Landowners, Tenants Begin Registration September 1 for Deer and Turkey Tags

DES MOINES - A new rule requires landowners, tenants and eligible family members to register their farm unit with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources beginning September 1 in order to qualify for free and reduced fee deer and turkey hunting licenses. The electronic licensing system will only issue Landowner-Tenant (LOT) licenses to those who are registered.

This new requirement is intended to ensure only qualified landowners, tenants and their eligible family members receive the free or reduced fee licenses. Online registration takes only a few minutes to complete. Customers click on the appropriate box and answer a few simple questions and submit the form.

"The preferred method of registration is online because the system is designed to keep errors to a minimum and to allow the LOT tags to be sold immediately upon completion," said Mick Klemesrud with the Iowa DNR.

Go to www.iowadnr.com and click on the Landowner Tenant Registration button on the right column. Registration is also available through the mail, but requires 10 business days after it is received by the DNR to process the form. Errors on mailed registration forms will further delay the process.

Individuals who have not obtained a hunting, fishing or trapping license in the past five years, must first call the DNR at 515-281-5918 to establish a customer record before registering online.

There were more than 90,500 LOT licenses distributed to Iowa deer hunters last year.

For more information, contact Mick Klemesrud at 515-281-8653.