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12 M.R.S. §11224: Waste of game
Where this section sits in the code
- TITLE 12: CONSERVATION
- PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
- CHAPTER 915: HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
- SUBCHAPTER 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING
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.
2. Penalty. A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.
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)
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