1.A person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall not willfully disturb, pursue,
shoot, kill, take or attempt to take, or have in possession any of the following game birds or
animals except within the open season established by the commission: gray or fox squirrel,
bobwhite quail, cottontail or jackrabbit, duck, snipe, pheasant, goose, woodcock, partridge,
mourning dove, coot, rail, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pigeon, or deer. The seasons, bag
limits, possession limits, and locality shall be established by the department or commission
under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, and 481A.39.
2.Thecommissionmayadoptrulesforthetakingandpossessionofmigratorybirdswhich
are subject to the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Migratory Bird Stamp Hunting Act
during the time and in
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1. A person, except as otherwise provided by law, shall not willfully disturb, pursue,
shoot, kill, take or attempt to take, or have in possession any of the following game birds or
animals except within the open season established by the commission: gray or fox squirrel,
bobwhite quail, cottontail or jackrabbit, duck, snipe, pheasant, goose, woodcock, partridge,
mourning dove, coot, rail, ruffed grouse, wild turkey, pigeon, or deer. The seasons, bag
limits, possession limits, and locality shall be established by the department or commission
under the authority of sections 456A.24, 481A.38, and 481A.39.
2. Thecommissionmayadoptrulesforthetakingandpossessionofmigratorybirdswhich
are subject to the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and Migratory Bird Stamp Hunting Act
during the time and in the manner permitted under those federal Acts. The commission shall
not adopt a rule for the taking or possession of a migratory bird for which an open season is
not authorized by another paragraph of this section.
3. The commission may by rule permit the taking and possession of designated raptors
and crows during the time and in the manner permitted under the federal Migratory Bird
Treaty Act.
4. The commission shall establish methods by which pigeons may be taken which may
include but are not limited to the use of trapping, chemical repellants, or toxic perches.
5. The commission shall establish one or more pistol or revolver seasons for hunting
deer as separate firearm seasons or to coincide with one or more other firearm deer hunting
seasons. Any pistol or revolver with a barrel length of at least four inches and firing straight
wall or other centerfire ammunition propelling an expanding-type bullet with a maximum
diameter of no less than three hundred fifty thousandths of one inch and no larger than
five hundred thousandths of one inch and with a published or calculated muzzle energy of
five hundred foot pounds or higher is legal for hunting deer during the pistol or revolver
seasons. The commission shall adopt rules to allow black powder pistols or revolvers for
hunting deer. The rules may limit types of projectiles. A person who is twenty years of age
or less shall not hunt deer with a pistol or revolver unless that person is accompanied and
under direct supervision throughout the hunt by a responsible person with a valid hunting
license who is at least twenty-one years of age, with the consent of a parent, guardian, or
spouse who is at least twenty-one years of age, pursuant to section 724.22, subsection 4. The
responsible person with a valid hunting license who is at least twenty-one years of age shall
be responsible for the conveyance of the pistol or revolver while the pistol or revolver is not
actively being used for hunting. A person possessing a prohibited pistol or revolver while
hunting deer commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8B, subsection 3, paragraph
“h”, subparagraph (5).
6. The commission shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A allowing the use of cartridge
rifles to hunt deer as follows:
a. A cartridge rifle may be used to hunt deer during youth and disabled deer hunting
season and first and second shotgun deer hunting seasons by a person who has a valid deer
hunting license and is otherwise qualified to hunt.
b. A cartridge rifle that is allowed pursuant to this subsection shall be of the same caliber
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and shall use the same straight wall or other ammunition as is allowed for use in a pistol
or revolver for hunting deer as provided in subsection 5. In addition, the commission shall
provide, by rule, for the use of straight wall or other ammunition under this subsection
that meets ballistics specifications similar to the requirements for straight wall or other
ammunition allowed for use in a pistol or revolver for hunting deer as provided in subsection
5.
c. Apersonpossessingaprohibitedriflewhilehuntingdeercommitsascheduledviolation
undersection805.8B,subsection3, paragraph“h”, subparagraph(6). Inaddition, thehunting
privileges of a person convicted of possessing a prohibited rifle while hunting deer shall be
suspended for two years.
[R60, §4381; C73, §4048; C97, §2551, 2552; S13, §2563-q; SS15, §2551, 2552, 2563-u; C24,
§1767, 1768, 1776; C27, 31, §1767, 1767-a1, 1768, 1776; C39, §1794.011; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §109.48]