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§11223
Title 12: CONSERVATION
Part 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
Subpart 4: FISH AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 915: HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
Subchapter 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING
§11225

§11224. Waste of game

1.  Prohibition.  A person may not waste a wild bird or wild animal that has been wounded or killed by that person while hunting. For purposes of this section, "waste" means to intentionally leave a wounded or killed animal in the field or forest without making a reasonable effort to retrieve and render it for consumption or use. This subsection does not apply to coyote.  
[PL 2009, c. 550, §3 (AMD).]
2.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.  
[PL 2007, c. 168, §5 (NEW).]
Revisor's Note: §11224. Alien big game hunter; guide required (As enacted by PL 2007, c. 454, §1 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 12, SECTION 11226)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2007, c. 168, §5 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 454, §1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 695, Pt. A, §16 (RAL). PL 2009, c. 550, §3 (AMD).
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