A bill for an act relating to the retrieval of wounded deer by use of a registered unmanned aerial vehicle, and providing penalties.

HF 2112 allows licensed deer hunters in Iowa to use a registered drone to locate and retrieve a deer they have wounded while hunting. The hunter must dispatch the deer using their legal hunting method (as permitted by their license) and cannot use the drone to hunt other animals. Drones must be registered with both the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Federal Aviation Administration, and drone use on private property requires the landowner's consent. Violating these rules incurs a $250 fine. The bill specifically applies to hunters who have wounded a deer during a legal hunt.