{"data":{"id":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-11224","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"12 M.R.S. §11224","heading":"Waste of game","body":"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.\n2.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.\nRevisor's Note: §11224.  Alien big game hunter; guide required (As enacted by PL 2007, c. 454, §1 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 12, SECTION 11226)","path":["TITLE 12: CONSERVATION","PART 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE","CHAPTER 915: HUNTING:  SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS","SUBCHAPTER 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/12/title12sec11224.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"c0df07dc0ba61c3941e0d1b1a4063c910dde7f6677e63ca1b8a492b882b910d6","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-11223","next":"us-me/12-m.r.s.-11225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}