Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 571 - Natural Resource Commission › Title VIII - Seasons, Limits, Methods of Take › Chapter 101 - Falconry Regulations › Rule 571-101.6 - Other Provisions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Any
				raptor captured with a research radio transmitter attached must be reported to
				the department within five days, and the raptor shall be released
				immediately.
(2) No permittee may
				take, purchase, receive or otherwise acquire, sell, barter, transfer, or
				otherwise dispose of any raptor unless such permittee submits federal Form
				3-186A (Migratory Bird Acquisition/Disposition Report), completed in accordance
				with the instructions on the form, to the issuing regional fish and wildlife
				service office within five days of such transaction. A falconry permittee shall
				notify the department of natural resources in writing of the death,
				replacement, loss, release or temporary transfer or other such change in the
				status of the permittee's raptors within five days of such occurrence. Written
				authorization shall be obtained from the department of natural resources before
				a replacement raptor may be secured. Each dead raptor shall be surrendered to
				the department of natural resources or disposed of at the department's
				direction. Primary, secondary, and tail feathers may be retained and exchanged
				from these birds to imp or repair broken feathers.
(3) Raptor exportation and importation
				permits may be issued to resident and nonresident falconers licensed to
				practice falconry in other states. Such permits shall be issued only when the
				export or import term will exceed 30 days. In the case of exportation or
				importation terms of less than 30 days, the permittee shall have in possession
				a photocopy of raptor possession documentation (Form 3-186A) and a photocopy of
				a valid state or federal falconry permit. Persons wishing to participate in
				hunting will be required to possess appropriate hunting licenses or
				permits.
(4) A falconry permit
				holder shall obtain written authorization from the department of natural
				resources before any raptor not indigenous to the state is intentionally
				released to the wild, at which time the marker band from the released raptor
				shall be removed and surrendered to the department of natural resources. The
				marker band from an intentionally released raptor which is indigenous to the
				state shall also be removed and surrendered to the department of natural
				resources. A standard federal bird band shall be attached to such raptors by
				the state or a service-authorized federal bird bander whenever possible. A
				falconer shall not permanently release a captive-bred raptor to the
				wild.
(5) A raptor possessed under
				a state or federal falconry permit may be temporarily held by a person other
				than the permittee only if that person is otherwise authorized to possess
				raptors and only if the raptor is accompanied at all times by the properly
				completed Form 3-186A (Migratory Bird Acquisition/Disposition Report)
				designating the permittee as the possessor of record and by a signed, dated
				statement from the permittee authorizing the temporary possession.
(6) A general or master falconer may charge a
				fee for presentation of a raptor education program to the public. The fee
				cannot exceed the amount required to cover the falconer's expenses.
(7) When a hybrid or exotic falconry bird is
				flown free, it must be fitted with two working radio telemetry
				transmitters.