MASON CITY – The City of Mason City will hold a special urban deer management hunt starting September 16, 2017. The intent of this special hunt is to reduce deer damage to property within city limits and reduce the number of car-deer collisions in town. This is the second year that we’ve partnered with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to have a Deer Management Zone (DMZ) hunt. The City of Mason City has allowed urban bow hunting in the past for hunters willing to use their statewide deer license.
There will be 100 antlerless DMZ licenses available to Iowa resident hunters for use only within the city limits of Mason City. Each hunter must possess a State of Iowa hunting license with habitat fee and have a Mason City DMZ deer license. Regular licenses are not valid within the Mason City DMZ. Licenses must be purchased from Kramer Ace Hardware, 440 S Illinois Avenue, Mason City. Hunters may purchase a maximum of three licenses. The Iowa DNR has an incentive license format that will allow hunters who harvest and report three female deer during the 2017 DMZ hunt to receive an additional any sex DMZ tag for use during the 2018 DMZ hunt. Button bucks are legal query but will not count toward the incentive license.
Proficiency testing is also a requirement for this special hunt. The Mohawk Archery Club, 8401⁄2 12th Street NW, Mason City, will certify hunters on a proficiency test that meets this requirement. We will publicize the date and time for proficiency testing as soon as the dates are finalized.
Interested hunters should stop by the Mason City Police Department to pick up a packet of information about the 2018 DMZ hunt. They will need to return the completed packet along with copies of their hunting license, their Mason City DMZ deer tag, and their passing score on the proficiency test to the Mason City Police Department. After reviewing the documents, an urban bow hunting permit will be issued by MCPD. All deer harvested in a DMZ hunt must be sight checked and reported to IDNR.
Sounds like a antifia (demorat) statement . I am of low IQ because the farmers / dnr/ federal gov. failed to tell the general public they were spraying crops with substances that were harmful/deadly to human beings? Nice coverup and surely no fault of yours – only mine for beleiveing that someone honest and trust worthy was in charge – not a bunch of profiteers and corrupt snakes.
Only habitat anymore is within the city limits – our caretakers cut down every tree in Brooklyn . I am surprised there is any wildlife anymore – The survivors must be what they call roundup ready (resistant to the family of shit Hiltler used. I don’t drink tap water or eat fish from Iowa streams anymore and I feel better.
A bunch of weeknd warriors, macho Robin Hood wanna be’s, hiding in the bushes, armed with bow and arrow is more dangerous than deer. There are no classes that can fix stupid ideas. I will put my betting money on the deer!
oops, is this year my goof
Starts next year, why not this year.
If the GREEDY farmers would not have cut down every tree on their farm and the woodlands we would not be having these problems – need more Glyphosate (roundup) poison corn to put in breakfast food and animal feed so we humans can consumer their poison wealth – this chit is only fit for gasohol but then again what’s in the the exhaust we breath – not a nice way to start a day.
So we can conclude that your stupidity, ignorance and possible low IQ is due to the fact that you have been consuming all these “poisons”? You have our sympathy for your lack of knowledge of the subject.
You are one ignorant SOB.
Fence to fence farming has been an environmental disaster on so many levels, a rape and plunder chapter in agriculture history. We violated our promise to care for the land but now are learning that we can do better. Thank God for responsible caretakes of the land.
Get a grip, what the hell does that have to do with hunting deer within city limits? Seems the same can be said about urban sprawl and development, wasting all our natural resources for junk development
Some day a stray cat hunt followed by a crooked elected official tar and feather hunt.
You are entirely to focused on the fellow in the area north of Monroe Park. Why all the hate? And you never have anything to offer. I suggest you seed help.
This is unnecessary, deer are not that big a problem. Next are we going to have a Goose Shoot?
Mankind have become to quick to kill.
Where do you live?
13 trees planted in the last 5 years, 9 have deer damage and 2 are dead due to the deer. 2 neighbors gave up gardening because of the damage the deer were doing to their gardens and couldn’t/wouldn’t spend the money it would take to build a fence around their garden that is “deer proof”. Trail of deer shit through my back yard during the winter.
I live in a residential neighborhood, so I don”t have an “in town acreage” yet I will have 6-10 deer in my back yard during the winter pawing at the grass trying to get some thing to eat. Sickly/skinny looking due to not getting enough to eat because of OVER POPULATION!!
I live in NE Mason City too. Ya they in my yard but if my neighbors would stop feeding them they would stop coming around. Also my buddy who lives on North Carolina had the same problem you have.
He found some battery operated flowers that shock the dear when they come up to his deck to eat the flowers. It worked really good. The deer stopped coming to his place.
They are many effective ways to stop deer without killing them.
Now that is a good idea! They are the democrats of the bird world. all they do is make noise and s–t on the walking paths at the pits.
Goose shoot. Good idea!
Also a wild turkey shoot.
The address for Mohawk Archery Club is wrong. The correct address is 840 12th St NW Suite C, Mason City (in case you are using a map program to find it). The entrance is on the east side of the D&D Sales company building.