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 › 11-1707 - Importation and Possession of Non-Saleable Fish, Game and Wildlife and Saleable Fish, Game and Wildlife Imported During the Closed Season.

§ 11-1707. Importation  and  possession  of  non-saleable fish, game and
wildlife and saleable  fish,  game  and  wildlife  imported
during the closed season.
1.  a.  Carcasses  or parts thereof, of trout, black bass, muskellunge
  and landlocked salmon, other than Atlantic salmon, and fish, the sale of
  which is prohibited by subdivision 4 of section 11-1703, and of wildlife
  (other than migratory game birds), sale  of  which  without  license  or
  permit  is not authorized by section 11-1705, may be imported during the
  open season as provided in subdivision 2, and may be imported during the
  closed season as provided in subdivision 3 or subdivision 4.
b. Carcasses and parts thereof, of other fish  and  wildlife,  may  be
  imported during the closed season as provided in subdivisions 3 or 4.
c.  Importation  of  migratory game birds is governed by regulation of
  the department pursuant to section 11-0307.
2. During the open season,  carcasses  described  in  paragraph  a  of
  subdivision 1 may be transported by the taker from without to within the
  state,  without  permit or license, in any manner except by parcel post,
  provided that if they  are  shipped  by  carrier,  they  or  the  parcel
  containing them shall have attached a card or label showing the name and
  address  of the taker, the name and address of the consignee, and if the
  shipment is a package, the nature of its contents.
3. During the closed season, the  taker  may  transport  carcasses  or
  parts thereof of any fish or wildlife (other than migratory game birds),
  from  without  to within the state, provided he accompanies them and has
  with  him  a  license  issued  by   the   department   permitting   such
  transportation;  or  he  may  ship  such  carcasses  or parts thereof by
  carrier except parcel post if he has obtained a license  issued  by  the
  department  permitting  such  transportation and if the carcasses or the
  package containing them has attached thereto a card or label showing the
  name and address of the taker, the name and address  of  the  consignee,
  and  if the shipment is a package, the nature of its contents; or he may
  import into the state and  transport  therein  carcasses  and  parts  of
  lawfully  taken  big  game  animals  without  such  license, provided he
  accompanies them and the carcasses and parts are tagged  and  identified
  in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the jurisdiction where the big game
  animal was taken.
4. From September 1 to February 10 any resident of the state may cause
  to be transported, from without to  within  the  state,  in  any  manner
  except  parcel  post,  (a)  carcasses  of fish and wildlife described in
  paragraph a of subdivision  1,  or  (b)  carcasses  of  other  fish  and
  wildlife  (other  than  migratory game birds) for which there is no open
  season at the time of such transportation, if he first obtains a license
  from the department permitting such transportation, and if the  shipment
  has  attached a tag showing the name and address of the shipper, and the
  name and  address  of  the  licensee  and  the  number  of  his  license
  permitting  such transportation. The department may refuse to issue such
  license to any person for any reason it deems sufficient.
5. Carcasses of fish and wildlife imported as provided in  subdivision
  2  or subdivision 3 may be possessed and transported within the state at
  any  time.  Carcasses  of  fish  and  wildlife  imported   pursuant   to
  subdivision  4  may  be possessed by the licensee and transported by him
  within the state during the term of the  license  and  for  thirty  days
  immediately following.