HF 2199 ML Party Hunting

[ElkHunter]

<span style="color: #FF0000">Any thoughts or comments? </span>
This has same effect as party hunting regular gun season,buy a doe tag and shoot a buck.There are a lot of late season ML hunters here and no one has made any comments.

House File 2199 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY ARNOLD, BAUDLER, and
WHITAKER


Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved

A BILL FOR

1 An Act relating to deer hunting using muzzleloading firearms.
2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
3 TLSB 5848YH 82
4 jr/nh/8

PAG LIN



1 1 Section 1. Section 481A.38, subsection 1, Code Supplement
1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 1. The commission may upon its own motion and after an
1 4 investigation, alter, limit, or restrict the methods or means
1 5 employed and the instruments or equipment used in taking wild
1 6 mammals, birds subject to section 481A.48, fish, reptiles, and
1 7 amphibians, if the investigation reveals that the action would
1 8 be desirable or beneficial in promoting the interests of
1 9 conservation, or the commission may, after an investigation
1 10 when it is found there is imminent danger of loss of fish
1 11 through natural causes, authorize the taking of fish by means
1 12 found advisable to salvage imperiled fish populations.
1 13 a. The commission shall adopt a rule permitting a crossbow
1 14 to be used only by individuals with disabilities who are
1 15 physically incapable of using a bow and arrow under the
1 16 conditions in which a bow and arrow is permitted. The
1 17 commission shall prepare an application to be used by an
1 18 individual requesting the status. The application shall
1 19 require the individual's physician to sign a statement
1 20 declaring that the individual is not physically able to use a
1 21 bow and arrow.
1 22 b. The commission shall adopt a rule permitting any person
1 23 present in a hunting party using muzzleloading rifles or
1 24 pistols to tag a deer with a tag issued in that person's name
1 25 during the late muzzleloading season.
1 26 EXPLANATION
1 27 This bill would require the natural resources commission to
1 28 adopt a rule allowing any member of a deer hunting party using
1 29 muzzleloading firearms to tag a deer in that person's name,
1 30 regardless of who actually shot the deer during the late
1 31 muzzleloading season.
1 32 LSB 5848YH 82
1 33 jr/nh/8.1

 

[blake]

I have contacted several of the bill sponsors voicing my opposition to this bill. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif

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[Danno]

I'm sure you talk about this, but one of the main arguments against this is the safety issue with bowhunters hunting at the same time.

 

[JNRBRONC]

Another issue is residents (outfitters) buying any-sex tags and allowing nonresidents to fill them. This looks to benefit that practice more than any of the late muzzy hunters I know.

 

[Scott]

I am getting real sick of John Whitaker. His name is on everyone of these.

 

[bronson ridgerunners]

Though I do not party hunt, I beleive this is already happening with groups that do party hunt. Just about every group I know that party hunts is in shotgun seasons, and if party hunting were open for late muzzleloaders then so be it. Party hunters do tend to shot more doe's, and as far as saftey goes Iowa hunters have done great with maintaing low nubers of accidents, and the ones I've read about did'nt result from party hunting. I would like to see Bow hunting open all season long, I would be willing to wear an orange jacket during gun seasons. And last but not least, We are never going to be able to keep the state from allowing N.R. hunters, that can of worms has been opened and i dont ever see it closing. Instead of calling our state elected officals and telling them how bad their ideas are, why not give them some ideas that would compliment resident hunters, like making only certain areas open for N.R., then we could get rid of the leasing operations around the state. But this is all just food for thought, and sorry for rambling on but I just don't see the state rolling over for resident hunters.(there's way to much money involved).

 

[IA ML'r]

Plain and simple this is an attempt to raise the harvest.

I wouldn't be too concerned but in the current situation we have parts of the state that don't need ANY increase in deer harvest, some that could use a REDUCTION in harvest, and some that need an increase in harvest.

This type of bill forces statewide management changes which is why it is a BAD idea.

(plus it widens the NR party hunting loophole)

 

[LoessHillsArcher]

I agree with ya IA ML'r, the deer "problem" isn't a statewide issue but instead they might want to attack it in certain zones. As far as party hunting with muzzleloaders, they already do that in our area, they claim that they tag their own deer they shoot and once they are tagged out they put their gun away. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif