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Bows in first Gun?

I've been invited to hunt in Iowa next year. The property owner has a little over 600 acres in zone 4 and lives near me in NJ. I'm sitting on three points right now but he wants me to go with him and a couple of other local guys first gun 2016. He's got some family members that hunt the farm during bow season. I'm pretty sure I could go out during bow, I don't think it would be until 2017. So is it legal to bowhunt that week?

Bow season closes around January 10th of each year in Iowa. I think it's the same for non res.

Bow season closes during gun season. The only overlap is during muzzleloader. Somebody smarter than me maybe could explain the reason but ive yet to think of one. I hate sitting around for 3 weeks of December not being able to bowhunt.

You can't bow hunt during shotgun seasons .If you have a muzzle loader tag, early or late season, you can bow hunt the. But, you must have a bow tag and a muzzle loader tag.

I thought you can only bowhunt late muzzy & not early.

Early Muzzleloader runs during bow season. That and late season are the only time guns and bows share the woods. No archery during shotgun seasons.

You can bow hunt the entire Oct. 1 to Jan. 10 season except the 2 shotgun seasons. Also, you do not need an additional muzzleloader tag to hunt during those seasons. As long as you have an archery tag+hunting license+habit stamp you are legal to hunt.

save your bowtag/points- after the application period is over re-apply for leftover antlerless tag for shotgun-it is legal to shoot a buck with a shotgun with your group if someone in your group applies a buck tag to the deer.Use a shotgun this year use your bow next year-if you apply for a buck shotgun tag you will obviously draw but it will use up all those precious preference points you need to draw a buck bow tag.

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