Section 17-4-8 – [Parks or waters for propagation of game or fish; license required.]
No person shall have or maintain any park, enclosure, lake or body of water for the purpose of keeping or propagating therein any game or game fish for sale, nor shall any living game or game fish from such park, enclosure, lake or body of water be sold or offered for sale, unless the owner, […]
Section 17-3-37 – Definition.
“Game bird,” as used in the Regulated Shooting Preserve Act [17-3-35 to 17-3-42 NMSA 1978], means pheasant, quail, chukar and mallards. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-31, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 194, § 3; 1961, ch. 33, § 1; 1967, ch. 5, § 1.
Section 17-3-38 – Tags.
All game birds taken from preserves shall be tagged, with tags to be furnished by the commission at a reasonable fee, before being transported. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-32, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 194, § 4.
Section 17-3-39 – Special nonresident licenses.
The commission may issue special nonresident bird licenses to nonresidents to hunt on regulated shooting preserves with the owner’s consent for legally propagated game birds upon the payment of a license fee of five dollars and twenty-five cents ($5.25). The license must be carried on the person at all times when hunting on private shooting […]
Section 17-3-40 – Regular licenses.
Residents or nonresidents may hunt on private shooting preserves when possessed of the appropriate bird or hunting license. All hunting on shooting preserves covered in the Regulated Shooting Preserve Act shall be done only with the consent of the owner of the private preserve. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-34, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 194, […]
Section 17-3-41 – Commercial operation of.
Operators of private shooting preserves may charge fees for hunting on the preserves. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-35, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 194, § 7.
Section 17-3-42 – Revocation of permits.
Any permit issued under the Private [Regulated] Shooting Preserve Act [17-3-35 to 17-3-42 NMSA 1978] may be revoked for a violation of any provision or any regulation made by the commission relating to the act. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-36, enacted by Laws 1957, ch. 194, § 8. ANNOTATIONS Bracketed material. — The bracketed material […]
Section 17-3-43 – Short title.
Sections 17-3-43 through 17-3-47 NMSA 1978 may be cited as the “Airborne Hunting Act”. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-37, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 13, § 1.
Section 17-3-44 – Definitions.
As used in the Airborne Hunting Act [17-3-43 to 17-3-47 NMSA 1978]: A. “aircraft” means any contrivance used for flight in the air; and B. “menacing” means threatening, harassing or having the intent to injure, capture or kill. History: 1953 Comp., § 53-3-38, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 13, § 2.
Section 17-3-45 – Shooting from aircraft; causing injury by aircraft; penalty.
It is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in excess of six months but less than one year or a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for any person while airborne in an aircraft to: A. shoot or attempt to shoot for the purpose of injuring, […]