§ 5201. Notices; posting (a)(1) An owner, or a person having the exclusive right to take game upon land or the waters thereon, who desires to protect his or her land or private pond or propagation farm over which he or she has exclusive control may maintain notices stating that: (A) the shooting, trapping, or […]
§ 5202. Private ponds, stocking The Commissioner may, at his or her discretion, stock a private pond that allows some charitable or nonprofit organizations to use the area at no charge. In that case, the owner may prohibit the taking of fish or game by the general public under section 5201 of this title. (Added […]
§ 5204. Poaching; private preserves (a) A person who, without the written consent of the owner or person having the exclusive right to take fish or wild animals, takes fish, game, or other animals or carries or possesses a firearm, bow and arrow, or wild animal trap in private preserve as posted under section 5201 […]
§ 5205. Injuring notice A person shall not damage or remove a notice maintained under the provisions of section 5201 of this title. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961.)
§ 5206. Maintaining notice one year A person shall not maintain a notice prohibiting fishing for more than one year after such waters were last stocked. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961.)
§ 5207. Propagation farms (a) The Commissioner may issue a license to propagate fish and wild animals and shall make and publish regulations governing such industry. The application for such a breeder’s license shall be in writing, addressed to the Commissioner, shall be signed by the applicant, and shall describe the land or waters owned […]
§ 5209. Special penalty A breeder selling game procured from lands other than lands covered by a license under section 5207 of this title, or who violates a provision of this part or a regulation issued under the provisions of sections 5207 and 5208 of this title, shall be fined not more than $100.00 and […]
§ 5210. Private ponds A person owning a natural pond of not more than 20 acres or an artificial pond entirely upon his or her premises, stocked at his or her own expense with fish artificially hatched or reared, may take fish from such pond at any time for the purpose of propagation or consumption […]
§ 5211. Poaching; propagation farms; injury; penalties A person shall not, without permission, enter upon the premises of a propagation farm and take fish, or wild animals, or upon a pond as defined in section 5210 of this title and take fish, or foul the waters of such farm or pond with a substance injurious […]
§ 5213. Mansfield State Forest; game refuge (a) A person shall not hunt, trap, take, or kill wild animals on that part of the Mansfield State Forest bounded by the Smugglers’ Notch road on the east, the road to the summit of Mt. Mansfield on the south and west, the summit of Mt. Mansfield on […]
§ 5214. Vermin destruction Permits for the control and destruction of vermin upon a game refuge may be granted by the Commissioner to such person and at such times as he or she shall deem advisable. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961.)
§ 5215. Game refuges; how created; regulations (a) For a specified period of years, the Commissioner may prohibit or regulate the taking of wild animals upon public lands set aside with the approval of the Governor or upon private lands set aside with the consent of the owner thereof for game refuges. At least 30 […]
§ 5216. Migratory bird reservations; consent of State; jurisdiction Consent of the State of Vermont is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise, or lease of such land or water, or of land and water in Vermont, as the United States may deem necessary for the establishment of migratory bird […]
§ 5217. Permits to operate regulated shooting ground Upon receipt of a fee of $100.00, the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife may issue a shooting grounds permit to operate a shooting ground upon which to propagate and release small game under regulations approved by the Commissioner and upon which to release small game when regularly […]
§ 5218. Boundaries The boundary of the licensed premises shall be posted with printed notices not more than 100 yards apart and containing such words as the Commissioner may prescribe. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 2; amended 1985, No. 209 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 2, 1986.)
§ 5219. Shooting regulations on regulated grounds Such permit shall entitle the holder or holders thereof, and their guests, to kill or take, by shooting or falconry, the small game propagated or purchased and released on the premises. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 3; amended 1983, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 104 […]
§ 5220. Small game released All small game released on said regulated shooting grounds shall be fully able to care for themselves in a wild state. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 4; amended 1983, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1997, No. 72 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
§ 5221. Period of taking released animals Such propagated or released small game may be taken without regard to sex, age, or bag limits. The period for taking small game on regulated shooting grounds shall be fixed by the Commissioner. (Added 1961, No. 251, § 5; amended 1983, No. 245 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1997, […]
§ 5222. Other game All species of game, other than those specified or approved by the Commissioner for propagation and release found on the premises governed by such permit, may be taken on such premises only under the general provisions of the law governing the taking and possession of the same. (Added 1961, No. 251, […]
§ 5223. Hunting license (a) Every person hunting on such regulated shooting grounds shall: (1) be the holder of a resident or nonresident hunter’s license for the current year; or (2) be the holder of a one-day shooting ground license issued by the owner of the shooting ground on forms prescribed by the Commissioner of […]
