California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 2 - Game, Furbearers, Nongame, and Depredators › Chapter 6 - Nongame Animals › Section 475 - Methods of Take for Nongame Birds and Nongame Mammals

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Nongame birds and nongame mammals may be taken in any
					 manner except as follows:
(a) Poison
				  may not be used.
(b) Recorded or
				  electrically amplified bird or mammal calls or sounds or recorded or
				  electrically amplified imitations of bird or mammal calls or sounds may not be
				  used to take any nongame bird or nongame mammal except coyotes, bobcats,
				  American crows and starlings.
(c)
				  Fallow deer, sambar deer, axis deer, sika deer, aoudad, mouflon, tahr and feral
				  goats may be taken only with the equipment and ammunition specified in Section
				  353 of these
				  regulations.
(d) Traps may be used
				  to take nongame birds and nongame mammal only in accordance with the provisions
				  of Section
				  465.5 of these regulations and
				  sections
				  3003.1
				  and
				  4004 of
				  the Fish and Game Code.
(e) No
				  feed, bait or other material capable of attracting a nongame mammal may be
				  placed or used in conjunction with dogs for the purpose of taking any nongame
				  mammals. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an individual operating in
				  accordance with the provisions of Section
				  465.5 from using a dog to follow a
				  trap drag and taking the nongame mammal caught in that trap.
(f) The take or attempted take of any nongame
				  bird or nongame mammal with a firearm shall be in accordance with the use of
				  nonlead projectiles and ammunition pursuant to Section
				  250.1 of these
				  regulations.
1. New
					 section filed 6-5-72; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 72, No.
					 24).
2. New subsection (c) filed 7-6-72 as an emergency; effective
					 upon filing (Register 72, No. 28).
3. Certificate of Compliance
					 filed 8-23-72 (Register 72, No. 35).
4. Amendment filed 6-4-76;
					 designated effective 7-1-76 (Register 76, No. 23).
5. Amendment of
					 subsections (c) and (d) and new subsection (e) filed 5-13-81; designated
					 effective tenth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 20).
6. Amendment
					 of subsection (b) filed 7-1-86; effective upon filing (Register 86, No.
					 27).
7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (c)
					 filed 3-28-96 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 96, No. 13).
8. Amendment of section heading,
					 section and NOTE filed 6-2-99; operative 6-2-99 pursuant to Fish and Game Code
					 sections
					 202 and
					 215
					 (Register 99, No. 23).
9. New subsections (f)-(f)(2) and amendment
					 of NOTE filed 5-15-2008; operative 7-1-2008 (Register 2008, No.
					 20).
10. Repealer and new subsection (f) and repealer of subsections
					 (f)(1)-(2) filed 6-26-2015; operative 7-1-2015 pursuant to Government Code
					 section
					 11343.4(b)(4)(A)
					 (Register 2015, No. 26).
11. Change without regulatory effect
					 amending NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
					 100, title 1, California Code of
					 Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						200,
						203,
						265,
						355,
						3003.1,
						3800
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
						110,
						202,
						203,
						203.1,
						265,
						355,
						356,
						2055,
						3003.1,
						3004.5,
						3800
						and
						4150,
						Fish and Game Code.
The amended version of this section by
					 Register
					 2024, No. 28, effective 7/1/2024 is not yet
					 available.