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At the DNR's Commissioner's May meeting they approved a change in the Iowa Administrative Code (IAC) that dealt with what actually defined a bow and arrow.
The wording behind the newly adopted bow and arrow definitions came from what the Pope and Young Club adopted several years ago. Not all of P&Y's equipment restrictions were adopted. There was no interest/intent to restrict the let-off percentage of a bow or the use of electronic devices, such as lighted sight pins, even though P&Y does have restrictions based on these two items.
The IAC section that deals with bowhunting deer now reads:
"Except for crossbows for persons with certain afflictions of the upper body, as provided in 571 - 15.5(481A), only bows and arrows meeting the following criteria will be permitted for hunting deer.
a. Only longbows, flat bows, recurve bows, compound bows or any combination of these designs that are hand-held and at least 30 inches long will be permitted. The propulsive energy for launching an arrow must derive solely from the bending and recovery of two limbs of the bow.
b. The bow must be hand drawn and held at all parts of the drawing cycle by a single, uninterrupted pulling action using only the muscle power of the shooter's body until release. Release of the arrow must be by a conscious action of the shooter, either by relaxing tension of the fingers or triggering a hand-held release aid. No portion of the bow's riser (handle) or any trough, track, channel or other device that attaches directly to the bow's riser shall contact, support and/or guide the arrow from a point rearward to the bow's brace height.
c. The following are prohibited: Crossbows; any device with a gun-style stock; any device that holds the bowstring at partial or full draw without the shooter's muscle power; any device that derives the energy to propel the arrow from a hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical or similar device other than the mechanical advantage provided by eccentric wheels or cams where energy to propel the arrow comes from the pulling effort of the shooter.
d. A hunting arrow must be at least 20 inches in length measured from the point of the broadhead to th rearward tip of the nock, having fletching attached to the aft end and weight no less than 300 grains. No poison, drug or explosive device shall be attached to the arrow.
e. A hunting broadhead must posses two or more fixed or moveable sharp cutting edges than can be sharpened or replaced, be at least 7/8 inch wide at the widest point of cuttng edge and weight at least 70 grains.
Doug Clayton
The wording behind the newly adopted bow and arrow definitions came from what the Pope and Young Club adopted several years ago. Not all of P&Y's equipment restrictions were adopted. There was no interest/intent to restrict the let-off percentage of a bow or the use of electronic devices, such as lighted sight pins, even though P&Y does have restrictions based on these two items.
The IAC section that deals with bowhunting deer now reads:
"Except for crossbows for persons with certain afflictions of the upper body, as provided in 571 - 15.5(481A), only bows and arrows meeting the following criteria will be permitted for hunting deer.
a. Only longbows, flat bows, recurve bows, compound bows or any combination of these designs that are hand-held and at least 30 inches long will be permitted. The propulsive energy for launching an arrow must derive solely from the bending and recovery of two limbs of the bow.
b. The bow must be hand drawn and held at all parts of the drawing cycle by a single, uninterrupted pulling action using only the muscle power of the shooter's body until release. Release of the arrow must be by a conscious action of the shooter, either by relaxing tension of the fingers or triggering a hand-held release aid. No portion of the bow's riser (handle) or any trough, track, channel or other device that attaches directly to the bow's riser shall contact, support and/or guide the arrow from a point rearward to the bow's brace height.
c. The following are prohibited: Crossbows; any device with a gun-style stock; any device that holds the bowstring at partial or full draw without the shooter's muscle power; any device that derives the energy to propel the arrow from a hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanical or similar device other than the mechanical advantage provided by eccentric wheels or cams where energy to propel the arrow comes from the pulling effort of the shooter.
d. A hunting arrow must be at least 20 inches in length measured from the point of the broadhead to th rearward tip of the nock, having fletching attached to the aft end and weight no less than 300 grains. No poison, drug or explosive device shall be attached to the arrow.
e. A hunting broadhead must posses two or more fixed or moveable sharp cutting edges than can be sharpened or replaced, be at least 7/8 inch wide at the widest point of cuttng edge and weight at least 70 grains.
Doug Clayton
