Make a stand for public land - Iowa 2025

[Wind Gypsy]

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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The xbow cucks will never stop.

 

[Pucky Freak]

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.

 

[Pucky Freak]

Oh wait, must give credit where it is due to the DV turkey bill, Rep. Matt Rinker (R) of Burlington.


I look forward to more of your genius proposals next year.

 

[Gellar]

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.

The only thing that could be slipped through is budget items at this point. All other bills have had to go through committees and subcommittees and full votes. If something is alive it has gone through this process. The elected officials and their staff only get a perdiem for 100 days. If they are still debating it must be a hot topic. Carbon pipelines are.