NV Rev Stat § 503.010 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.010 - Manner of hunting or trapping: Unlawful use of certain modes of transportation; information and equipment; exceptions.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in this section or subsection 2 of NRS 503.005, it is unlawful to harass any game mammals or game birds by any means, including, without limitation, with a manned or unmanned aircraft, firearm, helicopter, horse, motorboat, motor-driven vehicle, noisemaker or sailboat.  2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, it is unlawful to shoot at any game mammals or game birds with a weapon from a manned or unmanned aircraft, helicopter or motor-driven vehicle. A person who is a paraplegic, has had one or both legs amputated or has suffered a paralysis of one or both legs which severely impedes the person’s walking may shoot from a stopped motor vehicle which is not parked on the traveled portion of a public highway, but the person may not shoot from, over or across a highway or road specified in NRS 503.175.  3. It is unlawful to spot or locate game mammals or game birds with any kind of manned or unmanned aircraft or helicopter and communicate that information, within 24 hours after the aircraft or helicopter has landed or in violation of a regulation of the Commission, by any means to a person on the ground for the purpose of hunting or trapping. The provisions of this subsection do not prohibit an employee or agent of the Department from providing general information to the public concerning the location of game birds or game mammals.  4. It is unlawful to use any information obtained in violation of the provisions of subsection 3 to hunt or kill game mammals or game birds.  5. It is unlawful to use a helicopter to transport game, hunters or hunting equipment, except when:  (a) The cargo or passengers, or both, are loaded and unloaded at airports, airplane landing fields or heliports, which have been established by a department or agency of the Federal or State Government or by a county or municipal government and which are accessible by a public road; or  (b) The loading or unloading is done in the course of an emergency or search and rescue operation.  6. It is unlawful to:  (a) Use any information obtained from a radio signal or other transmission received from any transmitting device;   (b) Make use of equipment designed to receive a radio signal or other transmission from a transmitting device; or  (c) Use any location information obtained from records maintained by the Department within 1 year after the date on which the information was collected, including, without limitation, records of information received from a transmitting device,  to harass or take any game mammal, game bird or other wildlife.  7. It is unlawful to make use of equipment designed to receive a radio signal or other transmission from a transmitting device for any purpose without written authorization of the Department.  8. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to an employee or agent of the Department who, while carrying out his or her duties, conducts a survey of wildlife with the use of an aircraft.  9. As used in this section:  (a) "Aircraft" includes, without limitation, any unmanned aerial vehicle, as defined in NRS 493.020, or any other device that is used for navigation of, or flight in, the air.  (b) "Game bird" does not include a raven, even if classified as a game bird pursuant to NRS 501.110.  (c) "Harass" means to molest, chase, rally, concentrate, herd, intercept, torment or drive.  (d) "Transmitting device" means any collar or other device which is attached to any game mammal, game bird or other wildlife or which is placed for the express purpose of detecting any game mammal, game bird or other wildlife and emits an electronic signal or uses radio telemetry or a satellite transmission to determine the location of the game mammal, game bird or other wildlife.  [Part 8:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1943 NCL § 3035.08] — (NRS A 1969, 1355; 1981, 320; 1989, 731; 1991, 264, 333; 2005, 1311; 2015, 169; 2017, 1567; 2019, 450, 762)