As a follow-up to the party hunting post I started earlier this week, here is the very interesting “rest of the story”……
I just want to say before I start that I have no ill intentions or intend to get anyone in trouble with this post, so names will not be provided. I just want to share what I have found out with a very absurd Iowa law using information that is available to all of us.
The whole story starts with someone providing me information on one of their hunting buddies who arrowed two nice bucks in Iowa last year. I knew this person was not what most of us would refer to as an Iowa resident as they openly claimed to be from another state, so that is where the party hunting question came from – how could a “NR” shoot two bucks here when I can’t even do that unless I would be a resident landowner/tenant per the Iowa hunting regs? Without the party hunting option, I was at a loss.
Being an ethical hunter, I decided to contact one of our fine CO’s in the area where this person hunts and ask how something like this could occur. Let’s just say that I was more than surprised to find out that this hunter is technically an Iowa resident, even though everyone who knows them considers them to live in another state. I am sure many of you are asking how this works, just as I did.
The CO went on to explain that they already knew about this hunter’s situation (I assume it was previously reported or something) and the hunter had been thoroughly checked out clean. This hunter had purchased some farm property with a home on it here in Iowa and per some stupid Iowa state law, they must ONLY spend 30 days (consecutively I think) on this property to be considered an Iowa resident. They pay Iowa state taxes like any resident, and they cannot claim residency in any other state for driver’s license, taxes, hunting licenses, or any other purpose.
Now many of you may not believe this is true, but it definitely is. If you question these facts, please contact your local CO and ask them to confirm whether this is possible. If they say no, you can send me a PM and I can get you in touch with who I visited with.
I just cannot believe such a loophole exists that allows those with plenty of free time and money to take advantage of the hunting community in this way. Although the state allows this, I have completely lost respect for this hunter for what I consider to be an unethical practice to beat the system so they can hunt here every year. There are thousands of other NR hunters, including my family and friends, that must ethically play the lottery/preference point game just to have the opportunity to hunt here, much less shoot two bucks every year.
Any thoughts?
MW Peewee
I just want to say before I start that I have no ill intentions or intend to get anyone in trouble with this post, so names will not be provided. I just want to share what I have found out with a very absurd Iowa law using information that is available to all of us.
The whole story starts with someone providing me information on one of their hunting buddies who arrowed two nice bucks in Iowa last year. I knew this person was not what most of us would refer to as an Iowa resident as they openly claimed to be from another state, so that is where the party hunting question came from – how could a “NR” shoot two bucks here when I can’t even do that unless I would be a resident landowner/tenant per the Iowa hunting regs? Without the party hunting option, I was at a loss.
Being an ethical hunter, I decided to contact one of our fine CO’s in the area where this person hunts and ask how something like this could occur. Let’s just say that I was more than surprised to find out that this hunter is technically an Iowa resident, even though everyone who knows them considers them to live in another state. I am sure many of you are asking how this works, just as I did.
The CO went on to explain that they already knew about this hunter’s situation (I assume it was previously reported or something) and the hunter had been thoroughly checked out clean. This hunter had purchased some farm property with a home on it here in Iowa and per some stupid Iowa state law, they must ONLY spend 30 days (consecutively I think) on this property to be considered an Iowa resident. They pay Iowa state taxes like any resident, and they cannot claim residency in any other state for driver’s license, taxes, hunting licenses, or any other purpose.
Now many of you may not believe this is true, but it definitely is. If you question these facts, please contact your local CO and ask them to confirm whether this is possible. If they say no, you can send me a PM and I can get you in touch with who I visited with.
I just cannot believe such a loophole exists that allows those with plenty of free time and money to take advantage of the hunting community in this way. Although the state allows this, I have completely lost respect for this hunter for what I consider to be an unethical practice to beat the system so they can hunt here every year. There are thousands of other NR hunters, including my family and friends, that must ethically play the lottery/preference point game just to have the opportunity to hunt here, much less shoot two bucks every year.
Any thoughts?
MW Peewee
