Anyone from Iowa??

[Varmint Hunter]

I ran into a shooter/hunter at our club today. He was getting ready for an Iowa whitetail hunt. He had a 35 Rem levergun which he said was one of the few cartridges allowed?? He also said that it took years to get a few points to hunt deer as a non-res.

All sounds a bit strange to me. Anyone know the rules in Iowa?

 

[Phil Rizzo]

Maybe that's a primitive weapon, or centerfire that can be used in the gun season.
Shotgun slugs were all that was allowed at one time I was told.

 

[1wildcatfan]

Iowa, like most other shotgun states, legalized straight walled cartridges (with restrictions). I'm confident they had 35 Whelen as a legal cartridge. It takes a few points, 4/5, to draw an archery tag. Firearms tag was 0 or 1 pt.

 

[SArnold30]

Several years back (2017 I believe) Iowa introduced the use of straight-walled cartridges during the shotgun seasons; but I'm pretty sure the 35 Remington isn't one of those eligible.