2012-13 Iowa Hunting And Trapping Regulations - Iowa Department ...

Table of Contents
License Fees.........................................................4
Hunting and Trapping Seasons/Limits.................5
Deer Hunting and Antlerless Quotas....................6
Fall/Spring Turkey Hunting.................................7
Hunting License Requirements ...........................8
Licenses, Fees and Stamps Required...................9
License Not Required........................................10
Landowner and Tenant Licenses .......................10
General Hunting Regulations.............................12
Use of CB or Mobile Transmitter......................13
Transporting Firearms........................................15
Motor Vehicle Restrictions................................16
WMAs Requiring Non-toxic Shot.....................16
Iowa Refuges.....................................................17
Turn-In-Poachers...............................................18
Multiple Offender..............................................18
Liquidated Damages..........................................18
Upland Game Hunting Information...................19
Hunting and Trapping Furbearers......................19
Deer Hunting Information..................................22
Prohibited Devices.............................................23
Legal Method of Take........................................24
ATV Use and Hunting........................................25
Deer License Options.........................................26
Bonus Deer Hunts..............................................27
Landowner-Tenant Licenses .............................28
Hunting Shed Antlers.........................................29
Deer-Turkey Harvest Reporting.........................29
Tagging Requirements.......................................29
Deer Population Management Hunts.................31
HUSH Lockers ..................................................34
Fall Wild Turkey Information............................35
2014 Resident Spring Turkey Hunting..............36
Nonresident Deer, Spring Turkey Hunting........38
Chronic Wasting Disease...................................42
Taxidermy..........................................................42
Dog Restrictions................................................43
Wildlife Office Phone Numbers.........................45
Conservation Officers........................................46
Sunrise-Sunset Table..........................................47
Highlights and Changes to the 2013-14 Hunting Regulations
• The quota of resident paid antlerless deer
licenses was reduced by 3,950 in six counties in
southwest Iowa.
• The statewide quotas for bobcats and river otters
was removed, along with the 24-hour reporting
requirement for bobcat and river otters. The
bag limit for river otters was reduced from 3 to 2
to prevent too many river otters from being taken
in any one area.
COVER PHOTO: A military hero in an Iowa field near
Lakota.
A first time pheasant hunting leaves a lifetime impression
for the wounded service members who step into Iowa fields
and for the Iowans who come together to welcome them.
Hunting for Heroes, part of the Wounded Warrior program,
gets recovering military away from the routine of medical
appointments and rehabilitation for a few days. As they
arrive in Iowa, they receive heroes’ welcomes; everything
from guided pheasant hunts to a small town Iowa banquet
with 400 new friends. Photo by Joe Wilkinson.
• The list of open areas for bobcats increased to
include Audubon, Crawford, Dallas, Iowa, Muscatine
and Poweshiek counties.
• Starting this year, only the intact skull or complete
lower jaw of otters and bobcats will be collected
for population monitoring purposes. (p. 21)
• Three Mile Lake, Union County, and Lake
Sugema, Van Buren County, were removed from
the list of waterfowl refuges. Union Hills Wildlife
Management Area was added to the list. A small
portion of the Union Hills WMA will become a
waterfowl refuge with the goal of improving the
number of waterfowl that stay in the area during
the fall migration. The majority of the area will
remain open to hunting.
• The pigeon season will be open year round to
allow dove hunters the opportunity to take pigeons
while dove hunting.
Other Nonresident Turkey Deer Upland Hunting, Trapping Furbearers Fines General Regulations License Requirements
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