Iowa's first shotgun season starts the first Saturday in December and runs 5 days. The second shotgun season starts the second Saturday in December and runs 9 days.

There is an early muzzleloader season in the middle of October and a late muzzleloader season after the second shotgun seasons. The early season is limited to 7,500 tags. Party hunting (shooting deer and tagging it with someone esle's tag) is not allowed during the muzzleloader seasons but is allowed during shotgun.

And back to the thread topic, I am a member of the http://www.iowabowhunters.org/ and did attend a lobby function once. There has been lots of crazy legislation introduced lately that will radically alter the hunting climate in Iowa for ALL hunters. The IBA is active in attempting to moderate this legislation. I will probably become more active in the future.