In Iowa, a hunter has the right to track an animal that he/she shot unarmed for the purpose of recovery. I make it my policy that if I have to go onto land that I don't have permission to hunt,I always try to let the landowner know what I am doing. I have in the past had someone tell me that he didn't want me on his property, and I explained the law to him and told him that we could have law enforcement come out and assist in the recovery of the deer, at which point he decided that it was okay for me to go in and get it.