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NV Rev Stat § 503.150 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.150 - Manner of hunting game birds or mammals: Unlawful acts; carrying of certain handguns lawful during certain seasons.

  1. Unless otherwise specified by Commission regulation, it is unlawful to hunt:  (a) Any game bird or game mammal with any gun capable of firing more than one round with one continuous pull of the trigger, or with any full steel, full steel core, full metal jacket, tracer or incendiary bullet or shell, or any shotgun larger than number 10 gauge.  (b) Big game mammals in any manner other than with a rifle, held in the hand, that exerts at least 1,000 foot-pounds of energy at 100 yards, or with a longbow and arrow which meet the specifications established by Commission regulation.  (c) Small game mammals in any manner other than with a handgun, shotgun, rifle, longbow and arrow or by means of falconry.  (d) Game birds with any rifle or handgun, or in any manner other than with a shotgun held in the hand, with a longbow and arrow or by means of falconry.  (e) Migratory game birds with any shotgun capable of holding more than three shells.  (f) Any game bird or game mammal with the aid of any artificial light.  (g) Any big game mammal, except mountain lions, with a dog of any breed.  2. A person who is hunting during any period of an open season during which hunting is restricted to the use of only archery equipment or a muzzle-loading firearm:  (a) May carry for self-defense a handgun that:  (1) Has a barrel length of less than 8 inches; and  (2) Does not have a telescopic sight.  (b) May not use the handgun carried pursuant to paragraph (a) to hunt any wildlife.  3. Nothing in this section prohibits the use of dogs in the hunting of game birds or small game mammals.  [Part 2:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1943 NCL § 3035.02] — (NRS A 1957, 175; 1959, 385; 1969, 1360; 1973, 671; 1991, 266; 2015, 973)
NV Rev Stat § 503.165 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.165 - Carrying loaded rifle or shotgun in or on vehicle on or along public way unlawful; exceptions.

  1. It is unlawful to carry a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun in or on any vehicle which is standing on or along, or is being driven on or along, any public highway or any other way open to the public.  2. For the purposes of this section:  (a) A rifle or shotgun is loaded when there is an unexpended cartridge or shell in the firing chamber, but not when the only cartridges or shells are in the magazine.  (b) A muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle-loading musket is not loaded if the priming compound or element, including, without limitation, the priming powder or the unfired primer or percussion cap, is removed from the muzzle-loading rifle or muzzle-loading musket.  3. The provisions of this section do not apply to paraplegics, persons with one or both legs amputated or who have suffered a paralysis of one or both legs which severely impedes walking, or peace officers and members of the Armed Forces of this State or the United States while on duty or going to or returning from duty.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1367; A 1971, 1542; 1981, 321; 1987, 596; 2019, 402)
NV Rev Stat § 503.175 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.175 - Penalty for discharging firearm from or over federal or state highway or county road.

Unless a greater penalty is provided in NRS 202.287, a person who discharges a firearm from, upon, over or across any federal highway, state highway as described in NRS 408.285, or main or general county road as designated in NRS 403.170, is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1368; A 1979, 1174; 1989, 1242)
NV Rev Stat § 503.185 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.185 - Hunting accident causing injury or death of person or property damage: Report; revocation of license.

  1. Every person involved in a hunting accident where damage to property results, or which involves the injury of or death to another person, shall file a report of the accident with the Department within 30 days after the accident. The report must be on the form prescribed by the Department.  2. The Department shall revoke any hunting license held by a person convicted of violating NRS 503.165 or 503.175, if the violation results in an injury to or the death of another person. The Department shall not issue another such license to the person sooner than 2 years after the revocation.  (Added to NRS by 1987, 596; A 1993, 1672; 2003, 1547)
NV Rev Stat § 503.200 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.200 - Competitive field trials for hunting dogs and falconry; use of upland game birds for trials and training.

  1. The Department is empowered to authorize, under permit and for such fee as may be provided in NRS 502.240, competitive field trials for hunting dogs or competitive field trials for falconry. The Commission shall prescribe the rules and regulations to be followed by those in charge of such trials insofar as conduct of the field trials has any effect or bearing upon wildlife and the laws of this State respecting closed and open seasons.  2. For the purpose of permitting such field trials, the Department may authorize shooting of legally acquired upland game birds during any closed season on the species of bird or birds to be hunted.  3. All legally acquired upland game birds used in a field trial or for the purpose of training hunting dogs and for falconry training must be banded with legbands by the person in charge of such field trial or training. Such birds may only be released in an area first approved by the Department, after which the Department shall authorize, under permit and under such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe, the releasing of such legally acquired upland game birds for the foregoing purposes.  4. All birds killed under the provisions of this section must be accompanied by a receipt, giving the permit number, the date, the name of the person in possession, and signed by the permit holder. Birds killed and accompanied by a receipt under the provisions of this section may be legally possessed.  [88 1/2:101:1947; A 1951, 377] — (NRS A 1959, 385; 1967, 989; 1969, 1360; 1993, 1672; 2003, 1547)
NV Rev Stat § 503.240 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.240 - Unlawful to hunt, trap or fish upon certain private property without permission.

  1. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, fish in nonnavigable waters or trap upon land which is private property where the person has been warned by the owner or occupant of the property not to trespass in the manner prescribed in NRS 207.200, or where signs are displayed forbidding hunting, trapping or fishing without permission obtained from the owner or occupant of the private property.  2. Any person using that private property for hunting, fishing or trapping shall comply with the provisions of NRS 207.220.  [1911 C&P § 501; RL § 6766; NCL § 10448] + [1911 C&P § 502; RL § 6767; NCL § 10449] — (NRS A 1967, 598; 1969, 1361; 2005, 1312)
NV Rev Stat § 503.242 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.242 - Unlawful to hunt alternative livestock.

It is unlawful to hunt any alternative livestock reared on or derived from a farm or other operation that raises alternative livestock.  (Added to NRS by 1993, 431)
NV Rev Stat § 503.245 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.245 - Limitation on hunting upland game birds by nonresidents.

Hunting by nonresidents of this State for upland game birds or one or more species of such class may be forbidden or the number of licenses for such birds issued to nonresidents limited by the Commission in any county, counties or in any portion of a county.  [Part 50a:101:1947; added 1949, 292; A 1953, 673] — (NRS A 1965, 1178; 1969, 1355; 1979, 901)
NV Rev Stat § 503.270 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.270 - Open season; hours of fishing.

  1. It is unlawful for any person to fish in or from any of the waters of the State of Nevada except during the open season as designated by the Commission under the provisions of this title.  2. The Commission may by regulation allow fishing for any species of fish during any hour of the day or night.  [38:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.38] — (NRS A 1961, 116; 1969, 1361)
NV Rev Stat § 503.290 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.290 - Manner and means of fishing; authorized use of not more than two combinations of hook, line and rod; taking frogs.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful for any person to fish in or from any of the waters of the State of Nevada for any fish of any species in any manner other than with hook and line attached to a rod or reel closely attended in the manner known as angling. Not more than two combinations of hook, line and rod may be used by one person at any time.  2. The Commission may by regulation authorize other methods for taking fish. Frogs may be taken by spear, bow and arrow, hook and line or by other methods authorized by the Commission’s regulation.  3. For the purposes of this section, "hook" includes not more than three baited hooks, not more than three fly hooks or not more than two plugs or similar lures. No more than two such plugs or lures, irrespective of the number of hooks or attractor blades attached thereto, may be attached to the line.  [Part 45:101:1947; A 1949, 125; 1953, 667] — (NRS A 1957, 175; 1959, 386; 1969, 1362; 1983, 853; 1995, 82; 2003, 1547, 2550; 2017, 3638)
NV Rev Stat § 503.300 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.300 - Regulations of Commission: Types and use of bait; chumming.

  1. The Commission may prescribe by regulation the types of bait and methods by which it may or may not be used in any designated water. It is unlawful for any person to use any bait prohibited by regulation.  2. The Commission may by regulation control the practice known as chumming.  [Part 45:101:1947; A 1949, 125; 1953, 667] — (NRS A 1969, 1362)
NV Rev Stat § 503.310 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.310 - Live bait: Authority of Commission; permit required for sale.

  1. The Commission may regulate or prohibit the use of live bait in fishing so that no undesirable species are introduced into the public waters of this State.  2. Any person engaged in the sale of live bait must first obtain a permit from the Department for the fee provided in NRS 502.240. The permit may be revoked for any violation of regulations.  3. The Commission may prescribe the species which may be held or sold by the permittee.  [Part 43:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1951, 494] — (NRS A 1961, 113; 1969, 1362; 1987, 562; 1993, 1673; 2003, 1548)
NV Rev Stat § 503.360 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.360 - Unlawful fishing from hatcheries.

  1. It is unlawful for any person at any time to fish from any state hatchery, or from any waters set aside or used for the purpose of rearing or growing fish for transplanting by the State.  2. Nothing in this section prohibits employees of the Department from handling, at any time, all such fish, as may be required in the propagation, care and distribution of the fish.  [41:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.41] — (NRS A 1969, 1363; 1981, 543; 1993, 1673; 2003, 1548)
NV Rev Stat § 503.380 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.380 - Commercial taking of unprotected wildlife.

The Department may take or permit the commercial taking of unprotected wildlife in any manner approved by the Commission. The Commission may fix a price to be paid for wildlife so taken. Unprotected wildlife taken under this authorization may be sold.  [Part 44:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.44] — (NRS A 1969, 1363; 1987, 562; 1993, 1673; 2003, 1548)
NV Rev Stat § 503.400 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.400 - Fishways and fish ladders: Construction and maintenance; penalty.

  1. Every person who has erected, or who may hereafter erect, any dams, water weirs or other obstructions to the free passage of fish in the rivers, streams, lakes or other waters of the State of Nevada shall construct and keep in repair, to the satisfaction of the Department, fishways or fish ladders at all such dams, water weirs or other obstructions so that at all seasons of the year fish may ascend above such dams, water weirs or other obstructions to deposit their spawn.  2. Every person so placing, controlling or owning any such obstruction who fails to comply with the provisions of this section after having been notified in writing so to do by the Department, and every person who at any time willfully or knowingly destroys, injures or obstructs any fishway or fish ladder which is required by law is guilty of a misdemeanor.  [29:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.29] — (NRS A 1969, 1363; 1993, 1673; 2003, 1548)
NV Rev Stat § 503.410 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.410 - Unlawful interference with flow of water through fish ladder.

  1. It shall be unlawful for any person to dry up, impede or interfere with the free flow of water through any fish ladder upon any stream in this State, when there is sufficient unappropriated or unused water in such stream for use therein, by diverting the same from above and around such fish ladder by means of any ditch, canal or aqueduct, and permitting the same to waste, spill or flow back into the stream below such fish ladder by means of a spillway, tailrace, overflow, underpass, headgate or other appliance not equipped with an efficient and adequate fish ladder.  2. This section shall not be construed to impair any subsisting right to divert water from such stream for irrigation, domestic or culinary purposes.  [31:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.31]
NV Rev Stat § 503.420 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.420 - Fish screens: Installation and maintenance; unlawful acts.

  1. Any person, firm or corporation owning in whole or in part any canal, ditch or any artificial watercourse, taking or receiving its waters from any river, creek or lake in which fish have been placed or may exist, shall place or cause to be placed, and such persons shall maintain at the intake or inlet of such canal, ditch or watercourse, a grating, screen or other device, either stationary or operated mechanically, of such construction, fineness, strength and quality as may be designated by the Department, to prevent any fish from entering such canal, ditch or watercourse.  2. If such person, firm or corporation, after due notice from the Department, fails to install or maintain such grating, screen or device, the Commission is authorized to enter upon lands adjacent to the inlet of such canal, ditch or watercourse, and may install therein, and thereafter maintain, such grating, screen or device as in the discretion of the Department is proper.  3. It is unlawful for any person or persons, except a game warden, to remove, tamper with, destroy or in any way molest such screens when the same have been installed.  [30:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.30] — (NRS A 1969, 1363; 1993, 1673; 2003, 1549)
NV Rev Stat § 503.425 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.425 - Dredging operations: Permits; unlawful acts.

  1. Before a person may use any vacuum or suction dredge equipment in any river, stream or lake of this State, the person must submit an application to the Department. The application must be accompanied by a fee of $15 and must specify the type and size of equipment to be used and its location. If the Department determines that the operations will not be deleterious to fish, it shall issue a permit to the applicant.  2. A permit issued pursuant to subsection 1 does not authorize the recipient to use any equipment in any navigable body of water unless the recipient has obtained the appropriate permit for such a use from the State Land Registrar.  3. It is unlawful for any person to:  (a) Conduct dredging operations without securing a permit pursuant to subsection 1;  (b) Operate any equipment other than that specified in the permit; or  (c) Conduct a dredging operation outside the area designated on the permit.  (Added to NRS by 1969, 1368; A 1981, 357; 1993, 1459, 1674; 1995, 579; 2003, 1549, 2551)
NV Rev Stat § 503.430 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.430 - Water pollution: Deposit of substance deleterious to fish or wildlife; penalties.

Except as otherwise provided in NRS 445A.615 or unless a greater penalty is prescribed by NRS 459.600, every person who places or allows to pass, or who places where it can pass or fall, into or upon any of the waters of this State at any time, any lime, gas tar, slag, acids or other chemical, sawdust, shavings, slabs, edgings, mill or factory refuse, sewage, garbage or any substance deleterious to fish or wildlife is guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and a gross misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.  [28:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.28] — (NRS A 1957, 176; 1987, 562; 1989, 1269; 1991, 830)
NV Rev Stat § 503.440 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.440 - Open season for fur-bearing mammals.

  1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 503.470, it is unlawful to trap or kill fur-bearing mammals at any time during the year other than during an open season as designated by the Commission pursuant to the provisions of this title.  2. The Commission, in its sole discretion, may set the open season for fur-bearing mammals.  [73:101:1947; A 1949, 292; 1943 NCL § 3035.73] — (NRS A 1969, 1364; 1991, 267)
NV Rev Stat § 503.450 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.450 - Manner of hunting fur-bearing mammals.

It is unlawful for any person at any time to hunt any fur-bearing mammal in any manner other than by trap, gun or bow and arrow.  [Part 74:101:1947; 1943 NCL § 3035.74] — (NRS A 1983, 854; 1991, 267)
NV Rev Stat § 503.454 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.454 - Trapping license required; unlawful to remove or disturb trap, snare or similar device of licensee; exceptions.

  1. Every person who takes fur-bearing mammals by trap, snare or similar device or unprotected mammals by trapping or sells raw furs for profit shall procure a trapping license.  2. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, it is unlawful to remove or disturb the trap, snare or similar device of any holder of a trapping license while the trap, snare or similar device is being legally used by the holder on public land or on land where the holder has permission to trap.  3. A person may:  (a) Remove or disturb a trap, snare or similar device if the trap, snare or similar device creates an immediate risk of physical injury or death to any person or animal accompanying a person.  (b) Release any person or animal accompanying a person from a trap, snare or similar device in which the person or animal is caught.  (Added to NRS by 1979, 347; A 1983, 854; 1991, 267, 1575; 2013, 1002; 2017, 2001)
NV Rev Stat § 503.456 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.456 - Development and posting of warning signs for trapping.

  1. Each state agency which manages any public land in this State in which trapping may occur shall ensure that each sign for which the Department develops standard language pursuant to subsection 2 includes that language and is posted:  (a) At each visitor center, kiosk, trailhead or other location specified by the Department; and  (b) In a place in which the sign is readily observable by members of the public at the visitor center, kiosk, trailhead or other location.  2. The Department shall:  (a) Develop standard language for inclusion in any sign that is used to warn a person that trapping may occur in any area in this State; and  (b) Develop the standard language specified in paragraph (a) in cooperation with each federal or state agency which manages any public land in this State in which trapping may occur.  (Added to NRS by 2017, 1999)
NV Rev Stat § 503.470 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.470 - Control of fur-bearing mammals doing damage.

  1. Fur-bearing mammals injuring any property may be taken or killed at any time in any manner by the owner or occupant of the property or with the permission of the owner or occupant.  2. When the Department has determined from investigations or upon a petition signed by the owners of 25 percent of the land area in any irrigation district or the area served by a ditch company alleging that an excessive population of beaver or otter exists or that beaver or otter are doing damage to lands, streams, ditches, roads or water control structures, the Department shall remove such excess or depredating beaver or otter.  [Part 75:101:1947; R 1953, 671; added 1953, 671] — (NRS A 1967, 1201; 1969, 1364; 1991, 267; 1993, 1674; 2003, 1549; 2015, 3063)
NV Rev Stat § 503.540 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 503 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping; Miscellaneous Protective Measures|NRS 503.540 - Authority of Department to enter land and remove beaver or otter.

Whenever the Department determines that beaver or otter are doing damage and that it will be necessary to remove beaver or otter from the land of a person to protect the lands of another landowner, the Department is not prevented from taking such beaver or otter by the refusal of the landowner to allow the employees of the Department to enter upon the land of the landowner. The Department is authorized to enter upon the lands of such owner and remove beaver or otter for the relief of other landowners and the protection of the public welfare.  [Part 75:101:1947; R 1953, 671; added 1953, 671] — (NRS A 1969, 1365; 1993, 1674; 2003, 1550)