571—106.10(481A) Resident paid deer license quotas and restrictions.

1. 106.10(1)  Paid general deer licenses. Residents may purchase no more than two paid general deer licenses, one for the bow season and one for one of the following seasons: early muzzleloader season, late muzzleloader season, first regular gun season, or second regular gun season. No more than 7,500 paid statewide general deer licenses will be sold for the early muzzleloader season. Fifty additional paid early muzzleloader season licenses will be sold through and will be valid only for the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant. There will be no quota on the number of paid general deer licenses issued in the bow season, late muzzleloader season, first regular gun season, or second regular gun season.

2. 106.10(2)  Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses have quotas for each county and will be sold for each county until quotas are reached.

   1. a. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses may be purchased for any season in counties where licenses are available, except as outlined in 106.10(2)“b.” A license must be used in the season, county or deer population management area selected at the time the license is purchased.
   2. b. No one may obtain paid licenses for both the first regular gun season and second regular gun season regardless of whether the licenses are valid for any deer or antlerless deer only. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses for the early muzzleloader season may only be purchased by hunters who have already purchased one of the 7,500 paid statewide general deer licenses. Hunters who purchase one of the 7,500 paid statewide general deer licenses for the early muzzleloader season may not obtain paid antlerless licenses for the first or second regular gun season.
   3. c. Prior to September 15, a hunter may purchase one antlerless-deer-only license for any season for which the hunter is eligible. Beginning September 15, a hunter may purchase an unlimited number of antlerless-deer-only licenses for any season for which the hunter is eligible, as set forth in 106.10(2)“b,” until the county or population management area quotas are filled. Licenses purchased for deer population management areas will not count in the county quota.
3. 106.10(3)  Population management and excess tag January antlerless-deer-only seasons. Only antlerless-deer-only licenses, paid or free, are available in counties pursuant to the conditions described in 106.1(3). A license must be used during the population management or excess tag January antlerless-deer-only season as described in 106.2(4) and in the county or deer population management area selected at the time the license is purchased. Free antlerless-deer-only licenses shall be available only in the portion of the farm unit located in a county where paid antlerless-deer-only licenses are available during the population management or excess tag January antlerless-deer-only season.
4. 106.10(4)  Free resident landowner/tenant licenses. A person obtaining a free landowner/tenant license may purchase any combination of paid bow and paid gun licenses available to persons who are not eligible for landowner/tenant licenses as described in 571—106.17(481A).
5. 106.10(5)  Antlerless-deer-only licenses and zone B any-deer licenses. Paid antlerless-deer-only licenses and zone B any-deer licenses shall be available by county as designated annually by the commission. Prior to the commission designating the quotas, the department shall publish on its website (www.iowadnr.gov/deerhunting) a proposed allocation and accept public comments for at least 30 days.
6. 106.10(6)  Disabled veteran any-deer licenses. A paid any-deer license shall be available for a resident disabled veteran consistent with Iowa Code section 483A.8D. The fee for this license shall be the same as the general deer license set forth in 571—subrule 15.10(1). Resident disabled veteran any-deer licenses shall be valid during any established firearm season using the method of take authorized for that season. A person may obtain only one disabled veteran any-deer license but may also obtain any other paid or free general deer and antlerless-deer-only licenses that are available to other hunters.

Paid deer licenses, including antlerless-deer-only licenses, will be restricted in the type and number that may be purchased.

[ARC 7915C, IAB 5/1/24, effective 6/5/24; ARC 0116D, IAB 3/4/26, effective 4/8/26]