HF207

[ElkHunter]

House File 207
HOUSE FILE
BY LUKAN
1 An Act providing for the issuance of any sex deer hunting
2 licenses to certain older Iowans that may be used during both
3 shotgun seasons.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1544HH 83
6 av/nh/8

PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 483A.8, subsection 2, Code 2009, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 2. The deer hunting license shall be accompanied by a tag
1 4 designed to be used only once. When a deer is taken, the deer
1 5 shall be tagged and the tag shall be dated. For each antlered
1 6 deer taken, the tag shall be affixed to the deer's antlers.
1 7 If the commission establishes first shotgun and second shotgun
1 8 deer hunting seasons, a resident who is sixty=five years of
1 9 age or older shall be issued an any sex deer hunting license
1 10 that is valid and may be used during both seasons.
<span style="color: #FF0000"> 1 11 EXPLANATION </span>
1 12 This bill provides that if the natural resource commission
1 13 establishes first and second shotgun deer hunting seasons, a
1 14 resident who is 65 years of age or older shall be issued an
1 15 any sex deer hunting license that is valid and may be used
1 16 during both seasons.

 

[Critter]

I'm not sure I get it. Anyone over 65 gets an additional any sex tag for use in both gun seasons? Or anyone over 65 can use their one tag in both seasons?

 

[risto2351]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CRITRGITR</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm not sure I get it. Anyone over 65 gets an additional any sex tag for use in both gun seasons? Or anyone over 65 can use their one tag in both seasons? </div></div>


1 15 any sex deer hunting license that is valid and may be used
1 16 during both seasons.

Looks like one tag for both seasons.

 

[Fishbonker]

Why? Don't understand this one at all unless it is a bill to get the door open for more legislation down the road. I sure wish there would be a "logic" or "reasons" section after the explanation section.

The 'Bonker

 

[Liv4Rut]

I bet there would be an increase in sales of 65 year olds or better.....Hey Grandpa, could you buy a tag for me.......


In just hope I am still hunting when I am 65, If I am it probably would take me both season to get it done. Heck it already does....

 

[ironwood]

I don't get this one either. I think when granting privleges to the elderly it should be an across the board discount for all hunting and fishing activities. No extra or special season, just a generous discount and let then decide when they want to use them. They may be muzzle loaders or bow hunters for all we know. Just my thoughts.

Liv should get both gun season thought. More handycap than most. /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif

 

[blake]

PMA Memberships & Renewals and IBA Memberships & Renewals

I am not against the elderly getting some breaks on hunting fees, but this bill smells fishy to me.

Let’s say I live in South Dakota and I purchase a doe tag to hunt in Iowa. Then I go back to Iowa to hunt with grandma who still lives on the family farm. Grandma has never hunted a day in her life but I have her tag in my pocket.

Heck I might even let her sit in the heated pickup while I go shoot her nice buck for her. And after all, grandma doesn’t want the cape and rack…………

Sounds like another loophole to me! /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif

Am I reading the bill right????

PM
Ron Wyllie
Southwest Iowa IBA Area Representative
rwyllie@iowawhitetail.com

 

[THA4]

well, Bonker would have twice the opportunity to hunt now....
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[turkeyriver]

Since Bonker and I are the same age, I'll just say I resent that remark a little. Not really; the older the buck, the stiffer the horn, right Bonks? Could this bill be to give old guys,like I ALMOST am, options to hunt a wider weather window? Or they assume 65 yr. olds can't hunt many days in a row and therefore need more days? Not sure.

 

[Fishbonker]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: turkeyriver</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Since Bonker and I are the same age, I'll just say I resent that remark a little. Not really; the older the buck, the stiffer the horn, right Bonks? Could this bill be to give old guys,like I ALMOST am, options to hunt a wider weather window? Or they assume 65 yr. olds can't hunt many days in a row and therefore need more days? Not sure. </div></div>

Not only stiffer, but longer too.

I'm just too cynical to believe that it is as simple as givin a geezer like me a break. Remember 65 is the new 55.

Don’t forget, when you’re 20 you can’t imagine being 30. When you’re 30 you can’t imagine bein 40, when you’re 40 you can’t imagine bein 50. Now that I’m over 50 I can’t imagine getting laid like I was at 20, 30 or even 40 but I think I’ll still be able to deer hunt as well at 65 as I can today.

The ‘Bonker