2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 17 - Importation and Sale of Fish, Wildlife and Game From Outside the State; Sale of Domestic and Foreign Game and Hatchery Trout; Bird Plumage; T › 11-1705 - Importation, Possession and Sale of Wildlife and Game Other Than Domestic and Foreign Game.

§ 11-1705. Importation,  possession  and sale of wildlife and game other
than domestic and foreign game.
1. Frogs taken outside the state may be imported  and  transported  by
  any  means and in any number, possessed, bought and sold during the open
  season. During the closed season  any  person  may  transport  into  the
  state,  without  license  or permit, and may possess, transport, buy and
  sell frogs, if he keeps a record with respect thereto,  as  provided  in
  section 11-1703, subdivision 2 with respect to fish.
2.  The  carcasses  of  varying  hares  and  cottontail rabbits may be
  imported from outside the state and possessed, transported,  bought  and
  sold at any time without license or permit.
3. Game for propagation purposes and the plumage or skin of game birds
  may  be imported and transported at any time, without license or permit.
  Such plumage or skin shall not be sold or offered for sale or  possessed
  for sale except as permitted by section 11-1729 or 11-1731.
4.  Deer  of  all  species,  except  white-tail deer, may be imported,
  possessed, transported, bought and  sold  alive  at  any  time,  without
  license or permit. Wild white-tail deer shall not be imported.
5.  Skunk,  bobcat,  mink,  muskrat,  fisher, beaver, otter, marten or
  sable may be imported alive at any time without license or  permit,  and
  may  be  bought and sold, possessed and transported alive, by any means,
  during their respective open seasons.  During  the  closed  season  such
  animals  shall  not  be possessed or transported alive without permit or
  license from the department.
6. The head, skin or hide, fur and feet of game and  wildlife,  except
  birds, may be imported and transported, by any means, without license or
  permit, at any time, and may be bought and sold at any time.
7.  The  flesh  of game and wildlife, except birds, black, grey or fox
  squirrels, lynx, bear, deer, moose, elk, caribou  and  antelope  may  be
  imported  and  transported  by any means during the open season, without
  permit or license, and may be imported  during  the  closed  season,  as
  provided in section 11-1707, and may be bought and sold at any time.
8.  The  flesh of bear, deer, moose, elk, caribou, and antelope may be
  imported, transported and possessed as provided in section 11-1707.  The
  flesh  of  such  game,  except  bear  and  white-tail  deer, may also be
  imported, transported and possessed pursuant  to  permit  under  section
  11-1711,  and  if  so  imported,  may  be bought and sold when tagged as
  provided in section 11-1721, but if so imported shall not  be  possessed
  or transported unless so tagged.
9.  Flesh  of bear may be imported, transported, possessed, bought and
  sold for food purposes as provided in section 11-1713, under  permit  as
  provided in that section and when tagged as provided in section 11-1721.
10.  The  dead  bodies of birds belonging to all species or subspecies
  native to this state, defined in subdivision 5 of  section  11-0103,  as
  protected  birds,  or belonging to any family, any species or subspecies
  of which is native to this state and is so defined, shall not  be  sold,
  offered  for  sale  or  possessed for sale for food purposes within this
  state. They may be imported, transported and possessed, except for sale,
  as provided in section 11-1707.