Iowa Nonresident Preference Points

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Hey Steve, what did you find out. I purchased a point awhile ago for the $10 plus fees, are they planning on charging my card more when this bill gets signed

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I finally got around to calling the Iowa DNR and here is what I found out from there prerecorded message. The Governor did indeed sign the bill yesterday May 28Th and the preference points have went up to $50. I would assume that if you bought your point before the bill was signed they can not charge you more now after the fact.
I am bummed I can not afford to pay $50 nor can I afford the $524 for a tag and lord knows how much it would be by the time I would get drawn. I would love to move to Iowa but that is not possible for me right now for a number of reasons. It would be interesting to know with the way the economy is right now if this will decrease the number of guys that will apply for a license. I am sure that they will still have no problem selling out the number of non resident license’s that they allow but I am still very curious to know if this will lower the number of guys that apply. Like was said by others it is the law of supply and demand but it is a sad day when that hurts the majority of guys that would love to hunt Iowa but can not afford to Time for this MN boy to start looking at WI, sorry Iowa you will not be getting any of my dollars.

Well put Steve and I’m glad to see your on the same boat as me!

It’s also great to see mossydan viewing it from a non-residents shoes!! Let me be the first to say you are the first resident from Iowa that doesn’t agree with what the state is doing and I applaud you for that!!

Mossydan – If your resident tags do go up to $50 dollars I will personally pay you the difference in your license cost this year so you can get out there and hunt! You have my word on that!! I want you to be able to enjoy a season full of memories just like everyone else should be able to.

Thanks but I’ve shot enough deer to have memories, Im just after that 160″ or bigger. I think this price hike is a bunch of crap. I know they need to come up with money to repair things but to raise the price of liscenses to a rediculous price is a bad move. What about those guys who have filed and were going to get a liscense this year that have thier preference points by doing everything right by just applying the previous two years. If they have to recoupe and find new money then do it a diffrent way by maybe raising the liscenses a more realist amount, maybe $50 bucks. Tom Gursky has filed here for the last two years and was gauranted a liscense this year but now with the new price of what its going to be I don’t blame him if he don’t come and hunt.
If thier going to raise the price do it with people who haven’t filed, aren’t the ones who already have grandfathered in, I think they are, those that already did started the process with the guidelines the DNR had in place befor the flood, Im really frustrated. Having to think about all the money guys coming here who can just buy preference points to hunt and now just the regular guys have to stop filing because thier money has to go other places,,,KIDS!
I don’t believe in the supply and demand type of thing when it comes to this, pretty soon its going to cost more to do anything outdoors here in Iowa, Im from the old school that thinks if its already working why change it, especially with a rediculous price. Im so pissed off that nowadays everyone thinks they can just pass on the price to anyone they can so they don’t fall behind, theres diffrent ways to get the money to repair things here, not raise the rates so only a few can play. Im really disapointed and feel like I’ve been kicked in the chins by the DNR.
What about all those plans that guys have already made, the ones coming here to hunt and the ones who are going to show them around, like me, we’ve made alot of plans. Now im probably not going to be able to show him around and it ruined our plans. I don’t care if Tom has the money because its the principle that counts. Theres deer here and alot of them, seen two nice based bucks this morning along side the road just across the river from where we were going to hunt that had huge bases but a rate hike like what thier proposing is crap and is going to ruin it for alot of guys who have already waited, dreamed about coming here day and night and made solid plans, now its all out the window. Ya im dissapointed and I’ll bet others are too.

Iowa has every right to do this but ask your self if it is right. Did North Dakota Raise there deer prices to a RIDICULOUS price becouse they had MAJOR flooding this year? Do western states charge more when they have major fires break out? It is a really sad reality but I would bet alot of money that Iowan’s will see a very BIG increase in poaching.

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Yes Steve you are correct on the preference points for Iowa, $50 now! I just went through all this and know a couple residents down there so here is the skinny…

If you apply and don’t get drawn they will keep $50 and issue you a preference point for next year. The process has been somewhat slowed on the license costs so if you think your going to get drawn this year then do it now! Once the governor signs the new bill the license fees are going to go up…way up! Rite now it cost $524 if you get drawn for a non-resident license. From what I’ve heard it will probably be around $850 once the governor signs the new bill.

I have 3 preference points built up so I am fortunate that I will get drawn this year and pay the $524. This will more than likely be my last year hunting Iowa if the costs go up like their saying they will.

It’s too bad Iowa is doing this but can you really blame them!?!?!? There taking advantage of what they have and seeing how much they can get for it. As the saying goes…you can always move to Iowa if you want, nobody is forcing you to live in MN, WI, etc.

If your wondering if I agree with what Iowa is doing my answer is a BIG FAT NO!!!!! Just for the record.

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Apparently this link is for 2010. numbers.http://www.iowadnr.gov/law/regs/09nrdeer.pdf

I’m not seeing the $850 that you are talking about. I do see where it’ll be at least $540.00. That’s the cost of doing business I guess. Pay to play.

Here are the 08/09 numbers. Nonresident Deer and Turkey Licenses

Wild Turkey License……………………………$100.50

Hunting License……………………………….$110.00

Deer Licenses

Any Deer with Antlerless-only4 …………$323.00

Antlerless-only Deer2 ……………………….$151.50

Holiday Season Antlerless-only2 ………….$51.50

1 Includes $1writing fee

2 Includes $1 Help Us Stop Hunger fee (HUSH)

3 Includes $1 writing fee and $1 HUSH fee

4 Includes $1 HUSH fee for each license

I found the same information too Ruger. Heres what im wondering, is this the old prices from last year. The reason im saying this is because the governer just signed the bill too increase the prices. Heres another thing, did the dnr get thier information up fast right after the bill was signed, they might have so it might be the new prices.

Mossy, did you just use DNR and FAST in the same sentance?

Ya I know Rob, thats why I asked the question. The governer signed the bill about a week ago, maybe they did have the new prices up right away, I don’t know, I know fast is a big word in some instances.

Me and my buddies all put in for a point Saturday. I wish I would have known they were going to raise the price on points, otherwise I would have done it earlier. I hope the prices stay where they are because if they go up to $850 there is no way I can afford that much. The price is pretty steep with the $100 hike. I hope it does not go up any more because I would like to hunt Iowa again.

I’m not sure what my limit on prices is. We’ve got a farm in Iowa that we manage for Whitetail, Turkey, and Pheasant. I’d hate to not use it jsut cause the prices are getting up there. Especially since we’ve got some monster bucks that have been seen on the property.

I have to agree the ones to blame ARE the celeberties and there marketing BS. Celeberties and writers make it sound like there is a 160 class behind every IA tree so they can sell there stuff.They single handedly drive up costs while making there living at it. Are people really shocked IA fees went up? The same whiners that are complaining about the fee hike probably have $400 Cuddebacks,a $1200 Matthews and a $260 Loomis and a chromy prop or blow there wad at BlackJack in 30 minutes. But they dont want to pay the increase? What more enjoyment could you get in 5 days of gun hunting or 3 months of archery plus your pheasant and small gaming.Yea the fee hike blows but put things in perspective.

I can, it’s called elk hunting~

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I can, it’s called elk hunting~

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