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NH Rev Stat § 207:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:25 - Repealed by 1967, 189:2, eff. Aug. 8, 1967.

    207:25 Repealed by 1967, 189:2, eff. Aug. 8, 1967. –|
NH Rev Stat § 207:25-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:25-a - Repealed by 1981, 79:1, eff. June 2, 1981.

    207:25-a Repealed by 1981, 79:1, eff. June 2, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 207:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:26 - Killing by Land Owner of Bird or Animal Inflicting Damage.

    207:26 Killing by Land Owner of Bird or Animal Inflicting Damage. –||A person may pursue, wound or kill, on land owned or occupied by such person, any unprotected bird or wild animal which the person finds in the act of doing actual and substantial damage to poultry, crops, domestic animals, or the person's property, and may authorize a family member, employee, or other person requested to do so under the provision of a depredation permit issued by the executive director pursuant to RSA 207:22-c, III.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. 1937, 188:6. RL 241:24. RSA 207:26. 1977, 247:13. 1999, 344:6, eff. Nov. 18, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:27 - Report of.

    207:27 Report of. –||The person by whom or under whose direction any game or fur-bearing animal is wounded or killed shall, within 12 hours, report all facts relative thereto to the nearest conservation officer or to the executive director. Such report shall state the time and place of wounding or killing and the nature and amount of property destroyed.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:25.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:28 - Investigation.

    207:28 Investigation. –||The conservation officer who receives such notice shall immediately investigate the report and satisfy himself whether the game or fur-bearing animal has been wounded or killed, as reported.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:26.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:29 - Disposition of Game, Etc., Killed.

    207:29 Disposition of Game, Etc., Killed. –||Any game or fur-bearing animal killed or wounded as provided in this subdivision shall, in the discretion of the executive director, be returned to the person who killed the same, be given to some charitable institution, or otherwise disposed of.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:27. 1999, 344:7, eff. Nov. 18, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:30 - Rights Reserved.

    207:30 Rights Reserved. –||The provisions of this subdivision shall not impair the constitutional rights of persons to protect themselves or their property from injury or destruction by wild birds, game, or fur-bearing animals, protected by the laws of this state.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:28.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:31 - Declaring.

    207:31 Declaring. –||The governor and council, upon the joint recommendation of the executive director of the fish and game department and the director, division of forests and lands, department of natural and cultural resources, when, in their opinion, the danger of starting fires in the woodlands of the state, during periods of protracted drouth or excessive dryness requires extraordinary precautions, may, by official proclamation, declare any or all of the woodlands of the state closed to hunters, fishermen, trappers and other persons whose presence in such woodlands might create a fire hazard under the circumstances, for such time as they may designate.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:29. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:32 - Special Precautions.

    207:32 Special Precautions. –||During periods when woodland is closed, the operation of sawmills and other machine units, except trucks and pleasure motor vehicles, in or near woodland may also be suspended and smoking prohibited. All persons engaged in lumbering operations may be required to furnish sufficient fire guards to patrol areas under operation, to provide sufficient fire-fighting tools which shall be located at convenient places therein, to forbid smoking within such areas and to take all other reasonable precautions to prevent fires. Each day's violation of any such suspension and each day's failure to meet any requirement hereof shall constitute a violation. Unlawful smoking shall constitute a violation.|||Source. 1941, 217:8. RL 241:30. RSA 207:32. 1973, 531:49, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:33 - Woodland Defined.

    207:33 Woodland Defined. –||Woodland includes cut-over land, slash, and such other land as bears a sufficient amount of wood growth, wood, weeds, grass or other growth as to be likely to be burned over.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:31.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:34 - Notice.

    207:34 Notice. –||Such proclamation shall be published in 2 or more newspapers of the state and shall be posted in such places and in such manner as the governor may order.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:32.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:35 - Violations.

    207:35 Violations. –||No person shall drop a lighted cigarette, lighted cigar, lighted match or other article likely to cause fire, within 200 yards of any woodlands during the time such woodlands are closed by such proclamation.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:33.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:36 - Injuring Property.

    207:36 Injuring Property. –||No person shall tear down, damage or destroy any fence, wall, lock, boat or dock, or leave open any gate or bars, or trample or destroy any crop, on land of another person, while taking, trapping, hunting, or pursuing any fish, game or fur-bearing animal.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:34. RSA 207:36. 1959, 30:1, eff. May 31, 1959.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:36-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:36-a - Use of Tree Stands, Observation Blinds, and Pit Blinds.

    207:36-a Use of Tree Stands, Observation Blinds, and Pit Blinds. –||I. No person shall erect, build or use a tree stand or observation blind on land of another person that damages or destroys a tree by inserting into the tree any metallic, ceramic, or other object used as part of a ladder or observation deck, without express written permission from the property owner or designee.||II. No person shall erect, build or use a pit blind on land of another person without express written permission from the property owner or designee.||III. No person shall cut any tree in connection with any of the activities regulated under this section without the express written permission of the property owner or designee.||IV. The permittee shall carry such permit on his person while in the field and shall be subject to inspection on demand of any conservation officer.||V. All property owner permits shall expire on December 31 of each year unless rescinded by the property owner or designee.||VI. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation and shall be liable for the amount of damage caused by the act, to be recovered by the property owner sustaining the damage.||VII. The executive director shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the form, issuance and filing of property owner permits for the tree stands, observation blinds and pit blinds.|||Source. 1991, 144:1, eff. July 19, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:36-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:36-b - Littering; Penalty.

    207:36-b Littering;  Penalty. –||I. No person shall put, place or leave, or cause to be put, placed or left, in or upon any way, public property, private property, into or on the ice over any public water, or into or on any waters of the state, any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, garbage, old automobile or parts thereof, or refuse of any nature whatsoever, or any noxious thing.||II. Paragraph I shall not apply to any person who is the owner or tenant in lawful possession of such property, or has first obtained consent of the owner or tenant in lawful possession, or unless the act is done under the personal direction of said owner or tenant, all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.||III. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1997, 29:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:37 - Repealed by 1987, 95:4, eff. July 5, 1987.

    207:37 Repealed by 1987, 95:4, eff. July 5, 1987. –|
NH Rev Stat § 207:37-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:37-a - Negligent Discharge of Firearms, Bow and Arrow or Crossbow and Bolt.

    207:37-a Negligent Discharge of Firearms, Bow and Arrow or Crossbow and Bolt. –||Any person who shall negligently discharge any firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow and bolt while on a hunting trip, in the field, or while target practicing, in such a manner that the life of any person is endangered or so as to cause damage to the property of another person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and at the discretion of the executive director, the hunting license of such a person may be revoked for a period not to exceed 10 years.|||Source. 1967, 173:1. 1973, 528:115. 1987, 95:1. 1991, 37:1. 1993, 235:5, eff. Aug. 14, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:37-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:37-b - Hunting License Revoked.

    207:37-b Hunting License Revoked. –||I. Any person, while on a hunting trip or in pursuit of wild animals or wild birds or while target practicing, who is convicted of shooting and wounding or killing a human being shall not be issued a license to hunt or, if the person holds a hunting license, the license shall be revoked and the person shall not be granted a license to hunt for the following period:||(a) If the shooting and wounding of a human being results in death or serious bodily injury, as defined in RSA 625:11, VI, the license revocation shall be for a period of 10 years.||(b) If the shooting and wounding of a human being results in less than serious bodily injury as defined in RSA 625:11, VI, the license revocation shall be for a period of 5 years.||II. A hunting license revocation under paragraph I shall commence immediately upon indictment or arrest. Upon conviction, the period of revocation shall be computed from the date of indictment or arrest.||III. A license to hunt may be granted or restored following a hearing before the executive director and the commission at any time following the full revocation period under paragraph I and following application for a license and successful completion of a hunter education program pursuant to RSA 214:23-a.||IV. A person convicted of negligently shooting and wounding or killing a human being while hunting or target practicing in another state or province shall not be issued a license to hunt in this state for any period of time that the person's privilege to hunt is suspended by the state or province where the offense was committed.|||Source. 1987, 95:2. 1997, 188:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:37-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:37-c - Shooting Human Beings While Hunting.

    207:37-c Shooting Human Beings While Hunting. –||I. Any person, while on a hunting trip, or in pursuit of wild animals or wild birds, or while target practicing, who negligently shoots and wounds any human being, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.||II. Any person, while on a hunting trip, or in pursuit of wild animals or wild birds, or while target practicing, who shoots and causes the death of any human being, may be charged pursuant to the appropriate criminal code statute.||III. The provisions of this section shall apply to any person hunting or target practicing with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow and bolt.||IV. In addition to the penalties provided in this section, the person shall be subject to license revocation under RSA 207:37-b.|||Source. 1997, 188:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:38 - Abandoning a Wounded or Killed Human Being.

    207:38 Abandoning a Wounded or Killed Human Being. –||Any person who shall have shot and wounded or killed a human being shall forthwith render necessary assistance to the injured person and report immediately to the nearest conservation officer or law enforcement officer. Any person who knowingly fails to render such assistance shall be guilty of a class B felony and his license to hunt shall be revoked for life. The penalty for conviction under this section shall be in addition to any other penalty imposed by law.|||Source. 1949, 223:2. 1953, 101:2. RSA 207:38. 1955, 66:1. 1973, 528:116. 1977, 343:1. 1987, 95:3, eff. July 5, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:38-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:38-a - Hunting Related Shootings.

    207:38-a Hunting Related Shootings. –||Any person while hunting or in the field who shall cause any injury by shooting another human being shall report immediately to the nearest conservation officer or law enforcement officer giving his or her name, address, date of birth, hunting license number and any other information needed to identify that person. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1955, 66:2. 1973, 531:50. 1977, 343:2. 1997, 188:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:38-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:38-b - Hunter Orange Recommendation.

    207:38-b Hunter Orange Recommendation. –||I. Any person hunting with a firearm or bow and arrow in this state during the hunting season, except for a person legally hunting waterfowl, should wear a hat, vest or other suitable article of clothing of material in the color of hunter orange visible from all sides at a minimum distance of 200 feet. "Hunter orange" means a daylight fluorescent orange color with a dominant wave length between 595 and 605 nanometers, an excitation purity of not less than 85 percent, and a luminance factor of not less than 40 percent.||II. The executive director is directed to issue a written recommendation to each person purchasing a hunting license or to have printed on each hunting license the recommendation that the licensee should wear hunter orange when engaged in hunting in this state.|||Source. 1983, 125:1, eff. June 7, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:39 - Publication.

    207:39 Publication. –||The executive director shall publish the 2 preceding sections in all pamphlet editions of the fish and game laws issued by him.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:36.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:39-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:39-a - Shooting Domestic Animals; Liability.

    207:39-a Shooting Domestic Animals;  Liability. –||Any person, while actually engaged in hunting or in the pursuit of wild animals or wild birds, who causes death, injury, or damage to domestic animals, ducks, or fowl shall be liable for damages to the owner of the animals.|||Source. 1965, 179:1. 1971, 89:1. 2005, 289:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:39-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:39-b - Intentional or Negligent Shooting of Domestic Animals; Penalty.

    207:39-b Intentional or Negligent Shooting of Domestic Animals;  Penalty. –||Any person, while actually engaged in hunting or in pursuit of wild animals or wild birds who knowingly or purposely causes death, injury, or damage to such domestic animals, ducks, or fowl through the discharge of a firearm or bow and arrow may have his or her license to hunt revoked and he or she may not be granted a license to hunt for a period not to exceed 5 years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a hunter killing or injuring his or her own animal or a borrowed animal or one used by another member of the same hunting party, other than being liable to the owner of the animal. The executive director of the fish and game department may make such revocation and suspension of the privilege of obtaining a license and determine the term of such suspension when, in the executive director's opinion, reasonable evidence of a violation of the provisions of this section exist.|||Source. 2005, 289:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:39-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:39-c - Reporting the Death or Injury of Domestic Animals.

    207:39-c Reporting the Death or Injury of Domestic Animals. –||Any person who negligently or accidentally causes death, injury, or damage to domestic animals through the discharge of a firearm or bow and arrow shall immediately report the death, injury, or damage to the local police department, and in the case of injury to such domestic animals, shall render aid to the animal in an attempt to save the animal's life.|||Source. 2005, 289:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:40 - By Executive Director.

    207:40 By Executive Director. –||Upon application of any person interested in the cutting or harvesting of ice for domestic or commercial purposes in any of the public ponds, rivers or lakes, the executive director may, upon hearing, close to ice fishing, for such period of time as he may order, the whole or a part of any such waters as he may deem necessary to protect the crop of ice thereon while the same is being formed, cut and harvested.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:39.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:41 - Notice.

    207:41 Notice. –||The executive director shall give notice of such hearing by posting notice thereof, stating the time and place of such hearing and the purpose thereof, at least 5 days before the date thereof, in at least 3 public places in the town or towns where such waters are located.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:40.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:42 - Expense.

    207:42 Expense. –||The expense of separating, by suitable marks, monuments or boundaries, the area on which ice is to be harvested shall be borne by the petitioner.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:41.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:43 - Rights Limited.

    207:43 Rights Limited. –||No foreign corporation, association, club or similar organization shall hold or acquire property in New Hampshire for the purpose of hunting, fishing, sporting or recreation, without first becoming incorporated in this state. Before becoming incorporated in this state, the purposes of such corporation shall be approved by the executive director.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:42.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:44 - Injunctions.

    207:44 Injunctions. –||The superior court shall have power by injunction or other appropriate process to restrain any corporation, association, club or other similar organization, and any member, servant or agent thereof, from occupying, using or enjoining any property held or acquired in this state in violation of the provisions of RSA 207:43.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:43.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:45 - Exceptions.

    207:45 Exceptions. –||Nothing in this title shall repeal any special laws of the state relating only to the Blue Mountain Forest Association.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. RL 241:44.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:46 - Penalties.

    207:46 Penalties. –||I. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation of the executive director, shall be guilty of a violation, except where otherwise provided, and an additional violation for each fish, bird or animal, or part thereof bought, sold, offered for sale or transported contrary to the provisions thereof.||II. [Repealed.]||III. Any person convicted of setting or having under his control a set gun as prohibited by RSA 207:10 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1935, 124:1. 1937, 188:8. RL 241:45. 1947, 69:2. RSA 207:46. 1959, 32:2. 1973, 528:117. 1981, 8:1, eff. May 10, 1981. 2016, 234:2, II, eff. June 10, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:47 - For Disobeying Officer.

    207:47 For Disobeying Officer. –||Any person who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signalled to stop by any conservation officer who is in uniform or who refuses on demand of such officer to produce his fish and game license or to permit such officer to take the license or certificate in hand for the purpose of examination shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1949, 52:2. RSA 207:47. 1973, 528:118, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 207:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVIII - Fish and Game|Title 207 - General Provisions as to Fish and Game|Section 207:48 - In Night.

    207:48 In Night. –||If any person shall carry away or collect for the purpose of carrying away any seaweed or rockweed from the seashore below high-water mark, between daylight in the evening and daylight in the morning, he shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1973, 532:10, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|