§ 20-13-1. License required — Hunting on own land. No person shall hunt, pursue, take, or kill any wild bird or mammal and any vertebrates in this state, or attempt so to do, without having first obtained a license; provided, that nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the right of a bona […]
§ 20-13-10. Carrying of weapon while under the influence of liquor or drugs. It is unlawful to hunt anywhere in this state, or to enter any of the fields or woods, or to enter upon any lands or water within or bordering this state, while possessing a firearm or other weapon for the purpose of […]
§ 20-13-11. Maximum size of hunting parties. It is unlawful for more than five (5) persons to hunt in unison, or to cooperate in any manner with each other to hunt, for wild birds or wild animals of any kind. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
§ 20-13-12. Reports of hunting injuries. Every person causing an injury to a human being by gunfire while hunting; or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself with firearms while hunting; or inflicting an injury upon himself or herself while trapping shall make a report to the department of environmental management within seventy-two (72) hours […]
§ 20-13-13. Restriction on size of weapons and ammunition. Whoever uses or has in his or her possession while hunting in this state any rifle: (a) larger than a twenty-two (22) caliber rim fire rifle; or (b) other than a muzzle loading rifle; or (c) other than any shotgun and shells loaded with ball, bullets, […]
§ 20-13-14. Sale of game prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, or offer for sale, within this state, at any season of the year, any wild bird or mammal or any vertebrate, or parts thereof, except as provided elsewhere in this title; provided, however, that this section shall not be construed […]
§ 20-13-15. Failure to render assistance to injured person. Any person causing an injury to another person by firearm or arrow while hunting failing to render assistance to the injured person shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, be subject to a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment […]
§ 20-13-16. Harassment of hunters, trappers, and fishers prohibited. (a) No person shall obstruct or interfere with the lawful taking of wildlife by another person at the location where the activity is taking place with intent to prevent the lawful taking. (b) A person violates this section when he or she intentionally or knowingly: (1) […]
§ 20-13-17. Injunctive relief — Damages. (a) The district court may enjoin conduct that would be in violation of § 20-13-16, upon petition by a person affected or who reasonably may be affected by this conduct, upon a showing that this conduct is threatened or that it has occurred on a particular premises in the […]
§ 20-13-2. Safety instruction — Certificate of competency — Liability. (a) The department of environmental management shall formulate courses of instruction in safe hunting practices and the handling and use of firearms and/or bow and arrow for persons applying for a license for the first time and shall designate one or more competent persons or […]
§ 20-13-2.1. Availability of safety instruction. The department of environmental management shall make available the safety instruction required by § 20-13-2 on a continuing basis throughout the year at sites throughout the state for the convenience of the public. In no event shall safety instruction be offered less frequently than once each month. The department […]
§ 20-13-3. Appeal of refusal of certificate. Any person who has been refused designation as having successfully completed the courses taken under the provisions of § 20-13-2 may appeal that refusal to the director of environmental management who shall make the final determination of the competency of the applicant. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, […]
§ 20-13-4. Certificate of competency required for initial license. (a) No license to hunt shall be issued to any person unless that person has held a hunting license in a prior year or unless he or she presents to the licensing agent a certificate of competency issued under § 20-13-2, or under an equivalent hunter […]
§ 20-13-5. Issuance of licenses. (a) Authorized licensing agents, shall, upon the application of any eligible person and the payment of the license fee, issue to that person a license to pursue, hunt, and kill game in the state during the open season with firearms or by bow and arrow with an archer’s permit; provided, […]
§ 20-13-6. Export privileges of nonresident licensees. Each nonresident hunting license shall enable the licensee to carry from the state not more than a two-day (2) bag limit of native game birds or animals nor more than the limit of migratory birds set by federal regulations; provided, that the owner shall carry them open to […]
§ 20-13-7. Shooting in proximity to occupied buildings. It is unlawful for any person, while hunting or pursuing wild birds or wild animals in this state, to shoot or discharge any firearm or other deadly weapon within five hundred feet (500′) of any occupied dwelling house, residence, or other building occupied by human beings, or […]
§ 20-13-8. Loaded weapons in vehicles. It is unlawful for any person to have in his or her possession a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun or a rifle or shotgun from the magazine of which all shells and cartridges have not been removed, in or on any vehicle or conveyance or its attachments while upon […]
§ 20-13-9. Hunting along or across highways. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, pursue, kill, or shoot at any bird or animal along, upon, or across any public highway in this state. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § 3.
