PART IV. GAME MAMMALS

 

§183D-51  Game mammals defined; exception. (a)  For the purposes of enforcing the wildlife laws of the State the followingnamed mammals are hereby designated as game mammals when living in a wild orferal state not under domestication: deer (family Cervidae), pronghorn (familyAntilocapridae), goat (Capra hircus), sheep (Ovis aries), cattle (Bos taurus),pig (Sus scrofa), and any other mammal that may be or has been introduced intothe State and released for hunting and for which a hunting season isestablished by law or by rule of the department.

(b)  Nothing in this section shall permit thetaking, catching, pursuing, or killing of any mammal in the legal possession orcontrol of any person, or where otherwise prohibited by law or by rule of thedepartment. [L 1985, c 174, pt of §4]