{"data":{"id":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-4924","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"10 V.S.A. § 4924","heading":"Exceptions","body":"The requirements of sections 4922 and 4923 of this title shall not apply:\n(1) when the failure to retrieve, the failure to salvage, or the failure to retain the covered wild animal is beyond the control of the person due to:\n(A) theft of the covered wild animal by another person;\n(B) unavoidable loss in the field to a wild animal;\n(C) lack of legal access to property where a wounded or dead covered wild animal is located, including when signage on the property would lead a reasonable person to believe that hunting is prohibited on the land; or\n(D) other circumstances that prevent salvage, retrieval, or retention;\n(2) in order to defend a person or property, including defense of property authorized under this part or rules adopted under this part;\n(3) when the covered wild animal is sick or diseased;\n(4) to a State, federal, or municipal law enforcement officer or employee when the law enforcement officer or employee is acting within the course of the officer’s or employee’s employment; or\n(5) when following generally accepted hunting or trapping practices for retrieval of a covered wild animal when a practice is:\n(A) set forth under this part or rules adopted under this part; or\n(B) approved as a best practice by the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife.","path":["Title 10: Conservation and Development","Chapter 113: Game","Subchapter 007: RETRIEVAL AND USE OF COVERED WILD ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/113/04924","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:37:51Z","sha256":"fc8fcda40803879da86a0dde1095aedde875ff3347158b9f90c35ba132741f11","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-4923","next":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-4925"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}