484B.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Commission” means the natural resource commission. 2. “Department” means the department of natural resources. 3. “Director” means the director of the department. 4. “Elk” means an animal belonging to the cervidae family and classified as part of the canadensis species of the […]
484B.10 Season — hunting preserve hunting license. 1. a. 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 […]
484B.11 Health requirements — game birds. All game birds, including breeders and nonbreeders; or their chicks or unhatched eggs either purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a licensed hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered significant for wildlife, poultry, or livestock and shall comply with all game bird, mallard, and turkey requirements as […]
484B.12 Health requirements — ungulates. All ungulates which are purchased, propagated, confined, released, or sold by a licensed hunting preserve shall be free of diseases considered significant for wildlife, poultry, or livestock. The department of agriculture and land stewardship shall provide for the regulation of farm deer as provided in chapter 170. 92 Acts, ch […]
484B.13 License refusal. The department may either refuse to issue, refuse to renew, or suspend or revoke a hunting preserve operator’s license if the department finds that the licensed area or the operator or employees of the licensed area are not in compliance with this chapter, or that the property or area is operated in […]
484B.14 Penalties. A person who violates a provision of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter is guilty of a simple misdemeanor. 92 Acts, ch 1160, §14
484B.2 Rules. The commission may adopt rules under chapter 17A as necessary to carry out this chapter. 92 Acts, ch 1160, §2
484B.3 Authority of the director — exceptions to chapter. 1. The director shall develop, administer, and enforce hunting preserve programs and requirements within the state which implement the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter. 2. a. The chapter does not apply to keeping farm deer as regulated […]
484B.4 Hunting preserve operator’s license — application and requirements. 1. A person who owns or controls by lease or otherwise for five or more years, a contiguous tract of land having an area of not less than three hundred twenty acres, and who desires to establish a hunting preserve, to propagate and sell game birds […]
484B.4A Minimum enclosed acreage — exceptions. A hunting preserve on which elk are kept must include at least three hundred twenty contiguous acres which are enclosed by a fence as required pursuant to section 484B.5. However, a person may keep elk only on a hunting preserve that includes a fewer number of enclosed acres if […]
484B.5 Boundaries signed — fenced. Upon receipt of a hunting preserve operator’s license, the licensee shall promptly sign the licensed property with signs prescribed by the department. A licensee holding and releasing ungulates shall construct and maintain boundary fences prescribed by the department so as to enclose and contain all released ungulates and exclude all […]
484B.6 Game birds released. The licensee of a licensed hunting preserve may take, or authorize to be taken within the season, the numbers of game birds as provided in this section: 1. A licensed hunting preserve may take up to eighty percent of the total number of pheasant and quail released. One hundred percent of […]
484B.7 Records — reports — inspections. 1. Each hunting preserve licensee shall keep the records and make the reports required on forms prepared and provided by the department. All records shall be open for inspection at any reasonable time by the department or its authorized agents. 2. Each licensee shall file an annual report with […]
484B.8 Game bird transportation tags — markings. The department shall prepare transportation tags suitable for use upon the legs of game birds described in this chapter. The tags shall be of a type which are not removable without breaking and mutilating the tag. The tags shall be used to designate all game birds taken by […]
484B.9 Ungulate transportation tags — markings. The department shall prepare transportation tags suitable for use upon the carcass of ungulates described in this chapter. The tags shall be used to designate all ungulates taken by hunters upon a licensed hunting preserve. The department shall provide licensees with the tags. All ungulates taken on a licensed […]
