Make a stand for public land - Iowa 2025

[Gellar]

SJR 6, the bill to remove the constitutional amendment for Iowa's Water and Land Legacy was pulled from committee this morning. That means it is dead and cannot advance further for this session.

 

[Pucky Freak]

A couple of REALLY bad new bills are out.

SF 293 is a shameful proposal by Rep. Shipley to appropriate about $300k worth of Iowa's natural resources to the governor to be used to repay political favors. A marriage of commodification of wildlife and political corruption.
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This bill, now renumbered as SF 404 is growing legs. Lobbyists for IA Bowhunters Association and IA Sportsman’s Club have declared support, with no lobbyists opposed. It is on the full senate debate calendar.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Another house bill, this one to allow ATV’s on public land open to hunting.

Bill courtesy of Rep. Harris
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Natural Resources subcommittee meeting on 1/27.
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This bill is also advancing and on the House debate schedule, now renumbered as HF 473. There is also a note on the link explaining that the USFWS waived any potential loss of PR funds if the bill passes.

 

[Gellar]

I was in Des Moines 3 days last week and met with folks from DNR, Inhf, and Ccbs as well legislators and the consensus was that the utv bill was either being pulled or would not make the next funnel.

This bill is also advancing and on the House debate schedule, now renumbered as HF 473. There is also a note on the link explaining that the USFWS waived any potential loss of PR funds if the bill passes.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Ok, good to know. Any insight on why we’re so quick to shake hands with the devil on governor’s tags? Are people generally unaware of how corrupt these schemes are in Western States, or what?

 

[Gellar]

Ok, good to know. Any insight on why we’re so quick to shake hands with the devil on governor’s tags? Are people generally unaware of how corrupt these schemes are in Western States, or what?

I think for the most part, yes, people are unaware of what’s going on in their own city, county or state let alone a state 700 miles away.

 

[Gellar]

Just introduced! This one is HUGE! This is a bill to not just allow a crossbow season, but to have a whole separate month dedicated to it.

 

[BrentD]

Just introduced! This one is HUGE! This is a bill to not just allow a crossbow season, but to have a whole separate month dedicated to it.

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That will instantly become the favorite of all big buck hunters. If they made it a doe-only season it might go.

 

[Gellar]

That will instantly become the favorite of all big buck hunters. If they made it a doe-only season it might go.

I don’t know. The dads who are youth hunting with 2 year olds should be pretty upset with additional competition.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Just introduced! This one is HUGE! This is a bill to not just allow a crossbow season, but to have a whole separate month dedicated to it.

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I’m your Huckleberry, Dingleberry.

 

[Gellar]

I’m your Huckleberry, Dingleberry.

Representative Dingleberry is a man of the people.

 

[BrentD]

I don’t know. The dads who are youth hunting with 2 year olds should be pretty upset with additional competition.

I am losing my enthusiasm for youth season deer hunting was something I used
I have seen enough 5-year olds with a dozen uncles, is more likely to shoot a Booner than a fork horn or a doe.

 

[Gellar]

I am losing my enthusiasm for youth season deer hunting was something I used
I have seen enough 5-year olds with a dozen uncles, is more likely to shoot a Booner than a fork horn or a doe.

Trust me it aggravates me to high hell when an 11 year old comes to my hunters safety class and they are talking about passing 140s because they need another year and they’ve most likely never shot a squirrel.

 

[BrentD]

Trust me it aggravates me to high hell when an 11 year old comes to my hunters safety class and they are talking about passing 140s because they need another year and they’ve most likely never shot a squirrel.

'zactly.

When I was a kid, I read a few magazine articles and went out on my own and figured stuff out. That's not today's way.

 

[Gellar]

'zactly.

When I was a kid, I read a few magazine articles and went out on my own and figured stuff out. That's not today's way.

My brothers and I spent a lot of time sauntering through the woods ourselves. Sometimes we’d spend three or four nights at a local public area in a row with just the clothes on our back and an old army surplus canteen for each of us.

 

[WildWill]

'zactly.

When I was a kid, I read a few magazine articles and went out on my own and figured stuff out. That's not today's way.

For many that was never the way. Some of us were fortunate enough to have the guiding hand of a father, mother, brother, uncle, etc. to help us learn the ropes. Overall I'd much rather a youth have the help of a responsible adult then heading out on their own to figure it out.

 

[BrentD]

For many that was never the way. Some of us were fortunate enough to have the guiding hand of a father, mother, brother, uncle, etc. to help us learn the ropes. Overall I'd much rather a youth have the help of a responsible adult then heading out on their own to figure it out.

To each his own. I enjoyed doing it my way. Along the way, I learned somethings I didn't know I needed to learn. My dad was not a hunter, when he grew up and what he learned he learned from me or learned the way I did.

My brothers and I spent a lot of time sauntering through the woods ourselves. Sometimes we’d spend three or four nights at a local public area in a row with just the clothes on our back and an old army surplus canteen for each of us.

I was lucky. My backyard in the summertime was the Superior National Forest.

 

[WildWill]

To each his own. I enjoyed doing it my way. Along the way, I learned somethings I didn't know I needed to learn. My dad was not a hunter, when he grew up and what he learned he learned from me or learned the way I did.

Nothing wrong with that at all always more then one way to skin a cat. And I completely understand what you guy's are talking about too many kids are spoon fed and brought up to believe the kill and it's size is what's most important not the process that goes into it.

 

[Gellar]

For many that was never the way. Some of us were fortunate enough to have the guiding hand of a father, mother, brother, uncle, etc. to help us learn the ropes. Overall I'd much rather a youth have the help of a responsible adult then heading out on their own to figure it out.

Don’t get me wrong, every weekend we were in the boat, camping, hunting and fishing as a family. But Monday-Friday we’d be out exploring on our own building forts, fishing, swimming. We played a lot of multi day capture the flag games. The public are we would play at had a stream that ran for better or worse through the middle of it. Each team would get a side as theirs to defend.

 

[Gellar]

I was lucky. My backyard in the summertime was the Superior National Forest.

we made two or three trips annually to camp on the islands in voyageurs national park. We are taking our kids there this summer for the first time!