1. A municipality may adopt an ordinance authorizing trained, volunteer hunters to hunt deer with a bow and arrow on private land within the municipality, without charge, for the purpose of urban deer control.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 461C.8

  • Charge: means any consideration, the admission price or fee asked in return for invitation or permission to enter or go upon the land. See Iowa Code 461C.2
  • Commission: means the natural resource commission. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • Department: means the department of natural resources. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Land: includes land that is not open to the general public. See Iowa Code 461C.2
  • Municipality: means any city or county in the state. See Iowa Code 461C.2
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, firm, corporation, or association. See Iowa Code 462A.2
  • property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Urban deer control: means deer hunting with a bow and arrow on private land in a municipality, without charge, as authorized by a municipal ordinance, for the purpose of reducing or stabilizing an urban deer population in the municipality. See Iowa Code 461C.2
 2. The ordinance shall specify all of the following:

 a. How a person qualifies to participate in urban deer control.
 b. Where urban deer control can occur.
 c. Conditions under which urban deer control can be conducted, which are intended to minimize the risk of injury to persons and property.
 3. A hunter who participates in urban deer control pursuant to this section shall be otherwise qualified to hunt deer in this state, purchase a hunting license that includes the wildlife habitat fee, and obtain a special deer hunting license valid only for the dates, locations, and type of deer specified on the license. Special deer hunting licenses issued pursuant to this section shall be available only to residents and shall cost the same as deer hunting licenses issued during general deer seasons. The commission may establish procedures for issuing more than one license per person as necessary to achieve the purposes of urban deer control, and the cost of each additional license shall be ten dollars.
 4. An urban deer control ordinance is not effective until it has been approved by the department of natural resources.
 5. The department of natural resources shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A necessary for the administration of this section.
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