Section 20-16-1. – Furbearers protected.
§ 20-16-1. Furbearers protected. (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, shoot, or trap, or attempt so to do, the following furbearing mammals in this state, except in accordance with rules and regulations governing seasons, bag limits, and methods of taking adopted by the director pursuant to § 20-1-12. (b) For the purposes of this chapter, […]
Section 20-16-2. – Landowners — Nuisance furbearers.
§ 20-16-2. Landowners — Nuisance furbearers. Any person owning or leasing and operating any property, and any employee of that person, may, while on that person’s premises, kill and take a furbearer that is worrying, wounding, or killing the domestic animals or livestock on the property, or destroying or mutilating agricultural crops or fruit trees […]
Section 20-16-3. – Possession of ferrets prohibited.
§ 20-16-3. Possession of ferrets prohibited. No person shall own or have in his or her possession in this state a European ferret, nor shall any person use ferrets in hunting any game in this state. In addition to the penalties provided in § 20-1-16, any person violating the provisions of this section shall forfeit […]
Section 20-16-4. – Raccoon hunting.
§ 20-16-4. Raccoon hunting. Raccoons may be taken and possessed with the use of a gun, when the taker is accompanied by a dog. No person shall hunt raccoons at night by the use of rifle larger than a twenty-two (22) caliber rim fire long rifle or by the use of shotgun shells carrying shot […]
Section 20-16-5. – Possession of live raccoons.
§ 20-16-5. Possession of live raccoons. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit a person from keeping a live raccoon or raccoons for either breeding or other purposes while having in his or her possession a permit or license issued by the department to do so. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 197, § […]
Section 20-16-6. – Prohibited methods of taking.
§ 20-16-6. Prohibited methods of taking. No person shall erect, set, repair, maintain, or tend any snare, or spread any poison, for the purpose of catching or killing any animal, except within buildings located on land owned or occupied by him or her, unless specifically allowed by regulations adopted under § 20-1-12. History of Section.P.L. […]
Section 20-16-7. – License required for trapping — Marking of traps.
§ 20-16-7. License required for trapping — Marking of traps. No person shall set, maintain, or tend any trap for the purpose of taking, killing, or destroying any furbearing animal without first obtaining a trapping license from the department of environmental management; provided, however, that a resident of this state, or a member of the […]
Section 20-13-13. – Restriction on size of weapons and ammunition.
§ 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, […]
Section 20-15-1. – Deer hunting prohibited except as provided.
§ 20-15-1. Deer hunting prohibited except as provided. No person shall hunt, pursue, or shoot, or attempt to hunt, pursue, or shoot, deer in this state except as provided in this chapter. Deer hunting shall be limited to seasons, times, manner of taking, and bag limits established in regulations adopted by the director pursuant to […]
Section 20-13-14. – Sale of game prohibited.
§ 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 […]