484B.10 - SEASON -- HUNTING LICENSE.
484B.10 SEASON -- HUNTING LICENSE. 1. A person shall not take a game bird or ungulate upon a hunting preserve, by shooting in any manner, except during the established season or as authorized by section 481A.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. 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 to do so in accordance with the game laws of Iowa, with the exception that an unlicensed person may secure an annual hunting preserve 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 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 safety and ethics education course to obtain a hunting preserve license pursuant to this subsection if the youth is accompanied by a person who is at least eighteen years of age, is qualified to hunt, and possesses a valid hunting license. During the hunt, the accompanying adult must be within arm's reach of the nonresident youth.
Section History: Recent Form 92 Acts, ch 1160, § 10; 96 Acts, ch 1072, § 1; 98 Acts, ch 1199, §25, 27; 98 Acts, ch 1223, §30; 2009 Acts, ch 144, §44 Remote control or internet hunting prohibited, see §481A.125A