{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-11-1904","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 11-1904","heading":"Canned shoots prohibited","body":"§ 11-1904. Canned shoots prohibited.\n  1. No person who owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors\nnon-native big game mammals shall knowingly permit:\n  a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays a fee to take a\nlive non-native big game mammal by any of the following means:\n  (1) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is\ntied or hobbled;\n  (2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is\nstaked or attached to any object;\n  (3) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is\nconfined in a box, pen, cage or similar container of ten or less\ncontiguous acres from which there is no means for such mammal to escape;\n  (4) the deliberate release of a non-native big game mammal that is\nconfined in a box, pen, cage or similar container of ten or less\ncontiguous acres in the presence of any person who is, or will be,\nshooting or spearing such non-native big game mammal.\n  b. For purposes of this section:\n  (1) shooting shall mean the discharge of any type of firearm or bow\nand arrow; and\n  (2) spearing shall mean the use of any hand or mechanically propelled\nsingle or multiple pronged pike, blade, or harpoon.\n  2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit:\n  a. The lawful taking, hunting or trapping of an animal as provided in\nthis chapter or other law, rule or regulation of the state of New York;\nor\n  b. The lawful slaughtering of an animal as provided in the agriculture\nand markets law of New York state or as permitted by the United States\nDepartment of Agriculture; or\n  c. The killing of an animal that is menacing in a manner likely to\ncause serious injury or death to human beings.","path":["Environmental Conservation Law","Article 11. Fish and Wildlife","Title 19. Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/ENV/11-1904","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"24ca6e852e810b3770dc081a04755d274c60e4ff0063986ea4fbd600fe08403c","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-11-1903","next":"us-ny/n.y.-environmental-conservation-law-11-1905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}