R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-17-6: Retail sale of game birds and animals.

Any keeper of a hotel, a restaurant, a boarding house, and club or a retail dealer in meat may sell domestic game birds and animals, properly tagged or sealed as provided in §§ 20-17-1 and 20-17-2, to a patron or customer for actual consumption and no license for the sale shall be required of the person, keeper, dealer, or club.