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Title 10: Conservation and Development
Chapter 113: Game
- Subchapter 001: General Provisions
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§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs
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§ 4702. Use of light
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§ 4703. Use of set guns; recovery for damage
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§ 4704. Use of machine guns and autoloading rifles
[Section 4704 effective until July 1, 2024; see also section 4704 effective July 1, 2024 set out below.]
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§ 4704. Use of machine guns, autoloading rifles, and gun suppressors
[Section 4704 effective July 1, 2024; see also section 4704 effective until July 1, 2024 set out above.]
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§ 4705. Shooting from motor vehicles or aircraft; shooting from or across highway; permit
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§ 4706. Snaring animals
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§ 4707. Traps; notice
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§ 4708. Interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping
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§ 4709. Transport, importation, possession, and stocking of wild animals; possession of wild boar or feral swine
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§ 4710. Safety zone; shooting prohibited
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§ 4711. Repealed. 2019, No. 50, § 12.
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§ 4712. Tracking of injured wildlife
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§ 4713. Tree stands; ground blinds
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§ 4714. Importation and possession of animals for hunting
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§ 4715. Remote-control hunting
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§ 4716. Coyote-hunting competitions; prohibition
- Subchapter 002: Deer
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§§ 4741, 4742. Repealed. 2013, No. 116 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. January 1, 2015.
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§ 4742. Repealed. 2009, No. 11, § 1.
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§ 4742a. Youth deer hunting weekend
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§§ 4743, 4744. Repealed. 2011, No. 54, § 3.
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§ 4745. Taking big game out of season prohibited; time
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§ 4746. Repealed. 1989, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.
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§ 4747. Big game taken by illegal means
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§ 4748. Dogs pursuing deer or moose
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§ 4749. Injured deer, killing
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§ 4750. Repealed. 1973, No. 178 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.
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§ 4751. Swimming deer
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§§ 4752, 4753. Repealed. 1983, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.).
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§ 4753. Repealed. 2011, No. 54, § 3.
- Subchapter 003: Possession, Transportation, and Sale of Big Game
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§ 4781. Big game; possession
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§ 4782. Possession in cold storage of big game
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§ 4783. Purchase and sale of big game
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§ 4784. Transportation of big game
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§ 4785. Repealed. 1991, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(9).
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§ 4786. Game suppers
- Subchapter 004: Wild Animals Doing Damage
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§§ 4821-4825. Repealed. 1969, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.
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§ 4826. Taking deer damaging crops
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§ 4827. Black bear doing damage
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§ 4827a. Feeding bear; prohibition
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§ 4828. Taking of rabbit or fur-bearing animals by landowner; selectboard; certificate; penalty
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§ 4829. Person suffering damage by deer or black bear
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§ 4830. Regulations
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§ 4831. Reimbursement
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§ 4832. Appeal
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§ 4833. Coyote Control Program
- Subchapter 005: Fur-Bearing Animals
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§ 4861. Fur-bearing animals; taking; possession
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§ 4862. Repealed. 1979, No. 66, § 2(12).
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§ 4863. Trapping tags; fees
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§ 4864. Transporting beaver skins; confiscation
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§ 4865. Repealed. 2009, No. 122 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.
- Subchapter 006: Birds
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§ 4901. Repealed. 1979, No. 66, § 2(13).
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§ 4902. Wild birds generally; no open season; exception
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§ 4903. Repealed. 1991, No. 230 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(10).
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§ 4904. Use of light, snares, traps
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§ 4905. Birds' nests and eggs; destroying or robbing
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§ 4906. Repealed. 1975, No. 39, § 4.
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§ 4907. Waterfowl blinds
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§ 4908. Youth turkey hunting weekend
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§ 4909. Connecticut River zone
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§ 4910. Enforcement discretion
- Subchapter 007: Retrieval and Use of Covered Wild Animals
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§ 4921. Definitions
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§ 4922. Retrieval of covered wild animals
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§ 4923. Use of covered wild animal
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§ 4924. Exceptions
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§ 4925. Disposal