Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 321 CMR - DIVISION OF FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE › Title 321 CMR 2.00 - Miscellaneous Regulations › Section 2.01 - Retriever or Bird Dog Trials in Massachusetts

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
			 Upon application to the Director by a club or organization, and upon payment of
			 a fee by the applicant, the Director may issue a license under M.G.L. c. 131,
			 § 20, to such club or organization to hold a special retriever or bird dog
			 trial at the time and place stated in the license.
(2) Clubs or organizations desiring to hold a
			 retriever or bird dog trial on properties owned or administered by the Division
			 of Fisheries and Wildlife, or on other properties where the services of an
			 employee or employees of the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife are deemed
			 necessary, may apply to the Director for a permit to hold said trial under
			 M.G.L. c. 131, § 21. Such a permit may be issued upon payment of a
			 reasonable fee. Said permit shall not authorize the killing or taking of game
			 birds and mammals. No fee will be charged for M.G.L. c. 131, § 21 field
			 trial permits issued for trials held on private grounds not involving the
			 services of Division of Fisheries and Wildlife employees.
(3) Organizations desiring to apply for field
			 trials or to purchase birds for use in field trials shall apply to the Division
			 of Fisheries and Wildlife, District Office for the area in which the trial is
			 to be held at least four weeks prior to the anticipated date of the licensed
			 trial. Applicants shall provide the Division with the name of the club
			 sponsoring the trial, the date(s) and location of the trial site, and the name
			 and contact information of a club officer who will act as representative at the
			 trial. Date and location of the trial shall be approved by the Director or
			 their agent prior to the approval of bird liberations.
(4) No club or organization shall liberate
			 any pheasant, quail, chukar partridge, mallard duck, or other game bird unless
			 said club or organization possesses a permit from the Director so to do. Any
			 game birds so liberated and/or imported must originate from a Salmonella
			 pullorum clean and Avian Influenza negative flock and be accompanied by all
			 documentation required by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural
			 Resources. No individual, club or organization shall import any game bird
			 unless said individual, club or organization possesses a permit from the
			 Director so to do.
(5) No club or
			 organization licensed or permitted to hold a retriever or bird dog field trial
			 on wildlife management areas, nor any individual or officer belonging to or
			 associated with said club or organization, shall dump or discard any trash,
			 bottles, signs, posters, or other debris within or upon any wildlife management
			 area or on the grounds of adjacent installations, or inside of any buildings or
			 facilities which may be provided for use by field trial licensees or
			 permittees, nor shall any club, organization, or individual associated
			 therewith discard or deposit hay, straw, manure, or other debris from or within
			 any horse trailer or animal transporter onto or upon any lawn or parking lot of
			 any wildlife management area or other Division installation. Licensees,
			 permittees, or their representative shall inspect the premises utilized by them
			 for said field trial and shall remove or cause to be removed, no later than the
			 last day of the trial, any such debris, trash, manure, or material of like
			 nature.
(6) The issuance of a field
			 trial license or permit to an organization for a trial on a wildlife management
			 area grants exclusive use of that area actually being used by the licensed
			 organization and does not extend to other portions of the wildlife management
			 area. Licensees, permittees, and participants engaged in field trials on
			 wildlife management areas shall abide by the provisions of
			 321
			 CMR 3.01(1)  and unless
			 herein excepted or excepted in the license or permit granted for said field
			 trial, and shall further adhere to and abide by any special requirements issued
			 or required by the Director or their agent as conditional for a particular
			 retriever or bird dog trial.
(7)
			 Field trials may be conducted on any wildlife management areas at such times as
			 may be authorized in writing by the Director or their agent.
(8) Horses may be used within the permitted
			 area by handlers, judges, recorders, or scouts. All horses must travel in
			 marked lanes or vehicle roads only, unless involved in the handling of a dog as
			 authorized by the field trial judge or unless otherwise authorized by the
			 Director or their agent.
(9)
			 Overnight camping in self-contained units may be conducted in conjunction with
			 field trials when so stated on the field trial permit. All campers, trailers
			 and other vehicles not authorized by the permittee for overnight camping or in
			 trials not allowing overnight camping, must leave the trial grounds no later
			 than four hours after the last brace of the day has been completed. Parking and
			 overnight camping for handlers, judges, committee members, participants and
			 observers shall be in accordance with those areas designated by the Director or
			 their agent.
(10) Electrical,
			 water, or sewage hookups shall not be made to Division outlets or buildings
			 without the express permission of the Director or their agent.
(11) For trials on any wildlife management
			 area, licensees, permittees, or their authorized representative in charge of
			 the trial must contact the Wildlife District Manager in charge thereof prior to
			 said trial to receive any special instructions pertinent to the
			 trial.
(12) The Director may deny
			 or revoke a permit for just cause at any time.