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From the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com
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Final Deer Hunting Season Begins January 11
Posted: January 5, 2010
CHARITON - <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</st1:State>'s final deer hunting opportunity until fall begins Jan. 11 for the January antlerless season and licenses are plentiful for most of the 42 eligible counties. Hunters will need to purchase a new small game license and habitat fee to participate. All 2009 licenses expire on Jan. 10. The season ends on Jan. 31.
Last year, an estimated 30,000 licenses were sold and hunters harvested about 10,000 deer. The January antlerless season is important for deer herd management and has accounted for between 15 and 40 percent of the doe harvest for the southern <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</ST1</st1:State> counties.
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Party hunting is allowed and hunters may use shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns or bows. In the 21 counties in the southern two tiers of the state, center-fire rifles are allowed. The blaze orange clothing requirement is also in effect.
The HUSH program is still accepting deer at 84 lockers across the state. Hunters may donate any legally taken deer to the Iowa Food Bank that provides needed meat for Iowans. All deer harvested must be reported to the DNR using the harvest reporting system.
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Tips to Avoid Shooting a Shed Antler Buck
The goal of the January antlerless deer hunting season is to harvest does in select areas of the state. Hunters can reduce the number of shed antler bucks killed by following a few guidelines.
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Posted: January 5, 2010
CHARITON - <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</st1:State>'s final deer hunting opportunity until fall begins Jan. 11 for the January antlerless season and licenses are plentiful for most of the 42 eligible counties. Hunters will need to purchase a new small game license and habitat fee to participate. All 2009 licenses expire on Jan. 10. The season ends on Jan. 31.
Last year, an estimated 30,000 licenses were sold and hunters harvested about 10,000 deer. The January antlerless season is important for deer herd management and has accounted for between 15 and 40 percent of the doe harvest for the southern <st1:State w:st="on">Iowa</ST1
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Party hunting is allowed and hunters may use shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns or bows. In the 21 counties in the southern two tiers of the state, center-fire rifles are allowed. The blaze orange clothing requirement is also in effect.
The HUSH program is still accepting deer at 84 lockers across the state. Hunters may donate any legally taken deer to the Iowa Food Bank that provides needed meat for Iowans. All deer harvested must be reported to the DNR using the harvest reporting system.
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</O Tips to Avoid Shooting a Shed Antler Buck
The goal of the January antlerless deer hunting season is to harvest does in select areas of the state. Hunters can reduce the number of shed antler bucks killed by following a few guidelines.
- Wait for deer traveling in family groups [does and fawns], and do not shoot an antlerless deer that is alone.
- This time of year, bucks may be traveling in small bachelor groups of 2 to 4 adult deer. If this group contains even one antlered buck, then the group is likely all bucks.
- A group that contains fawns is likely a family group composed of does and fawns. <O
- Older bucks move slower, with a more stiff-legged gait than does, and have blockier, wider heads.
- Use binoculars to determine if antler pedicels or a forehead patch are visible.
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