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Pikes Peak plans another archery deer hunt

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Pikes Peak State Park is planning another managed archery deer hunt this fall, in the hopes of thinning its large herd. 

The hunt will run from Oct. 1 to Jan. 10, and be antlerless only. One hundred tags will be available to Iowa residents; a small game hunting license and habitat fee is required.  

Pikes Peak State Park Manager Matt Tschirgi will hold a registration meeting for interested hunters at the Pikes Peak Shop/Office, 15316 Great River Road, south of McGregor, on Sunday, Sept. 22, at 1 p.m. Hunters should bring their hunter’s safety card or hunting license to the meeting, which will also go over guidelines and include a proficiency test. 

The test, said Tschirgi, will require hunters to hit a nine-inch target from 20 yards away with at least three of five arrows. 

If a hunter can’t make it to that meeting, Tschirgi said he can be contacted at (563) 873-2341 or matt.tschirgi@dnr.iowa.gov to schedule a special one-on-one session. 

Tschirgi said the first deer license will cost $28.50, unless the individual has already purchased an antlerless license outside of this hunt. Additional licenses will be $15 apiece. 

Once they attend an orientation class and pass the proficiency test, hunters will receive a registration slip from Tschirgi, which they can take to the selected vendor for the hunt, Fisk Farm and Home, in Monona, to get a license. 

Hunters will be able to bow hunt every day from Oct. 1 to Jan. 10, even during the shotgun seasons, Tschirgi noted. Hunting will be allowed on Pikes Peak State Park properties, as well as city of McGregor properties. Contact Tschirgi or McGregor City Administrator Lynette Sander at (563) 873-3795 if you have questions about boundaries or where you can hunt.

Signs will be posted, notifying the public that a hunt is occurring. 

Hunters must hunt from an elevated position, 30 yards or more from public use areas like trails and roads, campgrounds, parking lots, homes/buildings and private property lines. You may hunt closer if you receive permission from the property owner. Stands must be portable, and they cannot be screwed into trees. 

Hunters are also asked not to park outside designated parking lots. Driving off roadways, or onto trails, to retrieve deer will not be allowed. Deer cannot be field dressed near a trail or road.

When you harvest a deer, you must contact Tschirgi at the number listed above. If no one answers, please leave a message with details of your harvest.

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