Iowa Code r. 571-106.1 - Licenses
When hunting deer, all hunters must have in their possession a valid deer hunting license and a valid resident or nonresident hunting license and must have paid the habitat fee (if normally required to have a hunting license and to pay the habitat fee to hunt).
(1)
Types of resident
licenses.
a.
General deer
licenses. General deer licenses shall be valid for taking deer in one
season selected at the time the license is purchased. General deer licenses
shall be valid for taking deer of either sex except in counties designated by
the natural resource commission (commission) during the first regular gun
season when the general deer license will be valid for taking deer with at
least one forked antler. Paid general deer licenses shall be valid statewide
except where prohibited in deer population management zones established under
571-Chapter 105. Free general deer licenses shall be valid for taking deer of
either sex only on the farm unit of an eligible landowner or tenant in the
season or seasons selected at the time the license is obtained.
b.
Antlerless-deer-only
licenses. Antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be valid for taking deer
that have no forked antler. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be valid
in one county or in one deer population management zone and in one season as
selected at the time the license is purchased. Free and reduced-fee
antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be valid on the farm unit of an eligible
landowner or tenant in the season or seasons selected at the time the license
is obtained.
c.
Bow season
licenses. General deer and antlerless-deer-only licenses, paid or
free, shall be valid in both segments of the bow season.
d.
Regular gun season
licenses. Paid general deer and antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be
valid in either the first or the second regular gun season, as designated on
the license. Free general deer licenses and antlerless-deer-only licenses shall
be valid in both the first and second regular gun seasons.
e.
Muzzleloader season
licenses. General deer and antlerless-deer-only licenses, paid or
free, shall be valid in either the early or the late muzzleloader season, as
designated on the license.
(2)
January antlerless-deer-only
resident licenses.
a.
Population management season. Licenses for the population
management January antlerless-deer-only season may be issued for counties
designated by the commission following a 30-day public comment period.
Population management January antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be issued for
a county only when a minimum of 100 antlerless-deer-only licenses, as described
in 106.10(5), remain unsold in that county as of the third Monday in December.
If 100 or more antlerless-deer-only licenses remain unsold for a given county
as of the third Monday in December, those remaining antlerless-deer-only
licenses shall be made available for the population management January
antlerless-deer-only season in that county until the relevant
antlerless-deer-only quota as described in 106.10(5) is met.
b.
Excess tag season.
Licenses for the excess tag January antlerless-deer-only season may be issued
in any county. Excess tag January antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be issued
for a county only when a minimum of one antlerless-deer-only license, as
described in 106.10(5), remains unsold for a given county through January 10.
Remaining antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be made available starting on
January 11 for the excess tag January antlerless-deer-only season in that
county until the relevant antlerless-deer-only quota as described in 106.10(5)
is met.
(3)
Types
of nonresident licenses.
a.
Any-deer licenses. Any-deer licenses shall be valid for taking
deer of either sex in the zone and season designated by the hunter when the
application is submitted as described in
571-106.8 (483A).
b.
Mandatory antlerless-deer-only
licenses. Each hunter who is successful in drawing an any-deer license
must also purchase an antlerless-deer-only license for the same zone and season
as the any-deer license. If the hunter is unsuccessful in drawing an any-deer
license, neither the any-deer nor antlerless-deer-only license will be issued.
Antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be valid for taking deer that have no
forked antler.
c.
Optional
antlerless-deer-only licenses. A hunter who is not successful in
drawing an any-deer license may purchase an antlerless-deer-only license as
described in 571-106.8 (483A).
d.
Bow season license. Bow
and arrow deer licenses shall be valid for deer of either sex or antlerless
deer during the bow season and in the zone designated by the hunter at the time
the application is submitted.
e.
Regular gun season license. Regular gun season licenses will
be issued for deer of either sex or antlerless deer. Regular gun season
licenses will be issued by zone and season and will be valid in the zone and
season designated by the hunter when the application is submitted.
f.
Muzzleloader season
license. Muzzleloader season licenses will be issued for deer of
either sex or antlerless deer and shall be valid only during the muzzleloader
season and in the zone designated by the hunter when the application is
submitted.
g.
Excess tag
January antlerless-deer-only license. Beginning on January 11,
nonresident hunters may obtain antlerless-deer-only licenses for the excess tag
January antlerless-deer-only season specified in 106.2(4). Licenses will be
available only in those counties specified in 106.10(3) until the quota
provided in 106.10(5) is filled. All regulations specified in Chapter 106 for
the January antlerless deer season for resident hunters including limits,
shooting hours, method of take, tagging and reporting requirements will also
apply to nonresident hunters during this season.
h.
Special licenses. The
commission shall issue licenses in conformance with Iowa Code section
483A.24(12) to
nonresidents 21 years of age or younger who have a severe physical disability
or who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. A person applying for this
license must provide a completed form obtained from the department of natural
resources. The application shall be certified by the applicant's attending
physician with an original signature and declare that the applicant has a
severe physical disability or a terminal illness using the criteria listed in
571-Chapter 15. A medical statement from the applicant's attending physician
that specifies criteria met shall be on 81/2" × 11" letterhead
stationery. The attending physician shall be a currently practicing doctor of
medicine, doctor of osteopathy, physician assistant or nurse
practitioner.
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