R.I. Gen. Laws § 20-19-4: Laws inapplicable to field trials and shooting preserves.

The provisions of § 4-1-5 and chapter 13 of this title shall not be construed to apply to shooting preserves; to field trials upon liberated, domestic game birds; or to the possession, releasing, or shooting of liberated domestic game birds at field trials or upon shooting preserves licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.