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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.4 - Limits

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(1)
Bow
				season.
The daily bag limit is one deer per license. The possession
				limit is one deer per license.
(2)
Muzzleloader seasons.
The daily bag limit is one deer per
				license. The possession limit is one deer per license.
(3)
Regular gun seasons.
The
				bag limit is one deer per license. The possession limit is one deer per
				license.
(4)
Resident
				population management and excess tag January antlerless-deer-only
				seasons.
The bag limit is one deer per license. The possession limit
				is one deer per license.
(5)
Maximum annual possession limit.
The maximum annual possession
				limit for a deer hunter is one deer for each legal license and transportation
				tag obtained.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.5 - Areas Closed to Hunting

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There shall be no open seasons for hunting deer on the county
				  roads immediately adjacent to or through Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge,
				  Kossuth County, where posted accordingly. There shall be no open seasons for
				  hunting deer on all portions of rights-of-way on Interstate Highways 29, 35, 80
				  and 380.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.6 - Nonresident Zones Open to Hunting

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Licenses will be valid only in designated areas as
				  follows:
(1)
Nonresident zone
				boundaries.
As specified in the nonresident deer hunting zones map
				(dated December 2023) published on the department's website (
www.iowadnr.gov/Hunting/Deer-Hunting
)
				"Nonresident Deer Hunting Zones."
(2) Reserved.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.7 - Nonresident License Quotas

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A limited number of nonresident deer licenses will be issued
				  in zones as follows:
(1)
Zone
				license quotas.
Nonresident license quotas are as follows:
Any-sex licenses
Mandatory Antlerless-deer-only
Optional Antlerless-deer-only
All Methods
Bow
Zone 1
90
31
90
Zone 2
90
31
90
Zone 3
560
196
560
Zone 4
1280
448
1280
Zone 5
1600
560
1600
Zone 6
800
280
800
Zone 7
360
126
360
Zone 8
240
84
240
Zone 9
880
308
880
Zone 10
100
35
100
Total
6000
2099
6000
3500
(2)
Quota applicability.
The license quota issued for each zone
				will be the quota for all bow, regular gun and muzzleloader season licenses
				combined. No more than 6,000 any-deer licenses and 6,000 mandatory
				antlerless-deer-only licenses will be issued for all methods of take combined,
				for the entire state. Of the 6,000 any-deer and 6,000 mandatory
				antlerless-deer-only licenses, no more than 35 percent in any zone can be bow
				licenses. A maximum of 4,500 optional antlerless-deer-only licenses will be
				issued on a county-by-county basis. The licenses will be divided between the
				counties in the same proportion as resident antlerless-deer-only licenses.
				Hunters must designate a zone or county and season when purchasing the license
				and hunt only in that zone or county and season.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.9 - Free and Reduced-fee Deer Licenses for Resident Landowners and Tenants

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A maximum of one free general deer license, two free
				  antlerless-deer-only licenses, and two reduced-fee antlerless-deer-only
				  licenses may be issued to a qualifying landowner or eligible family member and
				  a qualifying tenant or eligible family member. Eligibility for licenses is
				  described in 571-106.17(481A). The free general deer license shall be available
				  for one of the following seasons: the youth/disabled hunter season (if
				  eligible), bow season, early muzzleloader season, late muzzleloader season, or
				  first and second regular gun seasons. One free antlerless-deer-only license
				  shall be available for one of the following seasons: youth/disabled hunter
				  season (if eligible), bow season, early muzzleloader season, late muzzleloader
				  season, or first and second regular gun seasons. The second free
				  antlerless-deer-only license shall be valid only for the January
				  antlerless-deer-only season and will be available only if a portion of the farm
				  unit lies within a county where paid antlerless-deer-only licenses are
				  available during that season. Each reduced-fee antlerless-deer-only license
				  shall be valid for one of the following seasons: youth/disabled hunter season
				  (if eligible), bow season, early muzzleloader season, late muzzleloader season,
				  first and second regular gun seasons, or January antlerless-deer-only seasons.
				  January antlerless-deer-only licenses will be available only if a portion of
				  the farm unit is located in a county where paid antlerless-deer-only licenses
				  are available in that season.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.10 - Resident Paid Deer License Quotas and Restrictions

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Paid deer licenses, including antlerless-deer-only licenses,
				  will be restricted in the type and number that may be purchased.
(1)
Paid general deer
				licenses.
Residents may purchase no more than two paid general deer
				licenses, one for the bow season and one for one of the following seasons:
				early muzzleloader season, late muzzleloader season, first regular gun season,
				or second regular gun season. No more than 7,500 paid statewide general deer
				licenses will be sold for the early muzzleloader season. Fifty additional paid
				early muzzleloader season licenses will be sold through and will be valid only
				for the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. There will be no quota on the number of
				paid general deer licenses issued in the bow season, late muzzleloader season,
				first regular gun season, or second regular gun season.
(2)
Paid antlerless-deer-only
				licenses.
Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses have quotas for each
				county and will be sold for each county until quotas are reached.
a. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses may be
				purchased for any season in counties where licenses are available, except as
				outlined in 106.10(2)
"b."
A license must be used in the
				season, county or deer population management area selected at the time the
				license is purchased.
b. No one may
				obtain paid licenses for both the first regular gun season and second regular
				gun season regardless of whether the licenses are valid for any deer or
				antlerless deer only. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses for the early
				muzzleloader season may only be purchased by hunters who have already purchased
				one of the 7,500 paid statewide general deer licenses. Hunters who purchase one
				of the 7,500 paid statewide general deer licenses for the early muzzleloader
				season may not obtain paid antlerless licenses for the first or second regular
				gun season.
c. Prior to September
				15, a hunter may purchase one antlerless-deer-only license for any season for
				which the hunter is eligible. Beginning September 15, a hunter may purchase an
				unlimited number of antlerless-deer-only licenses for any season for which the
				hunter is eligible, as set forth in 106.10(2)
"b,"
until the
				county or population management area quotas are filled. Licenses purchased for
				deer population management areas will not count in the county quota.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.11 - Method of Take

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Permitted weapons and devices vary according to the type of
				  season.
(1)
Bow
				season.
Only longbow, compound, or recurve bows shooting broadhead
				arrows are permitted during the bow season. Arrows must be at least 18 inches
				long.
a. Crossbows, as described in 106.11(1)
"b,"
may be used during the bow season in the following two
				situations:
(1) By persons with certain
				afflictions of the upper body as provided in
				571-15.22 (481A); and
(2) By persons over the age of 65 with an
				antlerless-deer-only license as provided in Iowa Code section
				483A.8B.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.12 - Procedures to Obtain Licenses

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All resident deer hunting licenses must be obtained using the
				  ELSI. Licenses may be purchased from ELSI license agents, or online at
www.iowadnr.com,
				  or by calling the ELSI telephone ordering system.
(1)
Licenses with quotas.
All paid deer hunting licenses for which a quota is established may be obtained
				from the ELSI system on a first-come, first-served basis beginning August 15
				until the quota fills, or through the last day of the hunting period for which
				the license is valid.
(2)
Licenses without quotas.
All deer hunting licenses that have
				no quota may be obtained from the ELSI system beginning August 15 through the
				last day of the hunting period for which a license is valid.
(3)
Providing false
				information.
a. Any person who
				provides false information about the person's identity or eligibility for any
				paid or free landowner/tenant deer license and tag and who attests that the
				information is correct by accepting and signing the license or tag shall have
				the person's hunting license revoked as a part of the sentencing for such
				criminal conviction, and the person shall not be issued a hunting license for
				one year pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code section
				483A.24(2)
"f"
and
				571-15.6 (483A).
b. In addition to any legal penalties that
				may be imposed, the obtaining of a license in violation of this rule shall
				invalidate that deer license and transportation tag and any other deer hunting
				license and transportation tag obtained during the same year.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.13 - Transportation Tag

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(1)
Use of transportation tag.
A transportation tag bearing the
				license number of the licensee, year of issuance, and date of kill properly
				shown shall be visibly attached to one leg of each antlerless deer or on the
				main beam between two points, if present, on one of the antlers of an antlered
				deer in such a manner that the tag cannot be removed without mutilating or
				destroying the tag. This tag shall be attached to the carcass of the deer
				within 15 minutes of the time the deer carcass is located after being taken or
				before the carcass is moved to be transported by any means from the place where
				the deer was taken, whichever occurs first. No person shall tag a deer with a
				transportation tag issued to another person or with a tag that was purchased
				after the deer was taken. This tag shall be proof of possession and shall
				remain affixed to the carcass until such time as the animal is processed for
				consumption. The head, and antlers if any, shall remain attached to the deer
				while being transported by any means whatsoever from the place where taken to
				the processor or commercial preservation facility or until the deer has been
				processed for consumption. The hunter who killed the deer must tag the deer
				using the transportation tag issued in that person's name unless lawfully party
				hunting.
(2)
Party
				hunting.
a.
Resident party
				hunting.
During the first and second regular gun seasons and the
				January antlerless-deer-only seasons, any resident hunter present in the
				hunting party may use their tag on a deer harvested by another
				resident.
b.
Nonresident
				party hunting.
Party hunting is not allowed by nonresidents.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.14 - Resident Youth Deer and Severely Disabled Hunts

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(1)
Licenses.
a.
Youth deer hunt.
A youth
				deer license may be issued to any Iowa resident who is not over 15 years old on
				the day the youth obtains the license. The youth license may be paid or free to
				persons eligible for free licenses. If the youth obtains a free
				landowner/tenant license, it will count as the one free general deer license
				for which the youth's family is eligible.
Each participating youth must be accompanied by an adult who
				  possesses a regular hunting license and has paid the habitat fee (if the adult
				  is normally required to have a hunting license and to pay the habitat fee to
				  hunt). Only one adult may participate for each youth hunter. The accompanying
				  adult must not possess a long gun, bow, or crossbow and must be in the direct
				  company of the youth at all times.
A person may obtain only one youth general deer license but
				  may also obtain any other paid or free general deer and antlerless-deer-only
				  licenses that are available to other hunters. Antlerless-deer-only licenses
				  must be obtained in the same manner with which other hunters obtain them, as
				  described in 106.10(2).
b.
Severely disabled hunt.
Any severely disabled Iowa resident
				meeting the requirements of Iowa Code section
				321L.1(8)  may
				be issued one general deer license to hunt deer during the youth season. A
				person applying for this license must either possess a disability parking
				permit or provide a completed form from the department of natural resources.
				The form must be signed by a physician verifying that the person's disability
				meets the criteria defined in Iowa Code section
				321L.1(8). The
				attending physician shall be currently practicing medicine and shall be a
				medical doctor, a doctor of osteopathy, a physician assistant, or a nurse
				practitioner. Forms are available online at
www.iowadnr.gov
, by visiting the Department of
				Natural Resources office at the Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines,
				Iowa, or any district office, or by calling 515.725.8200. A person between 16
				and 65 years of age must also possess a regular hunting license and have paid
				the habitat fee to obtain a license (if normally required to have a hunting
				license and to pay the habitat fee to hunt). A severely disabled person
				obtaining this license may obtain any other paid and free general deer and
				antlerless-deer-only licenses that are available to other hunters.
				Antlerless-deer-only licenses must be obtained in the same manner by which
				other hunters obtain them, as described in 106.10(2).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.15 - Nonresident Deer Hunting Season for Severely Disabled Persons

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(1)
Licenses.
A nonresident meeting the requirements of Iowa Code
				section 321L.1(8)  may
				apply for or purchase a nonresident deer hunting license to participate in a
				special deer hunting season for severely disabled persons. Nonresidents
				applying for this license must have on file with the department of natural
				resources either a copy of a disabilities parking permit issued by a state
				department of transportation or an Iowa department of natural resources form
				signed by a physician that verifies their disability.
(2)
Season dates.
Any deer
				or antlerless deer may be taken in the hunting zone indicated on the deer
				license during 16 consecutive days beginning the third Saturday in
				September.
(3)
Shooting
				hours.
Legal shooting hours will be from one-half hour before sunrise
				until one-half hour after sunset each day regardless of the type of weapon
				used.
(4)
Limits.
Daily bag and possession limit is one deer. A person may shoot and tag only one
				deer by utilizing the license and tag issued in the person's name.
(5)
License quotas.
Licenses
				for the special hunting season for severely disabled persons shall be issued
				from the quotas established in
				571-106.7 (483A). A special
				quota will not be set aside for severely disabled persons.
(6)
Method of take and other
				regulations.
Deer may be taken with shotgun, bow, muzzleloading rifle
				or pistol as defined in 571-106.11(483A). All participants must meet the
				hunters' orange apparel requirement in Iowa Code section
				481A.122. All other regulations
				for taking deer with a gun or bow shall apply.
(7)
Application procedures.
Persons meeting the requirements for this season must apply following the
				procedures described in
				571-106.12 (483A). A person who
				does not have a form on file to verify a disability will not be entered into
				the drawing or be allowed to purchase a license and will have the license fee
				refunded, less a $10 administrative fee to cover the cost of handling the
				application as provided in 571-subrule 15.8(1). License agent writing fees,
				department administrative fees, Internet sales charges and telephone order
				charges will not be refunded.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.16 - Deer Depredation Management

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The deer depredation management program provides assistance
				  to producers through technical advice and additional deer licenses and permits
				  where the localized reduction of female deer is needed to reduce damage. Upon
				  signing a depredation management agreement with the department, producers of
				  agricultural or high-value horticultural crops may be issued deer depredation
				  permits to shoot deer causing excessive crop damage. If immediate action is
				  necessary to forestall serious damage, depredation permits may be issued before
				  an agreement is signed. Further permits will not be authorized until an
				  agreement is signed.
(1)
Method of take and other regulations.
Legal weapons and
				restrictions will be governed by
				571-106.11 (481A). For deer
				shooting permits only, there are no shooting hour restrictions; however, taking
				deer with an artificial light is prohibited by Iowa Code section
				481A.93. The producer or
				designee must meet the deer hunters' orange apparel requirement in Iowa Code
				section 481A.122.
(2)
Eligibility.
Producers
				growing typical agricultural crops (such as corn, soybeans, hay and oats and
				tree farms and other forestlands under a timber management program) and
				producers of high-value horticultural crops (such as Christmas trees, fruit or
				vegetable crops, nursery stock, and commercially grown nuts) shall be eligible
				to enter into depredation management agreements if these crops sustain
				excessive damage.
a. The producer may be the
				landowner or a tenant, whoever has cropping rights to the land.
b. Excessive damage is defined as crop losses
				exceeding $1,000 in a single growing season, or the likelihood that damage will
				exceed $1,000 if preventive action is not taken, or a documented history of at
				least $1,000 of damage annually in previous years.
c. Producers who lease their deer hunting
				rights are not eligible for the deer depredation management
				program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.17 - Eligibility for Free Landowner/tenant Deer Licenses

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(1)
Who qualifies for free deer
				hunting licenses.
a. Owners and
				tenants of a farm unit and the spouse and juvenile child of an owner or tenant
				who reside with the owner or tenant are eligible for free deer licenses. The
				owner or tenant does not have to reside on the farm unit but must be actively
				engaged in farming it. Nonresident landowners do not qualify.
b. Juvenile child defined. "Juvenile child"
				means a person less than 18 years of age or a person who is 18 or 19 years of
				age and is in full-time attendance at an accredited school pursuing a course of
				study leading to a high school diploma or a high school equivalency diploma. A
				person 18 years of age or older who has received a high school diploma or high
				school equivalency diploma does not qualify.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 106 - Deer Hunting › Rule 571-106.18 - Harvest Reporting

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Each hunter who bags a deer must report that kill according
				  to procedures described in
				  571-95.1
				  (481A).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 107 - Rabbit and Squirrel Hunting › Rule 571-107.1 - Cottontail Rabbit Season

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Open season for hunting cottontail rabbits shall be from the
				  Saturday before Labor Day through February 28 of the succeeding year. Bag limit
				  shall be 10 per day; possession limit 20. Legal hunting hours shall be from
				  sunrise to sunset. Entire state open.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 107 - Rabbit and Squirrel Hunting › Rule 571-107.3 - Squirrel Season

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Open season for hunting squirrels (fox and gray) shall be
				  from the Saturday before Labor Day through January 31 of the succeeding year.
				  Bag limit shall be 6 squirrels per day; possession limit 12. Entire state
				  open.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.1 - Mink, Muskrat and Weasel

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Open season for the taking of mink, muskrat and weasel shall
				  be from 8 a.m. on the first Saturday in November through February 28 of
				  succeeding year. Entire state open. No bag or possession limit.
(1)
Molesting or disturbing muskrat
				houses.
Any department of natural resources officer, natural resource
				biologist, or county conservation board director may permit trappers to molest
				or disturb muskrat houses on specific state or county game management areas as
				provided in Iowa Code section
				481A.90, after finding that
				muskrats are causing excessive damage by destroying the vegetation essential to
				the welfare of a marsh and after so posting the area.
(2)
Game management areas.
Open season for taking muskrats on certain state game management areas, certain
				federal national wildlife refuges, and certain county conservation board areas,
				only where approved by the wildlife bureau and posted accordingly, shall be
				from 8 a.m. the day after the regular muskrat trapping season ends until April
				1. The use of leg-hold traps during this season is prohibited unless each trap
				is placed completely inside a muskrat house. No bag or possession
				limit.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.2 - Badger, Opossum and Striped Skunk

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Open season for the taking of badger, opossum, and striped
				  skunk shall be from 8 a.m. on the first Saturday in November through February
				  28 of succeeding year. Entire state open. No bag or possession
				  limit.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.3 - Raccoon

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(1)
Hunting.
Continuous open season on private lands. Entire state
				open. No bag or possession limit.
(2)
Trapping.
Continuous
				open season using cage traps and dog-proof traps on private lands. Trapping
				limitations described in 571-Chapter 110 apply to trapping raccoons from 8 a.m.
				on the first Saturday in November through February 28 of succeeding year.
				Entire state open. No bag or possession limit.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.4 - Red and Gray Fox

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Open season for the taking of red and gray fox shall be from
				  8 a.m. on the first Saturday in November through February 28 of succeeding
				  year. Entire state open. No bag or possession limit.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.5 - Beaver

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Open season for the taking of beaver shall be from 8 a.m. on
				  the first Saturday in November through April 15 of succeeding year. No bag or
				  possession limit.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.6 - Coyote

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(1)
Hunting.
Continuous open season. Entire state open. No bag or
				possession limit.
(2)
Trapping.
Open season for trapping coyote shall be 8 a.m. on
				the first Saturday in November through February 28 of succeeding year. Entire
				state open. No bag or possession limit. Any conservation officer or wildlife
				biologist may authorize a landowner, tenant or designee to trap coyotes causing
				damage outside the established trapping season dates.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.7 - Gray (timber) Wolf and Spotted Skunk

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Continuous closed season.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.8 - River Otter and Bobcat

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(1)
License requirements.
Each person who takes river otters or
				bobcats shall have a valid fur harvester license and pay the habitat fee if
				normally required to have a license to hunt or trap.
(2)
Open area.
River otters
				may be taken statewide. Bobcats may be taken in the following counties: Adair,
				Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass, Cedar, Cherokee, Clarke, Clinton,
				Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Des Moines, Fremont, Guthrie,
				Harrison, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee,
				Louisa, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Monona, Monroe,
				Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Plymouth, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek,
				Ringgold, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren,
				Washington, Wayne, Webster, and Woodbury.
(3)
Seasonal bag limit.
a. The seasonal bag limit for river otters is
				3 river otters per person.
b. The
				seasonal bag limit for bobcats is 1 bobcat per person in the following
				counties: Audubon, Boone, Cedar, Cherokee, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Delaware,
				Guthrie, Harrison, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Johnson, Jones, Lyon, Monona,
				Muscatine, Plymouth, Polk, Poweshiek, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Webster, and
				Woodbury.
c. The seasonal bag limit
				for bobcats is 3 bobcats per person in the following counties: Adair, Adams,
				Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Fremont, Henry, Jefferson,
				Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Mills, Monroe,
				Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello,
				Warren, Washington, and Wayne.
d.
				No more than 3 bobcats total can be legally harvested by a fur harvester in a
				season. River otters or bobcats trapped in excess of the seasonal bag limit or
				in a closed area must be turned over to the department; the fur harvester shall
				not be penalized.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.9 - Accidental Capture of a River Otter or Bobcat During a Closed Season

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A person who accidentally captures a river otter or bobcat
				  during a closed season or in a closed area or after the person's individual bag
				  limit has been reached shall not be penalized provided that:
1. The river otter or bobcat is captured
				during a legal trapping season or as part of a legal depredation control
				process; and
2. A conservation
				officer is contacted within 24 hours and the river otter or bobcat and all
				parts thereof are turned over to a conservation officer as soon as
				practical.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 108 - Mink, Muskrat, Raccoon, Badger, Opossum, Weasel, Striped Skunk, Fox (RED AND GRAY) , Beaver, Coyote, River Otter, Bobcat, Gray (TIMBER) Wolf and Spotted Skunk Seasons › Rule 571-108.10 - Trapping Restrictions

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Trapping for all furbearers will be restricted as
				  follows:
(1)
Exposed
				bait
. No person shall set or maintain any leghold, body-clasping trap,
				or snare within 20 feet of exposed bait on land anywhere in the state or over
				water in the following areas:
a. Mississippi
				River corridor-Allamakee, Clayton, Dubuque, Jackson, Clinton, Scott, Muscatine,
				Louisa, Des Moines and Lee Counties.
b. Missouri River corridor-Those portions of
				Woodbury, Monona, Harrison, Pottawattamie, Mills and Fremont Counties west of
				Interstate 29.
c. Des Moines River
				corridor-Boone, Dallas, Polk, Marion, Mahaska, Wapello and Van Buren Counties.
Exposed bait means meat or viscera or any animal, bird, fish,
				  amphibian, or reptile with or without skin, hide, or feathers visible to
				  soaring birds.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 109 - Groundhog Season › Rule 571-109.1 - Groundhog

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Continuous open season. Entire state open. No daily bag or
				  possession limit.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 481
				  A.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 110 - Trapping Limitations › Rule 571-110.1 - Public Roadside Limitations-snares, Body-gripping, and Conibear Type Traps

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No person shall set or maintain any snare, body-gripping, or
				  conibear type trap within any public road right-of-way within 200 yards of
				  buildings inhabited by human beings unless a resident of the dwelling adjacent
				  to the public road right-of-way has given permission or unless the
				  body-gripping or conibear type trap is completely underwater or at least
				  one-half of the loop of a snare is underwater. Nothing in this rule shall be
				  construed as limiting the use of foothold traps or box-type live traps in
				  public road rights-of-way. No person shall place or leave any trap, stake, or
				  nonindigenous set making material upon any public road right-of-way except
				  during a period of time that begins two weeks before the trapping season opens
				  and ends on the last day of the season.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 110 - Trapping Limitations › Rule 571-110.2 - Snares

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(1)
Placement.
No person shall set or maintain any snare in any
				public road right-of-way so that the snare when fully extended can touch any
				fence. Snares may not be attached to a drag.
(2)
Loop size.
No snare when
				set will have a loop larger than 8 inches in horizontal measurement except for
				snares set with at least one-half of the loop underwater or snares set on
				private land other than roadsides within 30 yards of a pond, lake, drainage
				ditch, creek, stream or river shall not have a loop larger than 11 inches in
				horizontal measurement.
(3)
Deer locks.
All snares must have a functional deer lock that
				will not allow the snare loop to close smaller than 2½ inches in
				diameter.
(4)
Mechanical
				snares.
It shall be illegal to set any mechanically powered snare
				designed to capture an animal by the neck or body unless such snares are placed
				completely underwater.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 110 - Trapping Limitations › Rule 571-110.3 - Body-gripping and Conibear Type Traps

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No person shall set or maintain any body-gripping or conibear
				  type trap on any public road right-of-way within 5 feet of any
				  fence.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 110 - Trapping Limitations › Rule 571-110.4 - Foothold and Leghold Traps

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No person shall set or maintain on land any foothold or
				  leghold trap with metal-serrated jaws, metal-toothed jaws or a spread inside
				  the set jaws of greater than 7 inches.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 110 - Trapping Limitations › Rule 571-110.5 - Removal of Animals From Traps and Snares

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All animals or animal carcasses caught in any type of trap or
				  snare, except those which are placed entirely underwater and designed to drown
				  the animal immediately, must be removed from the trap or snare by the trap or
				  snare user immediately upon discovery and within 24 hours of the time the
				  animal is caught.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 110 - Trapping Limitations › Rule 571-110.6 - Trap Tag Requirements

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All traps and snares, whether set or not, possessed by a
				  person who can reasonably be presumed to be trapping shall have a metal tag
				  attached plainly labeled with the user's name and address.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.1 - Definitions

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"Educational project permit"
means a permit
				  which may authorize the holder to take and possess live state-protected birds,
				  mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, or invertebrates for educational or
				  zoological displays.
"Permit holder"
means an organization or
				  person that possesses a valid permit issued by the Iowa department of natural
				  resources under Iowa Code section
				  481A.65.
"Raptor"
means hawks, owls, eagles, falcons,
				  vultures, harriers, kites, accipiters, and ospreys.
"Scientific collector's license"
means a
				  license which authorizes the holder to take, for scientific purposes only, any
				  birds, nests, eggs or mammals, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates,
				  plants or parts thereof which are protected by state regulations.
"Wildlife rehabilitation permit"
means a
				  permit which authorizes the holder to take and temporarily possess injured,
				  sick or orphaned state-protected species of birds, mammals, amphibians or
				  reptiles with the intent to return the animal to its natural habitat as soon as
				  possible.
"Wildlife salvage permit"
means a permit
				  which authorizes the holder to possess, for natural resource education
				  programs, any state-protected species of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles,
				  fish, or invertebrates which have died as the result of natural causes or
				  accidents (i.e., road-kills, window-kills or tower-kills) or specimens which
				  have been donated by the department of natural resources.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.2 - Scientific Collector's License

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A scientific collector's license may, after investigation, be
				  issued to any university, college or person engaged in a scientific project
				  approved by the department of natural resources.
This license may be issued for a period of up to three
				  years.
Species, numbers, geographic location, and collection methods
				  must be identified in the application narrative and approved by the department
				  of natural resources.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.3 - Wildlife Salvage Permit

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A wildlife salvage permit may be issued to any university,
				  college, school, county conservation board, public agency, other organization
				  or person engaged in a natural resource education program approved by the
				  department of natural resources.
This permit may be issued for a period of up to three
				  years.
Special approval is required for the salvage of abandoned
				  bird nests, not including raptor nests. This permit does not authorize any
				  taking or possession of live animals.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.4 - Educational Project Permit

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The following classes of educational project permits may be
				  issued by the department:
(1) An
				apprentice educational project permit may be issued to a person serving a
				one-year internship with and being sponsored by a person possessing a master
				wildlife rehabilitation permit and having two years' experience using raptors
				under a state or federal educational proj ect permit, or a person possessing a
				master class state or federal falconry permit. This permit is required only for
				state and federally protected raptor species. An apprentice permit will be
				required for each individual providing day-to-day care and for each person
				presenting educational programs using live raptors. An apprentice will be
				limited to the possession of one American kestrel and one screech owl that are
				permanently crippled or human imprinted. In the case where an apprentice will
				be in charge of an existing facility with additional birds, the sponsor and the
				conservation officer must approve the possession of the additional species and
				individuals. This permit may be issued for a period of up to two
				years.
(2) A general educational
				project permit for protected animal species other than raptors may be issued to
				any university, college, school, county conservation board, public agency,
				other organization or person engaged in a natural resource education program
				approved by the department of natural resources. The limitation on the number
				of animals in possession shall be established by the ability of the permit
				holder to provide adequate facilities and care.
(3) A general educational project permit for
				raptors may be issued to a person who has served the appropriate apprenticeship
				and is recommended by the person's sponsor; or has previously held an
				educational project permit for raptors issued by the Iowa department of natural
				resources or the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; or has held a master class
				state and federal falconry permit within the last five years.
Any mammals, reptiles, amphibians, or fish which are not
				  state listed endangered or threatened species and are obtained from legal
				  sources outside the state of Iowa are exempt from these permit requirements.
				  Proof of origin of each animal is the responsibility of the owner.
This permit may be issued for a period of up to three
				  years.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.5 - Wildlife Rehabilitation Permit

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The following classes of wildlife rehabilitation permits may
				  be issued by the department:
(1) An
				apprentice wildlife rehabilitation permit may be issued to a person serving a
				one-year internship with and being sponsored by a person possessing a master
				wildlife rehabilitation permit, or to a person serving a two-year internship
				with and being sponsored by a person possessing a general wildlife
				rehabilitation permit.
This permit may be issued for a period of up to two
				  years.
(2) A general
				wildlife rehabilitation permit may be issued to a person who has served the
				appropriate apprenticeship; has graduated with a degree in veterinary medicine;
				or has previously held a rehabilitation permit issued by the Iowa department of
				natural resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, or any other state natural
				resource agency.
A general wildlife rehabilitator may sponsor up to four
				  apprentices.
This permit may be issued for a period of up to three
				  years.
(3) A master
				wildlife rehabilitation permit may be issued to a person who has completed five
				consecutive years of extensive rehabilitation work and has received a
				recommendation from the local state conservation officer, or who is a licensed
				veterinarian with specific training and experience in wildlife rehabilitation.
				The department of natural resources may issue a master wildlife rehabilitation
				permit to individuals who have demonstrated special ability, knowledge,
				training and experience in wildlife rehabilitation.
A master wildlife rehabilitator may sponsor up to six
				  apprentices.
This permit may be issued for a period of up to three
				  years.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.6 - Application Qualifications

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All applicants for a wildlife rehabilitation permit must
				  possess adequate facilities to temporarily house and properly confine species
				  held under the permit. The facilities of all applicants should follow the
				  minimum housing guidelines as established for the various species by the
				  National Wildlife Rehabilitator's Association and the International Wildlife
				  Rehabilitation Council in 1993, or be approved by the local state conservation
				  officer. Applicants must provide written documentation of access to a licensed
				  veterinarian willing to provide professional counsel to the rehabilitator.
				  Applicants must list species or groups of species such as but not limited to:
				  rabbits, squirrels, songbirds, snakes or turtles, for which they will be
				  providing rehabilitation services on their permit application narrative.
The application narrative for an educational project permit
				  must list the species and number of each species that will be held. Facilities
				  for raptors must meet the design and size criteria listed in the 1994 Iowa
				  Association of Naturalists' publication "Educating With Raptors-A Resource
				  Booklet."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 111 - Scientific Collecting and Wildlife Rehabilitation › Rule 571-111.7 - Evaluation Committee

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For the purpose of evaluating facilities and standards of
				  care employed by holders of educational project permits and wildlife
				  rehabilitation permits, the director may establish an ad hoc committee of
				  persons with expertise in wildlife care, rehabilitation, veterinary medicine
				  and wildlife education. Upon request by the director, the committee shall
				  inspect the facilities, care procedures and educational programs and provide
				  the department with appropriate recommendations. The recommendations may be
				  used as a basis for placing certain conditions on a permit or modifying or
				  terminating a permit.