OneCam
Well-Known Member
I wanted to again share a early version of the only likely bill that will make it off the floor (ie either sex tags will not increase) ... I will not create another Iowa Resident vs Non Resident debate here so if you have concerns regarding removing the cap on non resident antlerless tags please email me at clane@iowawhitetail.com and I will share statistics and information to help when contacting your legislature.
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Black- Houser Proposal
Many bills have and will be introduced in both the House and Senate. Co-chairs Black and Houser have agreed to do one bill, and one only, in the Senate Natural Resources Committee. Representative Freeman will also use this model for discussion in the HNRC.
On Thursday of last week a meeting was held with a variety of interest groups, i.e. Farm Bureau, DNR, insurance industry, sport-hunting groups, etc., and many issues were combined into one bill. That has been submitted to the Service Bureau, and a rough draft has been presented to Sen. Black to review. Sen. Houser is absent for the week, so Black will wait until he returns for final discussions with the Service Bureau.
In view of the fact our colleagues have been receiving many e-mails, phone calls and letters, it is important all receive the basic thrust of the legislation.
1. Landowner Licenses. Landowners or tenants (but not both) of ten-acres minimum will receive two free permits, comprised of one either-sex, and one antlerless. They would be allowed to select the season in which they desire to hunt, and would be able to harvest a deer in two separate seasons, if they so choose. (These are for residents not nonresidents)
2. Harvest Reporting. The bill will call for a user friendly method of reporting by deer hunters and be implemented with rules developed by DNR. Information received from hunters by DNR would be used in their wildlife management programs. Info desired would logically be if a kill occurred; sex of animal; location of kill, etc. Only basic info would be desired.
3. Expanded Depredation Permitting. DNR currently has Administrative Rules that relate to personnel of the Department conferring with affected landowners regarding depredation of crops, trees, horticulture, etc. Agreement is reached, and permits are issued by DNR, free of charge, to the landowner to reduce the number of antlerless deer within the landowners area of jurisdiction. An independent decision was made by the previous Wildlife Division Administrator to NOT implement these rules. Rather than codify these rules, this bill will include the following statement: It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Natural Resources follow and enforce deer depredation Administrative Rules promulgated under Chapter 106.
4. Special Hunts. DNR would be empowered by statute to have special hunts in those counties where the prior established quotas of permits had not been sold during the regular season.
5. Nonresident Permits. Current either-sex, nonresident deer permits number 6,000 with all being sold. Price is $308 each, comprised of $220 for the deer tag, $80 for the game license and $8 for habitat fee. Current law allows DNR to sell a maximum of 2,500 antlerless permits, for $238each.
Proposal: Non-resident hunters would pay $320 for a permit that would contain two tags, one either-sex and one antlerless. A nonresident would also be required to have a nonresident hunting license ($100) and pay the habitat fee ($8).
The antlerless cap of 2,500 would be lifted, allowing the DNR to establish the number of nonresident permits to be sold at $150 each. A non-resident purchasing an antlerless tag must also have a nonresident hunting license ($100) and pay the habitat fee ($8).
Nearly all 2,500 antlerless, nonresident permits were sold in 2004.
NOTE: Every deer permit sold in the state, including those provided to landowners free-of-charge or provided as depredation permits will include a $1 surcharge for HUSH. This would raise $350,000 to be placed in the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund and be maintained by separate accounting. These funds would be utilized for implementing HUSH statewide. Currently HUSH is not statewide. This revenue would be utilized to compensate small-town meat processors who have deer delivered to them by hunters for distribution to prisons, pantries, shelters, etc.
Related Information:
1. In 2004, there were 340,224 resident deer permits sold and issued.
2. In 2004, there were 8,479 non-resident deer permits sold (6,000 either-sex and 2,479 antlerless).
3. In 2004, there were 66,648 free landowner deer permits issued (no minimum acreage).
4. Free landowner permits have doubled in three years. This system is being abused, and thus the proposed ten-acre minimum.
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Black- Houser Proposal
Many bills have and will be introduced in both the House and Senate. Co-chairs Black and Houser have agreed to do one bill, and one only, in the Senate Natural Resources Committee. Representative Freeman will also use this model for discussion in the HNRC.
On Thursday of last week a meeting was held with a variety of interest groups, i.e. Farm Bureau, DNR, insurance industry, sport-hunting groups, etc., and many issues were combined into one bill. That has been submitted to the Service Bureau, and a rough draft has been presented to Sen. Black to review. Sen. Houser is absent for the week, so Black will wait until he returns for final discussions with the Service Bureau.
In view of the fact our colleagues have been receiving many e-mails, phone calls and letters, it is important all receive the basic thrust of the legislation.
1. Landowner Licenses. Landowners or tenants (but not both) of ten-acres minimum will receive two free permits, comprised of one either-sex, and one antlerless. They would be allowed to select the season in which they desire to hunt, and would be able to harvest a deer in two separate seasons, if they so choose. (These are for residents not nonresidents)
2. Harvest Reporting. The bill will call for a user friendly method of reporting by deer hunters and be implemented with rules developed by DNR. Information received from hunters by DNR would be used in their wildlife management programs. Info desired would logically be if a kill occurred; sex of animal; location of kill, etc. Only basic info would be desired.
3. Expanded Depredation Permitting. DNR currently has Administrative Rules that relate to personnel of the Department conferring with affected landowners regarding depredation of crops, trees, horticulture, etc. Agreement is reached, and permits are issued by DNR, free of charge, to the landowner to reduce the number of antlerless deer within the landowners area of jurisdiction. An independent decision was made by the previous Wildlife Division Administrator to NOT implement these rules. Rather than codify these rules, this bill will include the following statement: It is the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Natural Resources follow and enforce deer depredation Administrative Rules promulgated under Chapter 106.
4. Special Hunts. DNR would be empowered by statute to have special hunts in those counties where the prior established quotas of permits had not been sold during the regular season.
5. Nonresident Permits. Current either-sex, nonresident deer permits number 6,000 with all being sold. Price is $308 each, comprised of $220 for the deer tag, $80 for the game license and $8 for habitat fee. Current law allows DNR to sell a maximum of 2,500 antlerless permits, for $238each.
Proposal: Non-resident hunters would pay $320 for a permit that would contain two tags, one either-sex and one antlerless. A nonresident would also be required to have a nonresident hunting license ($100) and pay the habitat fee ($8).
The antlerless cap of 2,500 would be lifted, allowing the DNR to establish the number of nonresident permits to be sold at $150 each. A non-resident purchasing an antlerless tag must also have a nonresident hunting license ($100) and pay the habitat fee ($8).
Nearly all 2,500 antlerless, nonresident permits were sold in 2004.
NOTE: Every deer permit sold in the state, including those provided to landowners free-of-charge or provided as depredation permits will include a $1 surcharge for HUSH. This would raise $350,000 to be placed in the Fish and Wildlife Trust Fund and be maintained by separate accounting. These funds would be utilized for implementing HUSH statewide. Currently HUSH is not statewide. This revenue would be utilized to compensate small-town meat processors who have deer delivered to them by hunters for distribution to prisons, pantries, shelters, etc.
Related Information:
1. In 2004, there were 340,224 resident deer permits sold and issued.
2. In 2004, there were 8,479 non-resident deer permits sold (6,000 either-sex and 2,479 antlerless).
3. In 2004, there were 66,648 free landowner deer permits issued (no minimum acreage).
4. Free landowner permits have doubled in three years. This system is being abused, and thus the proposed ten-acre minimum.
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