shotgun season and were about to get checked for loaded guns. One of them had the number for one of the State Dnr officers and called them. He told the officer that was about to write the tickets that they might as well not write them because they will be "torn up" meaning the would not hold up in court pretty much. All of the hunters had their permit to carry so were ok to have guns loaded and uncased in their vehicles. From what I have heard the only way you may get a ticket is if it is clear you are chasing "pursuing" the deer with your vehicle.
 
doubledrop32 said:
One of my friends told me some of his group got pulled over during shotgun season and were about to get checked for loaded guns. One of them had the number for one of the State Dnr officers and called them. He told the officer that was about to write the tickets that they might as well not write them because they will be "torn up" meaning the would not hold up in court pretty much. All of the hunters had their permit to carry so were ok to have guns loaded and uncased in their vehicles. From what I have heard the only way you may get a ticket is if it is clear you are chasing "pursuing" the deer with your vehicle.
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Thats some bs, i think no matter if you have a carry permit or not that during slug season all long guns should be cased. Why give some of these people an excuse to get away with riding around with a loaded slug gun?
 
What about pheasant hunting? I sometimes road hunt and the law was u could not drive with the gun out of the case and you could not load the gun till you got out of the car so does that mean with my permit to carry i do not haft to follow that law?
 
Because im pretty sure when it comes down to it if you are hunting you haft to obey the dnr laws and state laws dont apply, if you are hunting that is.
 
Taken from the Iowa DNR Fact Sheet I posted earlier
(http://www.iowadnr.gov/portals/idnr/uploads/parks/weaponspermitguide.pdf)
RE: Iowa hunting laws and weapons permit applicability
Iowa Code § 483A.36
Relevant Statute/Rule Language
A person, except as permitted by law, shall not have or carry a gun in or on a vehicle on a public highway, unless the gun is taken down or totally contained in a securely fastened case, and its barrels and attached magazines are unloaded.

How 724.7 Applies
A person who has a valid permit is not restricted to carry a firearm in a carrying case and unloaded.*

*While a person with a valid permit under Iowa Code § 724.7 may carry their firearm uncased and loaded in the vehicle, the Department strongly urges persons with a permit to continue to transport their firearms in a carrying case and unloaded for safety purposes.
 
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