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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 113 : Game
Subchapter 007 : Retrieval and Use of Covered Wild Animals
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 4924)-
§ 4924. Exceptions
The requirements of sections 4922 and 4923 of this title shall not apply:
(1) when the failure to retrieve, the failure to salvage, or the failure to retain the covered wild animal is beyond the control of the person due to:
(A) theft of the covered wild animal by another person;
(B) unavoidable loss in the field to a wild animal;
(C) lack of legal access to property where a wounded or dead covered wild animal is located, including when signage on the property would lead a reasonable person to believe that hunting is prohibited on the land; or
(D) other circumstances that prevent salvage, retrieval, or retention;
(2) in order to defend a person or property, including defense of property authorized under this part or rules adopted under this part;
(3) when the covered wild animal is sick or diseased;
(4) to a State, federal, or municipal law enforcement officer or employee when the law enforcement officer or employee is acting within the course of the officer’s or employee’s employment; or
(5) when following generally accepted hunting or trapping practices for retrieval of a covered wild animal when a practice is:
(A) set forth under this part or rules adopted under this part; or
(B) approved as a best practice by the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife. (Added 2021, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 11, 2022.)