Vote “No” on HP 2657- Non-resident hunting impacts for IA

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

Yesterday at the Iowa capital, amendments were passed around to HF 2657 that would allocate HALF of the NR Buck tags in the drawing, to a special drawing only for Non-Residents who:
1. Filed an filed an income tax return in Iowa
OR
2. Own 160 acres or more of contiguous land.

Any NR that has enjoyed or enjoys hunting whitetails in Iowa should take notice and contact the following folks to voice your opposition.

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[TreeDux]

It’s a constant battle. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[OMB]

Yesterday at the Iowa capital, amendments were passed around to HF 2657 that would allocate HALF of the NR Buck tags in the drawing, to a special drawing only for Non-Residents who:
1. Filed an filed an income tax return in Iowa
OR
2. Own 160 acres or more of contiguous land.

Any NR that has enjoyed or enjoys hunting whitetails in Iowa should take notice and contact the following folks to voice your opposition.

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

This was always going to happen when the party hunting regulation was quietly "re-interpreted" to only cover residents. I said this at the time, be careful what you wish for.

The Iowa DNR for 20 years pumped up the resource to non-residents and encouraged them to buy farms with the governor's tag/celebrity program. That toothpaste isn't going back in the tube, there's too much money involved now.

And that's not even counting every Tom, Dick and Harry that have moved to Iowa to buy land, or moved to try to break into the whitetail hunting industry.

 

[Rich M]

I gotta give the guys credit for going after them buck tags.

Buy 160 acres and pay taxes, maybe get deer tags every 2 yrs vs every 5 or so…. Im guessing but i know it is more than 3 pref points.

 

[jjohnsonElknewbie]

I gotta give the guys credit for going after them buck tags.

Buy 160 acres and pay taxes, maybe get deer tags every 2 yrs vs every 5 or so…. Im guessing but i know it is more than 3 pref points.

One of the biggest problems is that 160 acres of recreational land in Iowa averages about $1-1.5M. If this passes, land values will increase further (driving up property taxes for all) and the leasing craze will just continue to worsen. Eventually this will put even more pressure on the scant public acres in the state as friends and family get pushed off private.

 

[Rich M]

That’s not too far off from other states too. Amazing how much land is going for now.

Leasing has been a big thing down south. I stopped when it went over $300/month.

Fear it isnt gonna get better anytime soon.