DEER HUNTING 2005
 | A $1 Help Us Stop Hunger (HUSH) fee is added to every deer license.
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| The definition of antlerless deer has changed. An antlerless deer is a
deer with no forked antler. | ||||||
| A new antlerless-deer only season will be held Nov. 25 - 27. | ||||||
| The January Antlerless-deer only season will be extended in Iowa's
southern two tiers of counties for 7 days and centerfire rifles will be
allowed during the extension. | ||||||
| A 3-day Antlerless-only deer season will be held beginning the Friday
after Thanksgiving. Hunters may participate regardless of any other deer
licenses that have been purchased. Shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and
bows may be used. The regular bow season will remain open during this
season. | ||||||
| The January Antlerless-only season will be open statewide from January
11- 22. Hunters may participate regardless of any other deer licenses that
have been purchased. Shotguns, muzzleloaders, handguns and bows may be
used during the statewide segment. | ||||||
| The January Antlerless-only season will be extended for 7 days from
Jan. 23 - 29, 2006, in the following counties in southern Iowa: Mills,
Fremont, Montgomery, Page, Adams, Taylor, Union, Ringgold, Clarke,
Decatur, Lucas, Wayne, Monroe, Appanoose, Wapello, Davis, Jefferson, Van
Buren, Henry, Lee, Des Moines. Hunters with an unfilled January
Antlerless-only that is valid in one of the above counties may participate
during the extended period. Center-fire rifles (defined in the
regulations) will be allowed along with bows, shotguns, muzzleloaders and
handguns. | ||||||
| Hunters may purchase multiple Antlerless-only licenses in some seasons
and season combinations subject to the following restrictions:
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FALL TURKEY HUNTING 2005
| Hunters may purchase up to 2 licenses in any combination of gun/bow
and Archery-only license. |
| A third license (gun/bow) may be purchased after November 1, if quotas
do not fill. |
| A new zone is opened to fall turkey hunting in northwest Iowa (Quota
200). |
| Dogs may be used in fall turkey hunting. |
RESIDENT SPRING TURKEY HUNTING FOR 2006
| Hunters may purchase both combination gun/bow and archery-only
licenses. |
| The minimum age and hunter education requirements were eliminated for Youth Season hunters. |
NONRESIDENT SPRING TURKEY HUNTING FOR 2006
| A new zone was opened in northwest Iowa for nonresident turkey hunters (Quota 25). |
DUCKS FOR 2005
| The pintail season will be open for the entire 60-day duck season with
a limit of 1 pintail per day. The canvasback season, however, will remain
30-days long with a limit of 1 canvasback per day. |
| The scaup limit will be reduced from 3 to 2. |
GEESE FOR 2005
| The Special 2-day Canada goose season September 10 - 11 will be open
statewide. Last year it was open only in the North Goose Hunting Zone. |
| The Canada goose season will be 70-days long (last year it was 60
days) with a limit of 2 Canada geese per day. The regular season will be
split into 3 segments. With the addition of the special 2-day September
season, this means there will be 4 opening weekends for Canada goose
hunting in each zone in 2005. |
| The white-fronted goose season will be 72 days long (last year it was 86 days) with a limit of 2 white-fronted geese per day. |
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