Iowa legislature has not adjourned yet, but they are way past the scheduled session date, arguing about carbon pipeline eminent domain. The likelihood of a crappy hunting bill being slipped through is very low at this point.
This legislative session saw a ton of truly awful hunting-related bills proposed by the natural resource committees, nearly all of which would have reduced resident access to quality hunting opportunities.
They did manage to
triple the DV nonresident turkey allocation, with zero corresponding benefit to Iowa residents. Bills with giveaways to veterans are difficult to fight because it gets couched in terms of pro or anti US military, rather than where it should be as natural resources trustee obligations.
I still am nowhere close to being able to wrap my head around just the sheer volume of horrible laws pushed by industries, and floated by lawmakers. Continually playing defense to preserve habitat and hunting access year after year is exhausting and annoying.
Ok, end rant. Until next year.