De Moines, IA - The Iowa Senate approved a bill last week that aims to reduce the state's white-tailed population by as many as 135,000 animals next year.
Sen. Dennis Black's (D-IA) Senate Bill 206 seeks to reduce Iowa's burgeoning deer population primarily by increasing the number of free deer hunting licenses for resident landowners and tenants. However, other provisions of the bill include:
* Increasing the state's general nonresident hunting license fee from $80 to $100. In addition, a nonresident hunter who buys an any-sex deer license would also be required to purchase an additional antlerless deer license for $100.
* Creating a $1 deer hunting license surcharge. The additional money, expected to total $355,000 a year, would be used to expand a program in which meat processors are paid to process donated venison for prisons and food pantries.
The bill would not increase the number of nonresident deer permits Iowa makes available. It would, however, remove the state's cap on antlerless tags,
from iowa deer.com
how does this help the states huge deer problem? once again, the iowa dnr totally screws non residents to make money off a deer problem
Fees in Texas have also gone up recently. The Republicans promised not to raise taxes.....so they raise every fee they can think of. But it's still not taxes.[&:]
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Do you know why they call it a "fee" and not a tax? You probably have the same deal there as we do here.
If you keep the tax increases at or below the level of inflation, you actually get money from the fed (in milwaukee it's 13 million dollars) --- so you levy a "fee" which is not a tax and they still get the fed money.
I see nothing wrong with what they did. IMHO Non-resident hunting licenses are too cheap as it is. I would have raised it to a minium of $300 for a buck tag.
Non-residents are not known to be doe hunters. Most non-residents will just eat the doe tag.
Do you know why they call it a "fee" and not a tax? You probably have the same deal there as we do here.
If you keep the tax increases at or below the level of inflation, you actually get money from the fed (in milwaukee it's 13 million dollars) --- so you levy a "fee" which is not a tax and they still get the fed money.
Sounds crafty enough, but I don't know how many of our legislators can actually think far enough ahead to put those pieces together.
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how does this help the states huge deer problem? once again, the iowa dnr totally screws non residents to make money off a deer problem
If hunting in Iowa is so important to you, why don't you move? A state should puts its own residents before any others. I don't see the issue with that. If the NR tag costs to much, go elsewhere.
Once again, the iowa legislature screws NR's
