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1.Deer depredation licenses shall be available for issuance as follows:
a.Deer depredation licenses shall be available for issuance to resident hunters.
b.Depredation licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be valid to harvest
antlerless deer only. Depredation licenses that are issued to a landowner and family
members as defined in section 483A.24 shall be in addition to the number of free licenses
that are available for issuance to such persons under section 483A.24. A landowner or a
family member may obtain one free depredation license for each deer hunting season that is
established by the commission. Deer may be harvested with a rifle pursuant to a depredation
license in any area and in any season where the commission authorizes the use of rifles.
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1. Deer depredation licenses shall be available for issuance as follows:
a. Deer depredation licenses shall be available for issuance to resident hunters.
b. Depredation licenses issued pursuant to this subsection shall be valid to harvest
antlerless deer only. Depredation licenses that are issued to a landowner and family
members as defined in section 483A.24 shall be in addition to the number of free licenses
that are available for issuance to such persons under section 483A.24. A landowner or a
family member may obtain one free depredation license for each deer hunting season that is
established by the commission. Deer may be harvested with a rifle pursuant to a depredation
license in any area and in any season where the commission authorizes the use of rifles.
c. Licenses issued pursuant to this subsection may be issued at any time to a resident
hunter who has permission to hunt on the land for which the license is valid pursuant to this
subsection.
d. A producer who enters into a depredation agreement with the department of natural
resources shall be issued a set of authorization numbers. Each authorization number
authorizes a resident hunter to obtain a depredation license that is valid only for taking
antlerless deer on the land designated in the producer’s depredation plan. A producer may
transfer an authorization number issued to that producer to a resident hunter who has
permission to hunt on the land for which the authorization number is valid. An authorization
number shall be valid to obtain a depredation license in any season. The provisions of
this paragraph shall be implemented by August 15, 2008. A transferee who receives an
authorization number pursuant to this paragraph “d” shall be otherwise qualified to hunt
deer in this state, purchase a hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, and pay
the one dollar fee for the purpose of the deer herd population management program.
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2. Deer shooting permits shall be available for issuance as follows:
a. Deer shooting permits shall be available for issuance to landowners who incur crop,
horticultural product, tree, or nursery damage as provided in section 481C.2 and shall be
available for issuance for use on areas where public safety may be an issue.
b. Deershootingpermitsissuedpursuanttothissubsectionshallbevalidandmaybeused
outside of established deer hunting seasons.
3. Notwithstanding section 481C.2, subsection 3, a producer shall not be required to erect
or maintain fencing as a requisite for receiving a deer depredation permit or for participation
in a deer depredation plan pursuant to this section.
4. A person who harvests a deer with a deer depredation license or a deer shooting permit
issued pursuant to this section shall utilize the deer harvest reporting system set forth in
section 483A.8A and shall not be subject to different disposal or reporting requirements than
are applicable to the harvest of deer pursuant to other deer hunting licenses except that
any antlers on a deer taken pursuant to a shooting permit shall be delivered to the local
conservation officer for disposal.
5. The department shall administer and enforce the administrative rules concerning deer
depredation, including issuance of deer depredation licenses and deer shooting permits, that
are established by the commission and subject to the following conditions:
a. Exceptforafreelicenseissuedundersubsection1, paragraph“b”, thedepartmentshall
require a fee of five dollars for a license or permit issued pursuant to this section.
b. In addition to other times the department finds necessary, the department shall allow
licenses and permits issued pursuant to this section to be used in the months of September,
October, November, and December.
6. The department shall make educational materials that explain the deer depredation
management program available to the general public, and available specifically to farmers
and farm and commodity organizations, in both electronic and brochure formats.
7. The department shall conduct outreach programs for farmers and farm and commodity
organizationsthatexplainthedeerdepredationmanagementprogram. Thedepartmentshall
develop, by rule, a master hunter program and maintain a list of master hunters who are
available to assist producers in the deer depredation management program by increasing the
harvest of antlerless deer on the producer’s property.