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NH Rev Stat § 208:15-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:15-c - Records.

    208:15-c Records. –||The agent shall keep such records as may be prescribed by the executive director which records shall be subject to inspection at anytime by the executive director or an agent of the executive director.|||Source. 1967, 84:1. 1996, 108:15, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:15-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:15-d - Presentation for Registration.

    208:15-d Presentation for Registration. –||Any person killing a deer shall present the same for registration at the first open deer registration station on the route taken by the person who killed the deer. No person shall present for registration, or allow to be registered in such person's name, a deer which such person did not kill.|||Source. 1967, 84:1. 1996, 108:15, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:15-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:15-e - Prohibition.

    208:15-e Prohibition. –||No person shall keep a deer in the person's home, or any place of storage, except at a deer registration station, for a period of more than 24 hours unless the deer has been legally registered.|||Source. 1967, 84:1. 1996, 108:15. 2001, 22:1, eff. July 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:15-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:15-f - Leaving Deer in Woods.

    208:15-f Leaving Deer in Woods. –||If a person, after killing a deer, shall leave the location where the deer was killed without taking the deer the person shall notify a conservation officer within 12 hours as to the location of the deer and describe the circumstances necessitating such person's leaving the deer in the woods.|||Source. 1967, 84:1. 1996, 108:15, eff. July 14, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:15-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:15-g - Registration Required.

    208:15-g Registration Required. –||No person shall possess at anytime any deer, or part thereof, which has not been legally registered as herein provided. The provisions of this section shall not apply to either the possession of a deer between the time it was killed and the presentation of the deer at the registration station, or to the 24-hour period cited in RSA 208:15-e.|||Source. 1967, 84:1. 1969, 90:1. 1996, 108:15. 2001, 22:2, eff. July 14, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:16 - Use of Deer Tag.

    208:16 Use of Deer Tag. –||I. The holder of a license to hunt under RSA 214:9, I, III, VI, VII, and RSA 208:5 shall be provided with a deer tag attached to the license. The holder of a license shall, upon killing a deer, fill out and detach the deer tag from the license and then securely attach to the deer or carcass the deer tag bearing the name and address of the licensee. The deer tag shall remain attached to the deer or carcass thereof as long as the deer or carcass remains in the state, and the owner shall be entitled to transport it or have it transported as provided in RSA 208:12 and 13.||II. Only the deer tag issued to the licensee who killed the deer shall be attached to that deer carcass.||III. No person shall possess a deer tag that was not issued to that person.||IV. No person shall attach a deer tag to a deer the person did not kill.||V. No person shall possess a detached deer tag which has been validated, during the open season for deer, unless the validated deer tag is attached to a deer or its carcass as provided in this section. Any person who violates the provisions of this paragraph shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a violation, and any other person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1935, 124:2. 1941, 126:10. RL 242:14. 1951, 159:1. RSA 208:16. 1967, 84:5. 1969, 9:1. 1985, 291:5. 1987, 62:2. 1995, 115:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:16-a, 208:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:16-a, 208:17 - Repealed by 1967, 84:6, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.

    208:16-a, 208:17 Repealed by 1967, 84:6, eff. Sept. 1, 1967. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:18 - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    208:18 Repealed by 1988, 219:2, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:19 - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    208:19 Repealed by 1988, 219:2, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:20 - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    208:20 Repealed by 1988, 219:2, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:20-a - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    208:20-a Repealed by 1988, 219:2, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:21 - Penalties.

    208:21 Penalties. –||A person who violates:||I. RSA 208:1, 1-b, 1-d, 7, I and II, and 8 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.||II. RSA 208:3, 3-a, 3-b, 3-c, 4, 5, 5-a, 6-a, 7, III, 10, and 12-16 inclusive, shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.||III. [Repealed.]||IV. RSA 208:11 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each deer or moose or part thereof bought, sold, offered or exposed for sale if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.||V. RSA 208:1-a or RSA 208:2 shall be guilty of a violation, unless the person is guilty of taking deer or moose during the closed season or exceeding the bag limit, then the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1935, 124:2. RL 242:19. 1949, 279:1. RSA 208:21. 1955, 62:3. 1965, 83:2. 1967, 14:2. 1973, 528:120. 1975, 36:1, 2. 1977, 247:11. 1979, 33:1. 1981, 108:7. 1985, 371:3. 1986, 79:2. 1987, 277:4. 1988, 219:2, V. 1997, 9:1, 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:22 - Wild Black Bear.

    208:22 Wild Black Bear. –||I. The executive director, with the consent of the commission, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to opening and closing the seasons for the taking of wild black bear, fixing the number of wild black bear that may be taken and any other conditions governing the methods and manner of taking and reporting of the same. The authority of the executive director as granted by this section may be exercised with reference to the state as a whole or for any specified county or part of a county. Dog training shall be permitted in accordance with RSA 207:12-a.||II. No bear shall be taken at any time on any island or in any waters, lakes or ponds.||III. Dogs shall not be trained or used for taking bear from baited areas after a date as determined by the executive director in a rule adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.||IV. [Repealed.]||V. Wild black bear may be taken by the aid and use of dogs, as permitted pursuant to RSA 208:22, I; by firearms; by crossbow; or by bow and arrow of at least 40 pound pull. No person shall take bear by the aid or use of a jack or artificial light, trap, snare, or set gun or .22 or smaller caliber rimfire firearm, unless otherwise provided in this section.||VI. Any person who kills a wild bear pursuant to this section shall report the kill in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 208:22, I.||VII. Landowners or their agents may set traps for bear doing actual or substantial damage to property. Such trapping shall only be permitted after the executive director or an agent of the executive director has been notified of damage and has investigated the complaint. The executive director or agent may then issue a special permit for the use of traps. The permit shall state the location of traps and the dates when trapping shall be allowed. Any traps set as described in this paragraph shall be arranged and set in accordance with RSA 210:15.||VIII. [Repealed.]||IX. (a) Whoever violates the provisions of paragraphs I, II, III, and VI shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a violation, and any other person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except that any person who exceeds the bag limit as determined pursuant to RSA 208:22, I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||(b) Whoever violates the provisions of paragraphs V, VII, VIII, and X shall, if a natural person, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any other person shall be guilty of a felony.||X. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1961, 126:1. 1963, 311:1. 1965, 143:2. 1967, 46:1. 1971, 85:1. 1973, 528:121. 1983, 49:2. 1985, 99:1. 1987, 63:2. 1988, 212:1. 1991, 224:3-5. 1993, 178:1. 1996, 108:16, 20, I. 2006, 19:3, eff. May 22, 2006. 2015, 123:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:23 - Repealed by 1985, 99:2, eff. May 10, 1985.

    208:23 Repealed by 1985, 99:2, eff. May 10, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 208:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:24 - Black Bear Management Program.

    208:24 Black Bear Management Program. –||I. The wild black bear has played a vital role in the development and history of the state and is recognized as a valuable game and wildlife resource. It is recognized that bears should be accorded such protection as is necessary to maintain and enhance their numbers.||II. No person shall take wild black bears in this state without first procuring a bear license and tag in addition to the applicable license to hunt issued pursuant to RSA 214 or RSA 208:5. The cost of the bear license and tag, for both residents and nonresidents, shall be set by the executive director pursuant to RSA 206:10, I.||III. The bear license and tag shall be in such form as determined by the executive director in rules adopted under RSA 541-A. The holder of a bear license and tag shall, upon killing a bear, fill out and securely attach to the bear's ear the bear tag bearing the name and address of the licensee and other information that the executive director determines to be appropriate. The bear tag shall remain attached to the bear as long as the bear carcass remains in the state. Only the bear tag issued to the licensee who killed the bear shall be attached to that bear. No person shall possess a bear tag that was not issued to that person. No person shall attach a bear tag to a bear the person did not kill.||III-a. A bear license shall not constitute satisfactory proof that the holder of such license previously had a hunting license issued to the holder in this state, or any other state, province or country as required under RSA 214:23-a.||IV. [Repealed.]||V. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1990, 178:1. 1991, 221:2, 3. 1996, 108:17. 1998, 38:1. 2001, 180:2. 2005, 81:1. 2007, 220:7, IX, eff. July 1, 2007. 2015, 186:9, eff. July 1, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 208:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 208 - Game Animals|Section 208:25 - Disposition of Condemned Game Animal.

    208:25 Disposition of Condemned Game Animal. –||The executive director may condemn, upon request of a licensee, the carcass of a lawfully taken and possessed game animal that is determined unfit for human consumption, provided the condition was not created by the actions of the person who took the animal. The entire game animal shall be surrendered to the department and repossessed. After surrender and condemnation of the game animal the licensee shall be given written notice by the department employee indicating that the department repossessed the animal and that the hunter's privilege to continue to hunt that species has not been jeopardized.|||Source. 2005, 27:1, eff. July 9, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:1 - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    209:1 Repealed by 1988, 219:2, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 209:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:2 - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    209:2 Repealed by 1988, 219:2, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 209:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:3 - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    209:3 Repealed by 1988, 219:2, VIII, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 209:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:4 - No Open Season.

    209:4 No Open Season. –||There shall be no open season for spruce grouse, upland plover, ptarmigan, and mourning dove (Zenaida macroura).|||Source. 1935, 124:3. 1937, 188:14. 1941, 115:1. RL 243:3. 1945, 182:2. RSA 209:4. 1967, 2:1; 170:2. 1971, 574:4. 1975, 41:1. 1977, 459:4. 1988, 155:1. 1999, 28:1. 2005, 11:2, eff. July 2, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:4-a - Repealed by 1988, 219:2, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

    209:4-a Repealed by 1988, 219:2, IX, eff. Jan. 1, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 209:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:5 - Migratory Game Birds.

    209:5 Migratory Game Birds. –||Anatidae or waterfowl, including wild ducks and geese; Rallidae or rails, including coot and gallinules; Limicolae or shore birds, including plover, snipe and yellow legs; and Scolopacidae or woodcock are declared to be migratory game birds.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:4. 1945, 182:3. RSA 209:5. 1979, 97:1. 1985, 42:2. 1988, 155:2, eff. June 21, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:5-a - Connecticut River Zone.

    209:5-a Connecticut River Zone. –||I. A person holding a Vermont resident hunting license which allows the taking of migratory waterfowl and coots, may take migratory game birds, as provided in RSA 209:5, except woodcock and snipe, from the Connecticut River zone, provided the state of Vermont grants the same right to a person holding a New Hampshire resident hunting license and waterfowl license which allows the taking of migratory game birds in the Connecticut River zone in Vermont pursuant to Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, sec. 4909.||II. The Connecticut River zone in New Hampshire shall include that portion of New Hampshire lying west of the line defined by New Hampshire Route 63 from the Massachusetts border north to Route 12; Route 12 north to Route 12-A; Route 12-A north to Route 10; Route 10 north to Route 135; Route 135 north to U.S. Route 3; U.S. Route 3 north to the intersection with the Connecticut River.|||Source. 2003, 26:1. 2007, 298:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:6 - Taking; Federal Duck Stamp Required.

    209:6 Taking;  Federal Duck Stamp Required. –||I. No person shall hunt, capture, kill, take, possess, buy or sell any migratory game bird or part thereof, except during such time and in such manner and numbers as may be prescribed by regulations promulgated under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, an act of Congress approved July 3, 1918, which regulations are hereby made a part of the game law of the state.||II. No person who has attained the age of 16 years shall take any migratory waterfowl (brant, wild ducks, geese and swans) unless at the time of such taking he has on his person an unexpired federal migratory bird stamp (commonly called a duck stamp) validated by his signature written across the face of said stamp in ink. A person who has not attained the age of 16 years is not required to have a duck stamp. Said duck stamp shall be required in addition to a valid New Hampshire hunting license obtained pursuant to RSA 214:1. Regulations promulgated under the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act of 1934 are hereby made a part of the game law of the state.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:5. RSA 209:6. 1975, 39:1, eff. May 16, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:6-a - Back Channel.

    209:6-a Back Channel. –||The area known as Back Channel, a body of tidal waters between the 2 New Castle bridges, so-called, and Goat Island and Shapleigh Island to the north; and the Wentworth hotel bridges, so-called, to the south; said body of water being bordered by the town of New Castle to the east; and Sagamore Creek to the Sagamore bridge, the city of Portsmouth and the town of Rye to the west; is closed to all duck hunting or the discharge of firearms. This section shall apply to all islands situated within the above stated boundaries.|||Source. 1973, 472:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:6-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:6-b - Rules Relative to Migratory Birds.

    209:6-b Rules Relative to Migratory Birds. –||I. The fish and game department shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A when setting the seasons and bag limits for migratory birds as permitted in RSA 209:6 when federal regulations require that a rule be adopted sooner than permitted by RSA 541-A. Such rules may be adopted after whatever notice and hearing the agency finds to be practicable. The agency shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that such rules are made known to persons who may be affected by them.||II. Rules adopted under this section shall be filed with the director of legislative services and with the legislative committee on administrative rules.|||Source. 1985, 251:3, eff. June 7, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:7 - Pigeons.

    209:7 Pigeons. –||No person shall take or interfere with any Antwerp or homing pigeon having the name of its owner stamped upon its wing or tail, or wearing a ring or leg band with its registered number stamped thereon, or any other distinguishing mark; nor shall any person remove such distinguishing mark from any such pigeon.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:8 - Protected Birds.

    209:8 Protected Birds. –||No person shall hunt, capture, kill, take, possess, buy, or sell any protected bird or part thereof.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:8-a - Exceptions.

    209:8-a Exceptions. –||A depredation permit is required before any person may kill migratory birds for depredation control purposes. Depredation permit applications for depredation permits shall be submitted to the executive director of the fish and game department and the appropriate special agent in charge, U.S. fish and wildlife service. Any person may take protected birds for educational or scientific purposes provided such person shall first obtain a written permit from the executive director of fish and game for such purpose. Such permit shall be in such form as the executive director of fish and game shall prescribe and may be suspended or revoked by him at any time. The provisions of RSA 214:30 to 33inclusive shall apply to the permits granted under the provisions of this section.|||Source. 1959, 72:2. 1977, 247:12, eff. Aug. 19, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:8-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:8-b - Back Lake; Pittsburg.

    209:8-b Back Lake;  Pittsburg. –||Notwithstanding any other provisions of the law to the contrary, the hunting of wild birds upon or within 50 feet inland from the shoreline of Back Lake in the town of Pittsburg is hereby prohibited.|||Source. 1973, 173:1, eff. July 27, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:9 - Golden and Bald Eagles.

    209:9 Golden and Bald Eagles. –||No person shall hunt, capture, kill, take, or possess any golden or bald eagle and no person shall molest or disturb the nest or young of any of said birds.|||Source. 1939, 216:2. RL 243:7. RSA 209:9. 1977, 588:36, eff. Sept. 16, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:10 - Nests.

    209:10 Nests. –||No person shall take, or have in possession or under control, or wantonly interfere with or destroy, any nest or eggs of any game birds or protected birds.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:11 - Trapping, Etc.

    209:11 Trapping, Etc. –||No wild bird or bird for which a closed season is provided shall be trapped or snared or, if so taken, possessed. Any trap, snare, or other device in which any bird may be taken is declared to be a public nuisance, and may be summarily destroyed or abated by any person. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the setting of a trap on a pole for the purpose of taking unprotected birds under a permit issued by the executive director.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:12 - Sale.

    209:12 Sale. –||The dead bodies of birds for which a closed season is provided shall not be sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale, within this state, whether taken within or without the state, except as permitted to duly authorized game breeders.|||Source. 1935, 124:3. RL 243:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 209:12-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 209 - Game Birds; Pigeons|Section 209:12-a - Wild Turkey.

    209:12-a Wild Turkey. –||I. The executive director shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) Establishing seasons and bag limits, and issuing wild turkey permits.||(b) Establishing registration stations and registration agent fees for wild turkey.||(c) Specifying the methods for taking and registering wild turkeys.||(d) The enhancement, protection, and propagation of wild turkeys.||II. No person shall possess at any time any wild turkey, or part thereof, which has not been legally registered pursuant to this section. This paragraph shall not apply to the possession of a wild turkey between the time a person kills it and the time the wild turkey is presented at a registration station.||III. In addition to wild turkey licenses and permits issued under RSA 214:9, XI, the executive director, with the consent of the commission, may adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to issuing permits for a special season for wild turkey, including bag limits, fees for applications and permits, and the establishment of a lottery for awarding the special permits.|||Source. 1977, 459:1. 1979, 54:1. 1997, 9:3. 2005, 143:2, eff. July 1, 2005.|