This text of Iowa § 484B.10 (Season — hunting preserve hunting license) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Iowa primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
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a.Apersonshallnottakeagamebirdorungulateuponahuntingpreserve,byshooting
inanymanner, exceptduringtheestablishedseasonorasauthorizedbysection481A.56. The
established season shall be September 1 through March 31 of the succeeding year, both dates
inclusive. The owner of a hunting preserve shall establish the hunting season for nonnative,
pen-reared ungulates on the hunting preserve.
b.A game bird hunting preserve operator may apply for a variance to extend the season
date beyond March 31 for that preserve if the monthly precipitation is above average for the
county in which the preserve is located for at least two months out of the months of January,
February, and March of that season. The state climatologist appointed pursuant to section
159.5 shall provide official national weather se
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1. a. Apersonshallnottakeagamebirdorungulateuponahuntingpreserve,byshooting
inanymanner, exceptduringtheestablishedseasonorasauthorizedbysection481A.56. The
established season shall be September 1 through March 31 of the succeeding year, both dates
inclusive. The owner of a hunting preserve shall establish the hunting season for nonnative,
pen-reared ungulates on the hunting preserve.
b. A game bird hunting preserve operator may apply for a variance to extend the season
date beyond March 31 for that preserve if the monthly precipitation is above average for the
county in which the preserve is located for at least two months out of the months of January,
February, and March of that season. The state climatologist appointed pursuant to section
159.5 shall provide official national weather service and community collaborative rain, hail
and snow network data to the department to determine whether a variance to the established
season shall be granted. The department shall not grant a variance to a game bird preserve
that extends the season beyond April 15 of the year for which the variance is requested. A
person hunting on a game bird hunting preserve on a date after March 31 pursuant to an
extensiongrantedunderthisparagraphshallonlyhuntforandtakechukars, quail, orrooster
pheasants.
2. Waterfowl shall not be shot over any area where pen-reared mallards may serve as
live decoys for wild waterfowl. All persons hunting game birds or ungulates upon a licensed
hunting preserve shall secure a hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee in
accordance with the game laws of Iowa, with the exception that an unlicensed person may
secure an annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to hunting preserves only for a
license fee of five dollars. All persons who hunt on hunting preserves shall pay the wildlife
habitat fee.
3. A nonresident youth under sixteen years of age may hunt game birds on a licensed
hunting preserve upon securing an annual hunting preserve hunting license restricted to
hunting preserves only for a license fee of five dollars and payment of the wildlife habitat
fee. A nonresident youth is not required to complete the hunter education course to obtain a
hunting preserve hunting license pursuant to this subsection if the youth is accompanied by a
personwhoisatleasteighteenyearsofage, isqualifiedtohunt, andpossessesavalidhunting
license that includes the wildlife habitat fee. During the hunt, the accompanying adult must
be within arm’s reach of the nonresident youth.