CHAPTER Fis
300 WILDLIFE SEASONS AND RULES
Statutory
Authority: RSA Chapter 208
PART Fis 301 GAME ANIMALS
REVISION NOTE:
Document #6250, effective 5-22-96,
adopted a new section Fis 301.01.
Document #6250 also readopted with amendments and renumbered the former
Fis 301.01 through Fis 301.06 as Fis 301.02 through Fis 301.07. The former Fis 301.07 was only renumbered,
but not readopted, by Document #6250 as Fis 301.08. The former Fis 301.08 was readopted with
amendment and renumbered by Document #6250 as Fis 301.09. Former Fis 301.09 and Fis 301.10 were only
renumbered, and not readopted, by Document #6250 as Fis 301.10 and Fis 301.11
respectively.
Since the text of the current Fis
301.08, Fis 301.10 and Fis 301.11 were not part of Document #6250, the
effective dates for these rules were not changed.
Please note that the source notes for
the renumbered sections in Part Fis 301 indicate the filing history for the
rule text in that section after the effective date of Document #6250.
Fis 301.01 Definitions.
(a)
“Antler point” means an antler projection of at least one inch, measured
from the base of the point at the main beam to the tip of the point. A broken main beam shall count as a point
regardless of length.
(b) “Antlered deer” means a
deer which has at least one antler 3 inches long, measured from the tip of the main
beam along the distal edge of the antler to the base of the antler burr at the
skull.
(c) “Antlerless deer”
means any deer which does not have at least one antler 3 inches long, measured
from the tip of the main beam along the distal edge of the antler to the base
of the antler burr at the skull.
(d) “Baiting” means
“baiting” as defined in RSA 207:1, II-a.
(e) “Baited area” means
“baited area” as defined in RSA 207:1, II-b.
(f) “Bolt” means a short
projectile for a crossbow that resembles an arrow.
(g) “Crossbow” means a
device consisting of a bow mounted to a rigid stock for discharging quarrels,
bolts, or arrows and having a mechanical means to hold and release the drawn
string.
(h) “Quarrel” means a bolt
with a 4-sided head and is often used as a synonym for bolt.
Source. #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8931, eff 7-6-07;
ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 301.02 Wildlife Management Units.
(a)
For purposes of this chapter, the state shall be divided into wildlife
management units, also referred to as WMU’s, described as follows:
(1) Wildlife management unit -
A1: From Stewartstown Beecher Falls
Bridge in Stewartstown east to Rte. 3 then north on Rte. 3 to the Canadian
border then following the Canadian/US border west and south to the VT/NH
border, Connecticut River and continuing south to the Stewartstown Beecher
Falls Bridge;
(2) Wildlife management unit –
A2: From the Stewartstown/Beecher Falls
Bridge in Stewartstown east to Rte. 3 in Stewartstown then north on Rte. 3 to
the Canadian/US border northeast to the ME/NH border then following this south
to Rte. 16 in Wentworth's Location, south on Rte. 16 to Rte. 26 in Errol, west
on Rte. 26 in Errol to Colebrook, west on Lemington Rd. to the
Colebrook-Lemington Bridge, then north along the NH/VT state line to the
Stewartstown/Beecher Falls Bridge;
(3) Wildlife management unit -
B: From the junction of the Connecticut
River and the Upper Ammonoosuc River in Northumberland, north along the NH/VT
state line to the Colebrook/Lemington bridge in Colebrook, east on Lemington
Rd. to Rte. 3 in Colebrook, south on Rte. 3 to Rte. 26 in Colebrook, east on
Rte. 26 to Rte. 16 in Errol, south on Rte. 16 to Rte. 110-A in Dummer, west on
110-A to Rte. 110 in West Milan, west on Rte. 110 to Rte. 3 in Groveton, north
on Rte. 3 in Groveton to the Upper Ammonoosuc Bridge, west along the Upper
Ammonoosuc River to its junction with the Connecticut River;
(4) Wildlife management unit –
C1: From the junction of the Lost Nation
Rd. in Northumberland and Rte. 110, east on Rte. 110 to Rte. 16 in Berlin,
south on Rte. 16 to Rte. 2 in Gorham, west on Rte. 2 to North Rd. in Jefferson,
north along North Rd. to Grange Rd., north on Grange Rd. to Lost Nation Rd.,
north on Lost Nation Rd. to the junction of Lost Nation Rd. and Rte. 110 in
Northumberland;
(5) Wildlife management unit –
C2: From the junction of Rte. 16 in
Wentworth's Location and the ME/NH line, south on Rte. 16 to Rte. 110-A in
Dummer, west on 110-A to Rte. 110 in Milan, south on 110 to Rte. 16 in Berlin,
south on Rte. 16 to Rte. 2 in Gorham, east on Rte. 2 to the NH/ME state line,
north on the NH/ME state line to its junction with Rte. 16 in Wentworth's
Location;
(6) Wildlife management unit –
D1: From the junction of the Lost Nation
Rd. in Northumberland and Rte. 110, south along Lost Nation Rd. to Grange Rd.,
south on Grange Rd. to North Rd., south on North Rd. to Rte. 2 in Jefferson,
east on Rte. 2 to Rte. 115 in Jefferson, south on Rte. 115 to Rte. 3 in
Carroll, south on Rte. 3 to I-93 in Franconia, north on I-93 to the NH/VT state
line, north on the NH/VT state line, to the junction of the Connecticut and
Upper Ammonoosuc River in Northumberland, east along the Upper Ammonoosuc River
to the Groveton/Rte. 3 bridge, south along Rte. 3 in Groveton, east on Rte. 110
to the junction of Rte. 110 and the Lost Nation Rd;
(7) Wildlife management unit –
D2-west: From the junction of Rte. I-93
and the Vermont border in Littleton, south on I-93 to Rte. 142 in Franconia,
south on Rte. 142 to Rte. 18, west on Rte. 18 to Rte. 116, south on Rte 116 to
Rte. 112 and Rte. 116, west on Rte 116 to Long Pond Rd. (i.e. North/South Rd.)
in Benton, south on Long Pond Rd. to High St. in Glencliff, south on High St.
to Rte 25, south on Rte. 25 to Rte. 25-A in Wentworth, west on Rte. 25-A to
Rte. 10 in Orford, north on Rte. 10 to Rte. 25-A, west on Rte. 25-A to the
VT/NH border, north on the VT/NH border to its intersection with Rte. I-93 in
Littleton;
(8) Wildlife management unit –
D2-east: From the junction of Rte. I-93
and Rte. 142 in Franconia, south on Rte. I-93 to Rte. 112 in Woodstock, south
west on Rte. 112 to Rte. 118 in Woodstock, south west on Rte. 118 to Rte. 25 in
Warren, north on Rte. 25 to High St., north on High St. to Long Pond Rd., also
known as North/South Road, north on Long Pond Rd. to Rte 116 in Benton, north
on Rte. 116 to Rte. 18 in Franconia, east on Rte. 18 to Rte. 142, north on Rte.
142 to the intersection with Rte. I-93;
(9) Wildlife management unit –
E1: From the junction of Rte. 2 and Rte.
115 in Jefferson east on Rte. 2 to Rte. 16 in Gorham, south on Rte. 16 to Rte.
302 in Glen, north on Rte. 302 to Rte. 3 in Twin Mountain, north on Rte. 3 to
Rte. 115 in Carroll, north on Rte. 115 to its junction with Rte. 2 in
Jefferson;
(10) Wildlife management unit – E2: From the junction of Rte. 2 and Rte. 16 in
Gorham, south on Rte. 16 to Rte. 302 in Conway, east on Rte. 302 to the NH/ME
state line, then north along the state line to its junction with Rte. 2;
(11) Wildlife management unit – E3: From the junction of Rte. 302 and Rte. 3 in
Twin Mountain, south on Rte. 3 to I-93, south on I-93 to Rte. 112 in Lincoln,
east on Rte. 112 to Rte. 16 in Conway, north on Rte. 16 to Rte. 302 in Glen,
north on Rte. 302 to its junction with Rte. 3 in Twin Mountain;
(12) Wildlife management unit - F: From the junction of Rte. 25-A and Rte. 25 in
Wentworth, north on Rte. 25 to Rte. 118 in Warren, north on Rte. 118 to Rte.
112 in Woodstock, east on Rte. 112 to Rte. 16 in Conway, south on Rte. 16 to
Rte. 113 in Chocorua, west on Rte. 113 to Rte. 113-A in Tamworth, west on Rte.
113-A in Tamworth to Rte. 113 in Sandwich, west on Rte. 113 to Rte. 3 in
Holderness, west on Rte. 3 to Exit 24 of I-93 in Ashland, north on I-93 to Rte.
25, exit 26 in Plymouth, west on Rte. 25 to the junction with Rte. 25-A;
(13) Wildlife management unit – G1: From the junction of Rte. 25-A and the VT/NH
border in Orford, east on Rte. 25-A to Rte. 10 in Orford, south on Rte. 10 to
Rte. 25-A in Orford, east on Rte. 25-A to Rte. 25 in Wentworth, southeast on
Rte. 25 to Rte. 118 in Rumney, south on Rte. 118 to Rte. 4 in Canaan, south and
east on Rte 4 to Rte. 11 in Andover, west on Rte. 11 to Rte. I-89 in New
London, west on Rte. I-89 to the VT/NH border, north on the VT/NH border to its
intersection with Rte. 25-A in Orford;
(14) Wildlife management unit – G2: From the junction of Rte. 118 and Rte. 25 in
Rumney, southeast on Rte. 25 to Exit 26 of Rte. I-93 in Plymouth, south on Rte.
I-93 to Rte. 104 in New Hampton, west on Rte. 104 to Rte. 4 in Danbury, north
on Rte. 4 to Rte. 118 in Canaan, north on Rte. 118 to Rte. 25 in Rumney;
(15) Wildlife Management Unit – H1: From the
junction of I-89 and the NH/VT state line in Lebanon, south on I-89 to Rte. 10
in Grantham, south on Rte. 10 to Rte. 123 in Marlow, west on Rte. 123 to its
junction with the Cold River in Walpole, west on Cold River to the NH/VT
border, Connecticut River, north on the NH/VT border to I-89 in Lebanon;
(16) Wildlife management unit –
H2-north: From the junction of Cold
River and NH/VT border Connecticut River, in Walpole, east on Cold River to
Rte. 123, east on Rte. 123 to Rte. 9 in Stoddard, east on Rte. 9 to Rte. 202 in
Hillsborough, south on Rte. 202 to Rte. 101 in Peterborough, west on Rte. 101
to Rte. 9 in Keene, west on Rte. 9 to the VT/NH border, north to the Cold
River;
(17) Wildlife management unit – H2-south: From the junction of Rte. 9 and the NH/VT
border, east on Rte. 9 to Rte. 101 in Keene, east on Rte. 101 to Rte 202 in
Peterborough, south on Rte. 202 to the NH/MA border, west on the NH/MA border
to the NH/VT border (Connecticut River), north on the NH/VT border, Connecticut
River to its intersection with Rte. 9;
(18) Wildlife management unit –
I1: From the junction of I-89 and Rte.
11 in New London, north on Rte. 11 to Rte. 4 in Andover, north on Rte. 4 to
Rte. 104 in Danbury, north on Rte. 104 to I-93 in New Hampton, south on I-93 to
I-89 in Concord, north on I-89 to Rte. 11 in New London;
(19) Wildlife management unit – I2: From the junction of I-89 and Rte. 10 in
Grantham, south on I-89 to Rte. 9 in Hopkinton, south on Rte. 9 to Rte. 123 in
Stoddard, west on Rte. 123 to Rte. 10 in Marlow, north on Rte. 10 to I-89 in
Grantham;
(20) Wildlife management unit –
J1: From the junction of Rte. 113 and
Rte. 3 in Holderness, north on Rte. 113 to Rte. 113-A in Sandwich, north on
Rte. 113-A to Rte. 113 in Tamworth, east on Rte. 113 to Rte. 16 in Chocorua,
north on Rte. 16 to Rte. 302 in Conway, east on Rte. 302 to the ME/NH line,
south on ME/NH line to Rte. 109, west on Rte. 109 to Rte. 28 in Wolfeboro
Center, south on Rte. 28/109 to Rte. 109 in Wolfeboro, north on Rte. 109 to
Rte. 25 in Moultonboro, west on Rte. 25 to Rte. 25B in Center Harbor, along
Rte. 25B to Rte. 3, north on Rte. 3 to its junction with Rte. 113 in
Holderness;
(21) Wildlife management unit
J2: From the junction of Rte. I-93 and
Rte. 3 in Ashland, south on Rte. 3 to Rte. 25B in Center Harbor, east on Rte.
25B to Rte. 25 in Center Harbor, east on Rte. 25 to Rte. 109 in Moultonboro,
southeast on Rte. 109 to Rte. 28/109 in Wolfeboro, north on Rte. 28/109 to Rte.
109 in Wolfeboro Center, east on Rte. 109 to its intersection with the ME/NH
border, south along the ME/NH border to Rte. 202 in Rochester, south on Rte.
202 to Rte. 4 in Northwood, west on Rte. 4 to I-393 in Pembroke, west on I-393
to I-93 in Concord, north on I-93 to the junction of Rte. 3 in Ashland;
(22) Wildlife Management Unit -
K: From the junction of Rte. 9 and Rte. 202 in Hillsborough, south on Rte. 202
to the NH/MA state line, east on the NH/MA state line to Rte. 13 in Brookline,
north on Rte. 13 to Rte. 101 in Milford, north on Rte. 101 to I-293 in
Manchester, north on I-293 to I-93, north on I-93 to I-89 in Concord, west on
I-89 to Rte. 9 in Hopkinton, south on Rte. 9 to its junction with Rte. 202 in
Hillsborough;
(23) Wildlife management unit -
L: From the junction of I-93 and I-393
in Concord, east on I-393 to Rte. 4, east on Rte. 4 to Rte. 202 in Northwood,
north on Rte. 202 to NH/ME state line, south along the NH/ME state line to
Little Bay, south along the Rockingham/Stafford County line in Little and Great
Bay to the Squamscott River, south along the Squamscott River to Rte. 101, west
along Rte. 101 to I-93 in Manchester, south on I-93 to I-293, north on I-293 to
I-93 to I-393 in Concord; and
(24) Wildlife Management Unit -
M: From the junction of Rte. 13 in Brookline and the NH/MA border, north on
Rte. 13 to Rte. 101 in Milford, north on Rte. 101 to Rte. I-293 in Manchester,
east on I-293 to I-93, north on I-93 to Rte. 101 in Manchester, east on Rte.
101 to its junction with the Squamscott River in Exeter, north along the
Squamscott River to Great Bay, north along the Strafford/Rockingham County line
in Great and Little Bay to the NH/ME state line, east along the NH/ME state
line to the Atlantic Ocean, south along the NH coast line to the NH/MA line,
west along the NH/MA state line to its junction with Rte. 13 in Brookline.
(b)
Whenever a wildlife management unit is referenced with only a letter,
and that WMU has been divided into subwildlife management units with number,
that reference shall include all of the area enclosed by those subunits. For example, WMU-J shall include WMU's J1
and J2.
(c)
Whenever a subwildlife management unit is referenced with a letter and
number and that WMU has been further divided into smaller units, that reference
shall include all of the area enclosed by those units. For example, WMU–H2 shall include H2-north
and H2-south.
Source. (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis
301) #6250, eff 5-22-96; amd by #6520, eff 5-31-97; amd by #7107, 9-25-99; ss
by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; ss
by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
(a) For purposes of this section the
state shall be divided into wildlife management units as described in Fis
301.02.
(b) Wild deer shall be taken only
from 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset during the open seasons
for taking deer.
(c) No deer shall be taken at any
time in the following locations:
(1) Governor’s
Island, Town of Gilford, except as specified in Fis 301.031(c);
(2) Long Island,
Town of Moultonborough, except as specified in Fis 301.032; and
(3) Any waters
in lakes or ponds.
(d) A person holding an archery
license as described in RSA 208:5, II, may take deer with bow and arrow
in all of the wildlife management units and Bear Brook Refuge,
subject to the following:
(1) The open season for taking of any deer
with bow and arrow in wildlife management units B through M shall be from
September 15 to December 15;
(2) The open season for taking any deer
with bow and arrow in wildlife management unit A shall be September 15 to
December 8;
(3) No deer shall be taken with a crossbow
under this license, provided that:
a. A licensee of any age with a permanent
physical disability who holds a permit issued pursuant to RSA 207:10-c and Fis
1101.08, shall be allowed to take deer with a crossbow during the archery
season, muzzleloader season, or the regular firearms season, and shall use the archery deer tag or regular firearm
deer tag as appropriate;
b. A licensee
who is 68 years of age or older shall be allowed to take deer with a crossbow
during the archery season, muzzleloader season, and regular firearms season,
and shall use the archery deer tag or regular firearm deer tag as
appropriate; or
c. A licensee of any age shall be allowed to take deer
with a crossbow during the muzzleloader or regular firearms season, and shall
use the regular firearm deer tag;
d. An archery licensee of any age shall be allowed to
take deer with a crossbow during the archery
season in WMU L or WMU M;
e. A person
under 16 years of age who is participating in the deer youth weekend in accordance with Fis 1204.02 shall be
allowed to take deer with a crossbow; or
f. An archery
licensee of any age holding a Long Island deer permit shall be allowed to take deer with a crossbow on Long Island, Town
of Moultonborough, under the provisions of Fis 301.032.
(e) A
person holding a muzzleloader license may take deer with a muzzleloading
firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow during the 11 days immediately prior to the
regular firearms season as follows:
(1) No other firearm shall be used for the
taking of deer during this license period;
(2) A muzzleloading firearm shall be a
single barrel, single shot firearm of no less than .40 caliber;
(3) Wildlife management units A, B, C1, C2,
D1, D2E shall be open only to the taking of antlered deer;
(4) Wildlife management units E, F, G2, and
I2 shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first day of the season
and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 10 days;
(5) Wildlife management unit I1 shall be
open to the taking of any deer during the first 2 days of the season and to the
taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 9 days;
(6) Wildlife management units H1, J1, and K
shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first 3 days of the season
and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 8 days;
(7) Wildlife management units D2W, H2, and
J2 shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first 4 days of the
season and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining
7 days;
(8) Wildlife management unit G1 shall be
open to the taking of any deer during the first 5 days of the season and to the
taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 6 days; and
(9) Wildlife management units L and M shall
be open to the taking of any deer during all 11 days of the season.
(f) The season for taking deer by
all legal methods shall begin on the second Wednesday in November, and be open
for a period of 26 consecutive days in wildlife management units B through M,
and 19 consecutive days in wildlife management unit A, upon the following
conditions:
(1) Wildlife management units A, B, C1, and
C2 shall be open only to the taking of antlered deer;
(2) Wildlife management units D1, D2E, E,
and F shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first day of the
season and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 25 days;
(3) Wildlife management units G2, I1, and
I2 shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first 2 days of the
season and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 24 days;
(4) Wildlife management unit J1 shall be
open to the taking of any deer during the first 3 days of the season and to the
taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 23 days;
(5) Wildlife management units H1, H2, J2,
and K shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first 4 days of the
season and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 22 days;
(6) Wildlife management units D2W and G1
shall be open to the taking of any deer during the first 5 days of the season
and to the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 21 days; and
(7) Wildlife management units L and M shall
be open to the taking of any deer during the first 10 days of the season and to
the taking of antlered deer only during the remaining 16 days.
(g) No
person shall take more than one deer in a calendar year, except as provided in
RSA 208:5, RSA 208:5-b, Fis 301.03(d), Fis 301.031, Fis 301.032, and Fis
301.034.
(h) No shell shot, other than those using shot
sizes of 00 buckshot or larger, shall be used for the taking of deer.
(i) The
hunter taking the deer shall register and report the kill as follows:
(1) Immediately
upon killing a deer, the hunter shall complete and attach the appropriate “Deer
Tag” to the deer, containing the following information:
a. The hunter’s
name and address;
b. The date and
time of kill;
c. The wildlife
management unit in which the kill occurred; and
d. The
licensee’s signature;
(2) Any deer
taken during any deer season shall be registered within 24 hours of taking, in
accordance with one of the following methods:
a. Completion
of a deer registration report at a department approved registration station, in
accordance with Fis 301.04; or
b. Completion
of all required fields in an online registration report using the link
available at www.wildlife.state.nh.com, provided that deer taken during the
first 2 days of muzzleloader season, as specified in paragraph (e) above, or
the first 3 days of regular firearms season, as specified in paragraph (f)
above, must be registered in-person at a department approved registration
station;
(3) Each hunter
shall maintain proof of completion of the registration process, whether hard
copy or electronic confirmation, for a minimum of 180 days; and
(4) The hunter
shall retain the head and hide for 48 hours from the time of registration.
(j) If
requested by the department, any person taking a deer shall take fish and game
personnel back to the kill site, the site of carcass evisceration, or both, for
purposes such as, but not limited to, verification of kill site or to obtain ovaries
or other biological samples left behind.
(k) If
requested by the department, any person taking a deer shall allow fish and game
personnel or their designated agents at biological check stations to collect
biological information on their deer including but not limited to sex, antler beam
diameter, number of antler points, weight, estimated age, and lactation status.
(l) Nothing
in this section shall prohibit a licensed hunter who has used his or her
archery or firearm deer tag from accompanying a licensed apprentice hunter or
an unlicensed minor under the age of 16, while the apprentice hunter or minor
is taking deer.
(m) No
person shall take a deer with the aid and use of bait, except in accordance
with RSA 207:3-d, Fis 307.01, and Fis 307.03.
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ss by #2119, eff 8-12-82; ss by #2392, eff 6-22-83; ss by #2832, eff 8-21-84;
ss by #3140, eff 10-25-85; amd by #4094, eff 7-22-86; ss by #4295, eff 7-21-87;
ss by #4436, eff 6-20-88; ss by #4649, eff 7-24-89; amd by #4686, eff 10-24-89;
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by #5659, eff 6-28-93; ss by #5706, eff9-21-93; ss by #5827, eff 5-24-94; amd
by #5898, eff 9-20-94; amd by #6037, eff 5-17-95; ss by #6250, eff 5-22-96 (See
Revision Note at part heading for Fis 301); ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by
#6783, eff 6-30-98; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7533, eff 7-24-01; ss by
#7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #7921, eff 7-24-03; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; ss by
#8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08; amd by
#9458, eff 4-21-09; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, (para (a)-(j), & (l) and
(m)); amd by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10,(para
(k)); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by #11114, eff
6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13644, eff
6-1-23
Fis 301.031 Special Deer
Permits – Units L and M, Archery, and Governor’s Island Permits.
(a) Persons licensed to
take deer under RSA 214:9, RSA 208:5, or RSA 208:5-a may apply, as specified in
(4) and (5), for a special deer permit to take one additional deer in wildlife
management units L and M subject to the following:
(1) Deer
taken under this permit shall be antlerless deer only;
(2) Deer may be
taken by any legal method during the archery season as specified in Fis
301.03(d), the muzzleloader season as specified in Fis 301.03(e), and during
the regular season as specified in Fis 301.03(f);
(3) Persons
taking deer under a special deer permit in wildlife management units L and M
shall be licensed as follows:
a. An
archery license under RSA 208:5 shall be required to take deer during the
archery season specified in Fis 301.03(d);
b. A
muzzleloader license under RSA 208:5-a and a regular hunting license under RSA
214:9 shall be required to take deer by a muzzleloader during the muzzleloader
season as specified in Fis 301.03(e); and
c. A
license under RSA 214:9 shall be required to take deer during the regular
hunting season as specified in Fis 301.03(f).
(4) There
shall be up to 3000 special deer permits issued for wildlife management unit L
as follows:
a. Three
thousand special deer permits for wildlife management unit L shall be available
through an on-line lottery;
b. An applicant
shall apply to the lottery on-line from the Department’s web site
at www.wildlife.state.nh.us and shall provide his or her last
name, date of birth, and a valid New Hampshire archery or hunting
license number;
c. The
department shall annually publicize the deadlines for applications:
1. In the NH Hunting Digest;
2. On the department website; and
3. Using any other methods the department finds
useful;
d. There
shall be no application fee;
e. No
person shall submit more than 1 application for a special deer permit for
wildlife management unit L;
f. After
the close of the application period, up to 3000 successful applicants shall be
selected via a random lottery, and winners shall be notified by email;
g. Winners
shall purchase their special deer permit for wildlife management unit L on-line
from the Department’s web site at www.wildlife.state.nh.us;
h. No person shall
be issued or possess more than 1 special deer permit for wildlife management
unit L; and
i. The
fee for a Unit L permit shall be $26 of which $1 shall be an agent fee; and
(5) There
shall be up to 8000 special deer permits issued for wildlife management unit M
as follows:
a. Eight
thousand special deer permits for wildlife management unit M shall be available
on a first come–first served basis to 4000 applicants. Each successful
applicant shall purchase 2 special deer permits for wildlife management unit M
at the time of purchase;
b. An
applicant shall provide the following on the “Antlerless Deer Permit for Unit
M” form:
1. Applicant's
complete name, street address, and mailing address;
2. Telephone
number and driver’s license number;
3. Date
of birth;
4. Current
year’s resident or nonresident hunting or archery license number; and
5. Signature of
the applicant, signed subject to the penalties for unsworn false statements
under RSA 641:3;
c. Illegible
or incomplete applications shall be returned for correction and not considered
until corrected;
d. Permits
shall be issued on a first-come first-served basis when received;
e. No
person shall submit more than one application for 2 special deer permits for
wildlife management unit M;
f. No
person shall be issued or possess more than 2 permits for wildlife management
unit M;
g. Applicants
may apply for special deer permits in wildlife management unit M as follows:
1. At
the fish and game department Concord headquarters at 11 Hazen Drive, Concord,
NH 03301;
2. By
mail at the address above in 1; or
3. From
the department’s website at www.wildlife.state.nh.us; and
h. The
fee for 2 Unit M permits shall be $36 of which $1.00 shall be the agent
fee.
(b) Persons may take by bow
and arrow only one additional antlered deer under a special
deer permit for archery from September 15 through December 15 in
wildlife management units B through M and from September 15 through December 8
in wildlife management unit A subject to the following:
(1) The
fee for the special deer permit described in (b) shall be $26.00 of which $1.00
shall be the agent fee;
(2) Immediately
upon killing a deer, the permittee shall fill in the “Special Deer Archery
Tag”, sign the tag, and attach the tag to the deer;
(3) The
“Special Archery Deer Tag” shall contain the following:
a. The
licensee’s name and address;
b. The
date and time of kill;
c. The
wildlife management unit in which the kill occurred; and
d. Signature;
(4) A
person who purchases a special deer permit for archery shall purchase it at the
same time they purchase an archery license pursuant to RSA 208:5; and
(5) Any
person under the age of 16 and any person over 68 who has a license pursuant to
RSA 214:7-a may purchase a special deer permit for archery at any time.
(c) Persons may take
additional deer by bow and arrow on Governor’s Island, Town of Gilford under
the provisions of a Governor’s Island special deer permit subject to the
following:
(1) No
person shall take deer on Governor’s Island, Town of Gilford, without
a Governor’s Island special deer permit in addition to the appropriate license
to take deer under RSA 208:5 for taking a deer with a bow and arrow;
(2) Each
applicant for a Governor’s Island special deer permit shall provide written
landowner permission on a form provided by the department;
(3) The
landowner shall provide the following on the form “Landowner Permission to Hunt
on Governor’s Island, Gilford, NH”:
a. The landowner's
full name and signature, signed subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3;
b. The
hunter's full name and phone number;
c. The
physical address or tax map number for the parcel(s) of land on Governor’s
Island for which permission is granted to hunt;
d. An
indication as to whether the landowner will allow baiting for deer;
e. A
list of any other landowner stipulations regarding the hunting activities on
the property, such as:
1. The
specific days of the week;
2. Dates
on which hunting will not be allowed;
3. Parking locations;
4. Times
of the day that hunting will not be allowed;
5. Locations
and removal of deer stands; and
6. Distances
from adjoining landowners; and
f. Date
of signature;
(4) The
hunter shall provide on the permission form his or her signature, signed
subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA
641:3, and the date signed;
(5) The
landowner permission form shall be filled out in quadruplicate. The
original shall go to the hunter, one copy to the local conservation officer,
one copy to the wildlife division, and the other copy shall be retained by the landowner;
(6) The
Governor’s Island special deer permit shall allow the taking of 6 deer of
either sex;
(7) The
taking of deer shall be in accordance with the manner and methods for taking
deer with bow and arrow as specified in Fis 301.041;
(8) The
open season shall be the first weekday in October through December 15, except:
a. No
person shall take deer on Saturday or Sunday until after October 31; and
b. No
person shall take deer on the second Monday in October or for 4 consecutive
days beginning on Thanksgiving Day;
(9) The
taking of deer shall be from a portable tree stand at least 10 feet off
the ground;
(10) Safety
belts or harnesses shall be used;
(11) Baiting
for deer shall be allowed under the Governor’s Island special deer permit, provided
baiting shall be permissible as indicated on the landowner permission
form. A permit to bait wildlife as required by Fis 1102.04 shall not
be required;
(12) The
baiting season for deer on Governor’s Island shall begin on the first weekday
in October and end on December 15th;
(13) Immediately
upon killing a deer, the permittee shall fill in the “Governor’s Island Either
Sex Deer Tag” with the date and time of kill and sex of the deer, sign the tag, and
attach it to the deer;
(14) All
entrails of harvested deer shall be removed from the island;
(15) Deer
taken under this permit shall be registered as specified in RSA 208:15-d and
shall comply with the requirements of RSA 208:16;
(16) All
deer wounded and not recovered shall be reported by calling (603) 271-3361 as
soon as possible but not longer than 24 hours after the time the deer
was wounded;
(17) Any
person who has taken 6 deer under a Governor’s Island deer permit as specified
in this paragraph, and the deer have been legally registered, may purchase a
second Governor’s Island special deer permit which shall allow the taking of 6
additional deer;
(18) Applicants
for a second Governor’s Island deer permit shall provide the first permit which
has had the deer tags detached;
(19) Governor’s
Island special deer permits and the landowner permission form shall
be carried by all persons while taking deer on Governor’s Island;
(20) The
fee for a Governor’s Island special deer permit shall be $25.00;
(21) The
permit and the landowner permission shall expire on December 15th;
and
(22) Applicants
for a Governor’s Island special deer permit shall provide the following on the
“Special Deer Permit – Governor’s Island” form:
a. Name,
address, and telephone number;
b. Date
of birth;
c. Current
archery license number; and
d. Signature, signed
subject to the penalties for unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
Source. #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #6812, eff 7-23-98;
amd by #7179, eff 12-24-99; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7533, eff 7-24-01;
ss by #7699, eff 6-5-99; ss by #7921, eff 7-24-03; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04;
amd by #8084, eff 1-1-05; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss
by #9163, eff 5-28-08; ss by #9458, eff 4-21-09; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10,
(various paras (a), (b), & (c)); amd
by #9720-B, eff6-5-10, (various paras (a), (b), & (c)); ss by #10142,
eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; amd by #10981, eff 1-1-16; ss by #11114,
eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 301.032 Long
Island Deer Permit.
(a) The purpose of this
rule is to reduce the over-population of deer which exists on Long Island in
the town of Moultonborough, NH, through the regulated use of recreational
hunters and then to maintain that population at a level equal to the adjacent
mainland. Because deer densities are currently too high for the
existing habitat conditions, and because extremely aggressive efforts are
necessary to reduce over abundant deer populations, extraordinary measures must
be taken to remove female deer. Because the island is heavily
populated, and because landowner attitudes toward hunting vary, extra care
shall be taken to reduce any safety concerns and to increase the discreet
nature of all actions taken.
(b) No person shall take
deer on Long Island, Town of Moultonborough, without a Long
Island deer permit, in addition to an archery license, when taking deer
with a bow and arrow or a crossbow.
(c) Hunting shall be
allowed only on parcels which are equal to or greater than one acre, as listed
on the Town of Moultonborough Master List, prepared in connection with the
first tax bill of each tax year in May. Parcels of land may be
individual tracts or combinations of adjoining parcels in aggregate.
(d) Each applicant for
a Long Island deer permit shall provide written landowner permission
on a form provided by the department.
(e) The landowner shall
provide the following on the form “Landowner Permission to Hunt on Long
Island, Moultonborough, NH”:
(1) The
landowner's full name and signature, signed subject to the penalties for making
unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3;
(2) The
hunter's full name and phone number;
(3) The
physical address or tax map number for the parcel(s) of land on Long
Island for which permission is granted to hunt;
(4) An
indication as to whether the landowner will allow baiting for deer;
(5) A
list of any landowner stipulations regarding the hunting activities on the
property, such as:
a. The
specific days of the week;
b. Dates
on which hunting will not be allowed;
c. Parking
locations;
d. Times
of the day that hunting will not be allowed;
e. Locations
and removal of deer stands;
f. Distances
from adjoining landowners; and
(6) Date
of signature.
(f) The hunter shall
provide his or her signature on the permission form, signed subject to the
penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3, and the date
signed.
(g) The landowner permission
form shall be filled out in quadruplicate. The original shall go to
the hunter, one copy to the local conservation officer, one copy to the
wildlife division, and the other copy shall be retained by the landowner.
(h) The Long
Island deer permit shall allow the taking of 6 deer of either sex.
(i) The taking of deer
shall be in accordance with the manner and methods for taking deer with bow and
arrow or crossbows as specified in Fis 301.041.
(j) The open season for
taking deer by bow and arrow or crossbow shall be the first weekday in October
through December 15, except:
(1) No
person shall take deer on Saturday or Sunday until after October 31; and
(2) No person shall take deer on the second Monday
in October or for 4 consecutive days beginning on Thanksgiving Day.
(k) The taking of deer
shall be from a portable tree stand at least 10 feet off the ground.
(l) Safety belts or
harnesses shall be used.
(m) Baiting for deer shall
be allowed under the Long Island deer permit, provided baiting shall be
permissible as indicated on the landowner permission form. A permit
to bait wildlife as required by Fis 1102.04 shall not be required.
(n) The baiting season for
deer on Long Island shall begin on the first weekday in October and
end on December 15th.
(o) Immediately upon killing a deer,
the permittee shall fill in the “Long Island Either Sex Deer Tag” with the date
and time of kill and sex of the deer, sign the tag, and attach it to the deer.
(p) All entrails of harvested deer
shall be removed from the island.
(q) Deer taken under this permit
shall be registered as specified in RSA 208:15-d and shall comply with the
requirements of RSA 208:16.
(r) All deer wounded and not
recovered shall be reported by calling (603) 271-3361 as soon as possible but
not longer than 24 hours after the time the deer was wounded.
(s) Any person who has taken 6 deer
under a Long Island deer permit, as specified in paragraph (h) above, and the
deer have been legally registered, may purchase a second Long
Island deer permit which shall allow the taking of 6 additional deer.
(t) Applicants for a
second Long Island deer permit shall provide the first permit which
has had the deer tags detached.
(u) Long Island deer permits and the
landowner permission form shall be carried by all persons while taking deer
on Long Island.
(v) The fee for a Long
Island deer permit shall be $25.00.
(w) The permit and the landowner
permission shall expire on December 15th.
(x) Applicants for a Long Island
deer permit shall provide the following on the “Special Deer Permit –
Long Island” form:
(1) Name,
address and telephone number;
(2) Date
of birth;
(3) Current
license number of the appropriate license for the intended method of hunting;
(4) An
indication as to the type(s) of method used to take deer; and
(5) Signature,
signed subject to the penalties for unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
Source. #6583, eff 9-20-97; amd by #6843 eff 8-29-98;
ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7699, eff 6-5-02; amd by #7922, eff 7-24-03; ss
by #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #8357, eff 5-25-05; amd by #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss
by #9458, eff 4-21-09; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; amd
by #10981, eff 1-1-16; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 301.033 Deer
Registration Stations.
(a) New deer registration stations
shall be authorized only if:
(1) The
proposed station location is greater than 10 travel miles from the nearest
adjacent station, unless an adjacent station(s) registers more than 200 deer
annually or was in existence on 12/31/09 or the proposed station location will
provide increased opportunity for hunters to register deer by offering extended
hours;
(2) The
proposed location has adequate facilities and is easily
accessible. Adequate facilities and easily accessible means that the
location has adequate space for parking and registering or weighing deer, is a
safe distance away from the highway or road, and is located on or near a main
route of travel for hunters;
(3) The
hours of operation and location of the proposed station will minimize
inconvenience to hunters needing to register a deer by being open during early
morning, later into the evening, and open on weekend days; and
(4) The
applicant has not been convicted of any fish and game violation within the past
7 years.
(b) Deer registration station owners
or operators seeking approval to be an agent under RSA 208:15-a shall provide
the following information on a “Deer Registration Station Agreement”:
(1) The
station owner or operator’s name;
(2) Date
of agreement;
(3) Name,
physical address, mailing address, county, and telephone number of the station
owner or operator’s establishment;
(4) The
station owner or operator’s home address and telephone number;
(5) The
hours and days of operation of the proposed registration station; and
(6) Whether
or not the station provides scales for weighing deer.
(c) The deer registration station
owner, operator, or employee shall print legibly, accurately, and completely
when filling out the deer registration form “Deer Registration Report”
described in Fis 301.04.
(d) The deer registration owner or
operator shall sign the “Deer Registration Station Agreement” in the presence
of a witnessing department conservation officer or designee, who shall also
sign the agreement.
(e) Registration station agreements
shall not be transferable upon change of ownership and cannot be assigned to
any other party.
(f) By signing the agreement,
applicants shall agree to abide by the statutes and rules governing deer
registration stations and deer registration reports and shall sign subject to
the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(g) Failure to accurately and
legibly provide the information specified in Fis 301.04 on the “Deer Registration Report” form shall, after notice
and opportunity for a hearing, result in the suspension or closure of the
registration station.
(h) Those registration stations
which are also fish and game agents as defined in RSA 214-A shall remain in
good standing with regard to the requirements of RSA 214-A.
(i) Deer registration agents may collect
up to $5.00 as a registration agent fee pursuant to RSA 208:15-b.
Source. #1670, eff 11-20-80; ss by #2119, eff
8-12-82; ss by #2832, eff 8-21-84; ss by #4649, eff 7-24-89; ss by #6250, eff
5-22-96 (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 301); amd by #6520, eff
5-31-97; ss by #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #9720-A, eff
6-5-10, (paras (a), (e), & (g)-(i)); amd
by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10, (paras (b)-(d) and (f)); ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18;
ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis. 301.034 Special
Deer Permits – Deer Management Assistance Program.
(a) The purpose of this rule is to
permit New Hampshire municipalities to identify areas where deer densities are
too high for the existing habitat conditions. In such areas,
aggressive efforts may be necessary to reduce the deer population through the
regulated use of recreational hunters. The deer management
assistance program (DMAP) approves the issuance of special hunting permits to
any New Hampshire municipality which has identified a special deer management
area within their jurisdiction meeting the eligibility criteria established
herein.
(b) A New Hampshire municipality may
apply in writing on its own letterhead to the department for participation in
the DMAP by providing the following:
(1) A
request on municipal letterhead, submitted to the NH Fish and Game Department,
Wildlife Division, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03301, signed by a majority of
the governing body;
(2) A
map designating the area shall be included in the proposed special deer
management area, showing:
a. The
tax map and lot numbers and the names of landowners of the affected parcels;
b. Parcels
which shall in aggregate total at least 640 acres, provided that:
1. The
parcels need not be contiguous;
2. Non-contiguous
parcels shall be a minimum of 1 acre in size; and
3. Parcels
may be publicly or privately owned;
(3) Documentation
signed by each affected landowner verifying that the property is open for deer
hunting upon such conditions and limitations as the landowner may impose;
(4) Designation
of a municipal employee of the requestor to perform the following tasks:
a. Serve
as the contact for all communication with the department;
b. Issue
DMAP permits to licensed hunters on behalf of the municipality; and
c. Provide
all information and reporting as required by the department; and
(5) A
deer management plan covering the proposed special deer management area that is
specifically designed for the area, which shall include:
a. Documentation
of negative impacts claimed to be due to overabundant deer;
b. Identification
of parcels where deer inflicted damage to plant communities has occurred;
c. Identification of
parcels of forested land where forest regeneration has been significantly
impacted by deer;
d. A
listing of specific deer management goals and objectives;
e. An explanation
of why the stated objectives cannot be met by hunters using the Department’s
existing deer season framework, or other special permits available under these
rules; and
f. A
description of other actions the town has taken or is planning to take to meet
the identified objectives.
(c) The request shall be received by
the department by 4:00 pm on the first Monday in July or be postmarked by
midnight of the first Monday in July of the year of request. Requests not meeting the posted deadline
shall be returned.
(d) The department shall, within ten
days of receipt, review each request for completeness. In the event that
information is missing or incomplete, contact shall be made with the requestor,
who shall have an additional period of ten days to provide the missing
information.
(e) There shall be no
fee to submit a request, for review of the request, or for the provision of
DMAP permits and tags.
(f) On
or before the fourth Friday in August in the request year, the department shall
approve the request to create a special deer management area and issue DMAP
permits, unless the department finds that:
(1) The
identified problem could be resolved using existing deer hunting opportunities;
(2) The identified problem could be resolved by
the issuance of a different special permit available under these rules; or
(3) The
identified problem cannot be effectively abated by the issuance of DMAP
permits.
(g) Upon approval of a request, the
municipality shall be issued the number of DMAP permits and tags found
necessary to meet the objectives of the deer management plan, which shall be
conditioned as follows:
(1) Deer
may be taken during the archery season as specified in Fis 301.03(d), the
muzzleloader season as specified in Fis 301.03(e), and during the regular
season as specified in Fis 301.03(f), unless further restricted by the approved
deer management plan, and shall comply with all other rules in Fis 301.03; and
(2) Baiting
for deer shall be allowed without a permit to bait wildlife as required by Fis
1102.04, provided that the DMAP permit shall restrict baiting as follows:
a. Baiting
shall take place within the special deer management area and only on parcels
where the landowner has authorized the use of bait as specified in subparagraph
(b)(3) above;
b. The
baiting season shall be as set forth in the deer management plan, provided that
it shall not begin prior to September 15 nor extend beyond December 15 of the
permit year;
c. The
permittee shall comply with all other applicable rules in Fis 307.01, Fis
307.03, and Fis 307.05; and
d. The permittee
shall comply with any limitations imposed upon specific parcels by individual landowners.
(h) The approved municipality shall
issue a “DMAP Permit” only upon the following conditions:
(1) Each
permit shall be valid only in the special deer management area noted on the
permit between the dates of September 15 and December 15 of the year issued, or
any lesser period between such dates that the municipality defines in the deer
management plan;
(2) No
person shall be issued a “DMAP Permit” unless they present written landowner
permission for any privately owned parcel identified as part of the special
deer management area in paragraph (b)(3) above;
(3) No
person shall be issued a “DMAP Permit” unless they present evidence of one or
more currently valid hunting licenses, including:
a. An
archery license under RSA 208:5 to take deer during the archery season, as
specified in Fis 301.03(d);
b. A muzzleloader license under RSA
208:5-a and a regular hunting
license under RSA 214:9 to take deer during the muzzleloader season, as
specified in Fis 301.03(e);
c. A
license under RSA 214:9 to take deer during the regular hunting season, as
specified in Fis 301.03(f); or
d. Any
person under the age of 16 or any person over 68 who has a license pursuant to
RSA 214:7-a;
(4) Each
permit shall be issued with 2 tags, allowing the taking of 2 antlerless deer as
defined in Fis 301.01(c), which shall be in addition to the taking of deer
authorized by Fis 301.03(d), Fis 301.03(e), Fis 301.03(f), Fis 301.031(a)-(c), and Fis 301.032;
(5) Each
issued “DMAP Permit” shall be completed with the following information:
a. The
name of the municipal issuing agent;
b. The
hunter’s name and address;
c. The
hunter’s current license number(s);
d. The
hunter’s date of birth;
e. The
date and time the tag was issued;
f. The
tax map identification numbers of those parcels where the hunter is authorized
to hunt;
g. Any other
restrictions imposed by the deer management plan or individual participating
landowners on the hunting activities of the permittee, including:
1. The
authorized weapons or method(s) of take;
2. The
dates or times during which hunting may occur;
3. Landowner
authorization to place bait and, if allowed, the dates during which baiting may
occur; and
4. The
tax map identification numbers of those parcels to which any of these
restrictions apply;
(6) The
municipal issuing agent and the hunter shall note the date and time and shall
sign the DMAP permit document, subject to the penalties for making unsworn
false statements under RSA 641:3;
(7) No
more than one DMAP permit may be issued to an individual hunter per year per
municipality participating in DMAP; and
(8) No DMAP permit
or an associated tag may be sold, bartered, used, or transferred to any other
person; and
(9) The approved
municipal applicant shall not charge a fee to issue a DMAP permit or an
associated tag.
(i) Immediately upon killing a deer
in the special deer management area, the permittee shall provide the following
information on the “DMAP Tag” and attach the tag to the deer:
(1) The
permittee’s name and address;
(2) The
date and time of kill;
(3) The
WMU and town in which the kill occurred; and
(4) The
hunter’s signature, subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements
under RSA 641:3.
(j) Deer taken under a DMAP permit
shall be registered as specified in RSA 208:15-d and shall comply with the
requirements of RSA 208:16.
(k) Each municipality that issues
DMAP permits and tags shall:
(1) Retain
a copy of all DMAP permits issued for a period of 3 years;
(2) Submit
a copy of any issued DMAP permit(s) to the department headquarters each Friday
from September 1 through December 15, by mail or email, at the addresses below:
a. By
mail to: New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Wildlife Division, 11 Hazen
Drive, Concord, NH 03301; or
b. By
email to: wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov, with the subject line DMAP Permits;
and
(3) Submit
to the department an annual report by December 31 of the year the DMAP permits
were provided which shall include a listing of all participating hunters by
name, date of birth, town of residence, and hunting license number.
(l) Following a hearing, the
department may revoke or suspend a municipality’s participation in DMAP for
failure to comply with any of the conditions of the DMAP program.
(m) Following a hearing, the
department may revoke or suspend any individual DMAP permit upon a finding
that:
(1) The
permit was obtained through fraud;
(2) The
permit was obtained by a person not entitled to receive a DMAP permit under
these rules;
(3) The
permit holder failed to comply with the conditions of the DMAP permit; or
(4) The
permit holder violated the fish and game laws of New Hampshire or the
provisions of these rules.
Source. #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 301.04 Deer
Registration Reports.
(a) All persons reporting a deer
kill to a deer registration station under RSA 208:15-d shall provide the
following information to the registration agent to complete the “Deer
Registration Report” form:
(1) The shooter’s
name, street and mailing address, telephone number, residency, and date of
birth;
(2) Town of kill;
(3) Date of kill;
(4) Time of kill;
(5) Sex of deer
killed;
(6) An indication
as to whether the deer is a fawn or adult;
(7) Weapon type
used;
(8) Wildlife
management unit of kill;
(9) Antler length;
(10) Total number of antler points;
(11) An indication
as to whether or not the deer was taken with the aid and use of bait;
(12) An indication
as to whether a deer taken with the aid and use of bait was taken with a
baiting permit as specified in Fis 307.01(c) and Fis 307.01(d) or by a
landowner on their own land;
(13) The type of
tag affixed to the deer;
(14) The following
license information:
a. Hunting
license type(s) and license number(s) held by the hunter and under which the
deer was taken;
b. Permit
types(s) and permit number(s) held by the hunter and under which the deer was
taken; and
c. Date
and time the license was issued; and
(15) The
registration number of the vehicle transporting the deer.
(b) The registration agent shall
complete all items on the form, including:
(1) The date and
time of deer registration; and
(2) The
registration station number.
(c) If applicable, the hunter shall
sign the hard copy report form subject to the penalties for making unsworn
false statements under RSA 641:3.
(d) The registration agent shall
provide the hunter with a confirmation number that acknowledges the filing of
the “Deer Registration Report”.
Source. #444, eff 6-17-74; amd by #2119, eff 8-12-82;
ss by #2832, eff 8-21-84; ss by #4649, eff 7-24-89; ss by #5673, eff 7-20-93;
ss by #6250, eff 5-22-96 (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 301); ss by
#7699, eff 6-5-02; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, (para (d)); amd by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10, (paras (a)-(c)); ss by #10619, eff
6-2-14; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-11; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 301.041 Minimum Requirements for Crossbow and
Archery Equipment Used for Hunting.
(a)
Unless authorized by permit pursuant to RSA 207:10-c, a crossbow that is
used for the purpose of a take shall have a:
(1) A minimum pull of 125 pounds;
(2) At least one working mechanical safety;
(3) A total length of no less than 25 inches; and
(4) A rigid stock that permits only a single
horizontally mounted bow with transverse limbs, a single string to be fully
drawn, loaded with one bolt, maintained indefinitely in a firing position, and
mechanically released. No crossbow fitted with 2 or more bows, limbs, or
strings, or which permit 2 or more bolts to be released without recocking shall
be permitted for the purpose of a take.
(b) Unless authorized
by permit pursuant to RSA 207:7-a, a
traditional straight, recurve, or compound bow used for the purpose of a take
shall:
(1) At 28 inches or less draw
length have a minimum peak weight pull of:
a. If used to hunt deer or bear, 40 pounds;
b. If used to hunt moose, 50
pounds; or
c. If used to hunt turkey, 30 pounds.
(2)
Be drawn or released only by hand, or with a hand-held release; and
(3) Contain no manufactured or accessory device
secured to or supported by the bow for the purpose of maintaining the bow at
full draw in a firing position.
(c)
No person shall use an arrow, bolt, or quarrel tip other than a
broadhead for the purpose of a take, that fails to meet the following minimum
criteria:
(1) Fixed blade broadheads
shall not be less than 7/8 of an inch or more than 1 1/2 inches wide;
(2) Retractable blade
broadheads may be smaller than 7/8 of an inch wide in flight, but shall not be
less than 7/8 of an inch wide when open;
(3) There shall be no upper size limit on retractable blade
broadheads; and
(4) The hunter’s name and address
shall be plainly and legibly printed on each arrow, bolt, or quarrel.
Source. #7922, eff 7-24-03; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04;
amd by #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18;
ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 301.05 Bear Kill Reports. All persons reporting a bear kill to a New
Hampshire conservation officer, fish and game personnel, or registration agent
authorized by the director shall provide the following information on the “Bear
Registration Form” subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements
under RSA 641:3:
(a) The hunter’s:
(1) Hunting license
type, whether resident, non-resident, or other;
(2) Hunting license
number;
(3) Bear permit
number, if different;
(4) Indication to having a permit to use dogs to
take bear;
(5) Indication to having viewed the bear hunting
education materials on the department website;
(6) Name;
(7) Mailing and
street address;
(8) Date of birth;
and
(9) Telephone
number;
(b) The wildlife management unit and
town where the bear was killed and specific locality within the town;
(c) The cause of death;
(d) The date and time of kill;
(e) Whether or not a pre-molar was
collected;
(f) The dressed weight and sex of
the bear;
(g) If
female, lactation status;
(h) Ear-tag numbers, if present;
(i) The method of hunting used, such
as bait, hound, still hunting, or stalking;
(j) The number of days spent hunting
for bear;
(k) The weapon type and caliber, if
appropriate;
(l) Whether a guide was employed
and, if yes, the guide’s name and guide tag number;
(m) If the bear was killed over
hounds, the name of the owner(s) of the hounds; and
(n) The signature of the hunter
subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
Source. #444, eff
6-17-74; amd by #1852, eff 11-5-81; ss By #2119, eff 8-12-82; ss by #2832, eff
8-21-84; ss by #3104, eff 8-22-85; amd by #3128, eff 10-1-85; ss by #4663, eff
8-21-89; ss by #4828, eff 6-1-90; ss by #6250, eff 5-22-96 (See Revision Note
at part heading for Fis 301); ss by #7881, eff 4-26-03; ss by #8085, eff
5-26-04; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; amd by #9458, eff 4-21-09; amd by #9720-A, eff
6-5-10, (paras (b)-(d)); amd by #9720-B, eff
6-5-10, (para (a)); ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss
by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis
301.06 Bear Season.
(a) Wild black bear shall be taken
only in the places and during the times set forth in Table 300.1 below by means
of:
(1) Firearms
of a size larger than .22 caliber rimfire;
(2) Crossbow
or bow and arrow meeting the minimum requirements of Fis 301.041;
(3) A
shotgun loaded with a single ball; or
(4) Muzzleloaders
not less than .40 caliber.
(b) Except as provided in RSA
207:7-a, bear shall not be taken by a bow, crossbow, or firearm while the
person is in or on a motorized vehicle.
(c) For purposes of this section the
state shall be divided into wildlife management units, as described in Fis
301.02.
(d) No person shall take a
bear with the aid and use of bait except as provided by, and in accordance
with, RSA 207:3-d, Fis 307.01, Fis 307.02, and Table 300.1 below.
(e) Dogs may be used for
taking bear only in the places and during the times set forth in Table 300.1
below:
Table 300.1
Open Season Dates
for the Taking of Wild Black Bear in 2023 and 2024
Wildlife
Management Unit |
Without Aid of
Bait or Dogs |
With Aid of Bait |
With Aid of Dogs |
A |
9/01/2023 to 11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
B |
9/01/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
9/18/2023 to 11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
C1 |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
C2 |
9/01/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to 9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
D1 |
9/01/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
D2 |
9/01/2023 to 11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
E |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to 11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
F |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
G |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to 10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
H1 |
9/01/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
H2 |
9/01/2023 to 11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
None |
I1 |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
I2 |
9/01/2023 to 11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
J1 |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to 11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
J2 |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
10/05/2023 9/01/2024 to
10/05/2024 |
9/18/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/23/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
K |
9/01/2023 to
11/07/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/12/2024 |
9/01/2023 to 9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
None |
L |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
None |
M |
9/01/2023 to
11/30/2023 9/01/2024 to
11/30/2024 |
9/01/2023 to
9/28/2023 9/01/2024 to
9/28/2024 |
None |
(f) In accordance with RSA 208:22,
III, dogs shall not be run from bait for the purpose of taking bear after
September 10, 2023 or September 15, 2024.
(g) Wild black bear may be taken by
the aid and use of not more than 6 dogs, after obtaining a permit pursuant to
Fis 1102.12.
(h) Training of bear dogs shall be
in accordance with Fis 305.02.
(i) In addition to the requirements
in RSA 207:3-e, no person shall use telemetry equipment to track or locate bear
dogs within 300 feet of a building occupied as a person's principal place of
abode.
(j) Licensed guides may guide for
taking bear during the open season as specified in Fis 301.06(c), Fis
301.06(d), and Fis 301.06(e). The person licensed for guiding shall,
prior to guiding, obtain from the department a permit to guide bear
hunters. There shall be a limit of 50 permits per season to guide
for taking bear as specified in Fis 1102.06.
(k) Each licensed guide who has been
issued a permit to take a bear as described in Fis 1102.06 shall be issued 8
bear guide tags described in Fis 1102.07, subject to the following:
(1) All
bear taken by hunters through the assistance of a licensed guide shall be
tagged with both the hunter’s bear tag and a bear guide tag from the guide who
assisted the hunter;
(2) Section
A of the bear guide tag shall be signed by the hunter and securely affixed to
the carcass of the bear immediately upon killing the bear;
(3) Section
A of the bear guide tag shall remain attached to the bear carcass or parts
thereof until such time as the bear has been tagged by a New Hampshire
conservation officer, fish and game personnel, or registration agent authorized
by the director pursuant to paragraph (p) below
(4) Section
B of the bear guide tag shall be completely filled out and retained by the
guide for his or her records; and
(5) Bear
guide tags shall be used to tag only those bears taken by clients of the guide
to whom the tags were issued and shall be non-transferable between guides.
(l)
No bear shall be taken without the appropriate bear tag.
(m) Immediately upon killing a bear, the
licensee shall fill in the appropriate bear tag, sign the tag, and attach the
tag to the bear.
(n) The bear tag shall contain the
following:
(1) The
licensee’s name and street address;
(2) The
date and time of kill; and
(3) The
wildlife management unit in which the kill occurred.
(o) A bear registration station
shall be allowed if:
(1) The
proposed location has adequate facilities and is easily
accessible. Adequate facilities and easily accessible means that the
location has adequate space for parking and registering or weighing bear, is a
safe distance away from the highway or road, and is located on or near a main
route of travel for hunters;
(2) The
hours of operation and location of the proposed station will minimize
inconvenience to hunters needing to register a bear by being open during early
morning, later into the evening, and open on weekend days; and
(3) The
applicant shall not have been convicted of any fish and game violation within
the past 7 years.
(p) Bear registration agents shall
provide the following information on a “Bear Registration Station Agreement”:
(1) The
station owner or operator’s name;
(2) Date
of agreement;
(3) Name,
physical address, mailing address, county, and telephone number of the station
owner or operator’s establishment;
(4) The
owner or operator’s home address and telephone number; and
(5) The
hours and days of operation of the proposed registration station.
(q) The bear registration station
owner, operator, and employees shall print legibly, accurately, and completely
when filling out the bear registration form described in Fis 301.05.
(r) The bear registration station
owner or operator shall sign the agreement in the presence of a witnessing
department staff member, who shall also sign the agreement.
(s) Registration station agreements
shall not be transferable upon change of ownership and shall not be assigned to
any other party.
(t) By signing the agreement,
applicants shall agree to abide by the statutes and rules governing bear
registration reports and the collection of biological samples and shall sign
subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(u) Any person who kills wild bear
pursuant to this section shall, within 24 hours, exhibit the whole bear or the
following body parts of a bear to a New Hampshire conservation officer, fish
and game personnel, or registration agent for tagging with a numbered seal:
(1) Entire
carcass, skinned or quartered, excluding viscera;
(2) Legs
and feet;
(3) Intact
skull;
(4) Hide;
and
(5) Sex
organs, including teats from females so that a positive sex determination can
be made.
(v) At the time of tagging, the
conservation officer, fish and game personnel, or registration agent shall
remove a tooth from such bear and record other information as specified in Fis
301.05.
(w) If requested, any person who
kills a wild black bear shall be required to take fish and game personnel back
to the kill site, the site of carcass evisceration, or both for purposes such
as verification of kill site or to obtain required biological samples left
behind.
(x) Beginning with the 2024 bear
season, no person shall take more than 2 wild black bear in a calendar year, as
follows:
(1) One bear shall be permitted to be taken
statewide; and
(2) One bear shall be permitted to be taken only
in wildlife management units C1, D2, E, or F.
(y) No person shall take bear by
trapping or snaring.
(z) No person shall possess the
carcass or any part of the carcass of a wild black bear without the bear tag or
registration seal attached to it or by special permission of the executive
director or the executive director’s agent.
(aa) No person shall possess a
bear, or any parts of the carcass of a bear given to the person by another,
unless each piece or package given to such person is clearly marked or labeled
with the date of its receipt and the name and address of the donor.
(ab) Nothing in this section shall
prohibit a licensed hunter who has used his or her archery or firearm bear tag
from accompanying a licensed apprentice hunter or an unlicensed minor under the
age of 16, while the apprentice hunter or minor is taking bear.
Source. #3104, eff 8-22-85; amd by #3128, eff
10-1-85; ss by #4116, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4296, eff 7-21-87; ss by #4462, eff
7-29-88; ss by #4663, eff 8-21-89; ss by #4828, eff 6-1-90; amd by #4859, eff
1-1-91; ss by #5198, eff 8-2-91; amd by #5411, eff 6-19-92; amd by #5458, eff
8-28-92; amd by #5660, eff 6-28-93; ss by #5828, eff 5-24-94; amd by #6041, eff
5-18-95; amd by #6193, eff 2-22-96; ss by #6250, eff 5-22-96 (See Revision Note
at part heading for Fis 301); ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #6783, eff
6-30-98; amd by #7107, eff 9-25-99; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; amd by #7427, eff
1-17-01; ss by #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #8249, eff
1-6-05; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; amd by #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #9163, eff
5-28-08; amd by #9458, eff 4-21-09; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, paras (a)-(n)
& (p)-(t)); amd by #9720-B, eff
6-5-10, (para (o)); amd by #9948-A, eff 6-24-11, (paras (a)-(n) &
(p)-(v); amd by #9948-B, eff 6-24-11,
(para (o)); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by
#10751, eff 1-1-15; ss by #10891, INTERIM, eff 7-17-15, EXPIRED: 1-13-16
New. #11114, eff 6-3-16; amd by #12591, eff
7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13655, eff 6-1-23
Fis 301.07 Moose
Season.
(a) “Antlered
moose” means a moose which has at least one antler 6 inches long measured from
the tip of the main beam along the distal edge of the antler to the base of the
antler burr at the skull.
(b) For
purposes of this section the state shall be divided into wildlife management
units, as described in Fis 301.02.
(c) The
moose season shall be 9 consecutive days and shall open on the third Saturday
in October.
(d) No
moose shall be taken with the aid and use of dogs.
(e) No
moose shall be taken with the aid and use of bait.
(f) No
person other than the permittee and subpermittee shall participate in
a joint hunt to take moose except that the permittee may employ one licensed
guide. The licensed guide may direct, aid, assist, or instruct the
permittee and subpermittee but shall not shoot a moose.
(g) No
person shall use an unmanned aerial vehicle as defined in Fis 312, or
a person in any other aircraft to locate moose or communicate the location of
moose to a permittee, subpermittee, or licensed guide between September 1
and December 31 of any year, or during the open moose season.
(h) No
person shall use radio telemetry equipment, electronic calls, cell phones,
radio transceivers, pagers, or other communication devices to collect and
thereafter provide information to a permittee, subpermittee, or licensed
guide for the purpose of attracting or taking moose after September 1 of any
year or during the open moose season.
(i) No
moose shall be taken within 300 feet of a class I, II, III, IV, or V highway,
as classified pursuant to RSA 229:5. For purposes of this section
both the hunter and the moose shall be not less than 300 feet from a class I,
II, III, IV, or V highway.
(j) No
moose shall be taken with rimfire firearms or with shotguns using shot loads
including buckshot. In towns restricted to weapon types pursuant to
RSA 207:3-b, 208:3, 208:3-a, 208:3-b, and 208:3-c, only shotguns loaded with a
single ball, muzzle-loading rifle, pistols as specified in RSA 208:3-d,
crossbow or bow and arrow shall be permitted for the taking of moose, except
pistols shall not be used in the town of Bow pursuant to RSA 207:3-b.
(k)
A person holding a current moose permit or subpermittee's permit may
hunt moose with a muzzleloading firearm of not less than .45 caliber.
(l) Not
withstanding (f) above, a permittee taking moose under the provisions of RSA
208:1-aa may use additional guides to assist in carrying out such hunt as
necessary for the safe and successful completion of the hunt.
(m) Only
one moose shall be taken per permittee and subpermittee combination.
(n) Moose
may be taken in the water.
(o) The
permittee or the subpermittee may shoot the moose, but it shall be
the responsibility of the permittee to tag the moose immediately upon killing,
remove the moose, and transport it to the biological check station as required
by Fis 301.08.
(p)
The moose tag shall contain the following:
(1) The shooter’s signature;
(2) The date and time of kill;
(3) Town of kill;
(4) Specific location of kill;
and
(5) The assigned wildlife
management unit.
(q) The
permittee shall remain with the moose during transportation to the biological
check station. If the moose is shot by the subpermittee, both
the permittee and subpermittee shall go to the check station to check
the moose.
(r) The
permittee and subpermittee shall only hunt in the wildlife management
unit to which they are assigned by the department.
(s) The subpermittee shall
always be accompanied by the permittee while hunting moose.
All subpermittees shall be within sight and hearing, excluding
electronic devices, when actual physical direction and control can be effected
pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXX. All subpermittees under the
age of 16 shall be accompanied by a permittee 18 years of age or older.
(t) The
moose tag shall remain with the moose at all times until the moose is sealed at
the biological check station, pursuant to RSA 208:9.
(u) Once
the moose has been sealed as provided in Fis 301.08(h), a moose may
be transported during the open season, and for 10 days after provided the
registration seal remains firmly affixed to the moose at all times.
(v) The
permittee, subpermittee, or both if requested, shall return with or
without fish and game department personnel to the kill site, the site of
evisceration, or both for purposes such as, but not limited to, verification of
kill site or to obtain ovaries or other biological samples left behind.
(w) Each
permittee or subpermittee shall carry a moose permit and each
permittee and subpermittee 16 years of age or older shall carry a
hunting license at all times when hunting for moose and registering the moose
at the check station.
(x) Any
person leaving moose parts in the field shall place parts out of sight of roads
traveled by conventional vehicles.
Source. #4327, eff 10-22-87; ss by #4348, eff 12-22-87; ss by #4572,
eff 2-3-89; amd by #4733, eff 1-22-90; amd by #5125, eff
4-26-91; amd by #5384, eff 4-29-92; amd by #5625,
eff6-1-93; ss by #5817, eff 4-26-94; amd by #6038, eff 5-17-95; ss by
#6250, eff 5-22-96 (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 301);
ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #6783, eff 6-30-98; ss by #7699, eff
6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #8357, eff
5-25-05; amd by #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #9163, eff
5-28-08; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, (paras (a)-(p) &
(r)-(y)); amd by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10, (para (q)); amd by
9800-A, eff 1-1-11 para (k); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff
6-2-14; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 301.071 Moose Hunter Diary.
(a)
The permittee shall complete the moose hunter diary and return it to the
department:
(1) During the registration process at a
biological check station as provided in Fis 301.08(e) if successful in taking a
moose; or
(2) By mailing it to the department, post marked
no later than the second Friday following the close of the moose season, if
unsuccessful in taking a moose, to:
New Hampshire Fish
and Game Department
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
(b)
The permittee shall provide the following information on the moose
hunter diary card;
(1) The permittee’s name and permit number;
(2) For each day hunted, the date, total hours
hunted, number of bulls seen, number of cows seen, number of calves seen and
the number of moose of unknown sex or age seen;
(3) The wildlife management unit hunted;
(4) An indication of whether either the permittee
or subpermittee was successful in shooting a moose;
(5) An indication of whether either the permittee
or subpermittee did any pre-season scouting for moose, and if so:
a. How many total hours were spent scouting;
b. How many total moose were seen while
scouting; and
c. If the permittee or subpermittee was
successful in taking a moose, whether the moose was taken in an area that had
been scouted.
(6) An indication as to whether the permittee was
hunting for a trophy bull, any bull, a cow, a calf, any adult moose or other.
Source. #10347, eff 5-22-13; amd by #10619, eff
6-2-14
Fis 301.08 Moose Registration at Biological Check
Stations.
(a)
Moose taken during the open moose hunting season shall be presented at
the nearest biological check station within 24 hours of the kill.
(b)
Moose taken prior to the open season on hunting adventure permits under
RSA 208:1-aa shall be presented to a designated conservation officer or a
designated deer registration station within 24 hours of the kill.
(c)
The moose shall be transported in such a manner that a portion of the
moose is open to view.
(d)
Biological check stations shall be open for 3 to 9 days during the open
moose hunting season. The day after the
season closes moose shall be registered at any fish and game department
regional office or at headquarters in Concord.
(e)
At the registration station, the permittee shall provide the fish and
game department with his or her completed moose hunter diary card, hunting
license, moose permit and completed moose tag as well as the following on the
“Moose Registration” form:
(1) Date and time of kill;
(2) Wildlife management unit, town, and locality
of kill;
(3) Weapon used;
(4) An indication as to whether or not the moose
was taken with aid of a guide;
(5) Shooter’s name, address, telephone number,
date of birth, sex, and license number, if required; and
(6) The shooter’s signature, signed subject to
the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(f)
The permittee shall allow biological information to be taken from their
moose including the sex, antler beam diameter, number of points, antler spread,
weight, estimated age, and estimated tick loads.
(g)
The permittee shall bring in to the biological check station at least
the following:
(1) The lower jaw, including incisors, one of
which shall be taken for aging purposes;
(2) The intact antler rack on an antlered moose;
(3) The skull plate on a male antlerless moose;
(4) The female reproductive tract including both
of the ovaries and the mammary sack; and
(5) All edible portions of the moose.
(h)
Once all moose registration requirements are completed, a moose
registration seal as provided in RSA 208:9 shall be affixed by fish and game
personnel or their designated agents to the moose for transportation.
Source. #4327, eff 8-22-87; ss by #4572, eff 2-3-89;
amd by #5125, eff 4-26-91; amd by #5384, eff 4-29-92; ss by #5625, eff 6-1-93;
ss by #5817, eff 4-26-94; amd by #6038, eff 5-17-95; (See Revision Note at part
heading for Fis 301); ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by
#7921, eff 7-24-03; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, (paras (a)-(c) and (e) and
(f)); amd by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10, (para
(d)); ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; amd by #11114,
eff 6-3-16
Fis 301.09 Moose Season
Lottery.
(a) Application for the moose season
lottery shall be made on an application described in Fis 1102.08.
(b) The applicant shall be at least
16 years of age by the application deadline.
(c) A non-refundable fee of $15 for
residents or $25 for nonresidents, payable to New Hampshire fish and game
department by cash, check, or money order, shall accompany each application.
(d) Only one application per person
shall be entered in the lottery, and applications shall be
non-transferable. Any person who provides an incorrect state of
residency on an application shall be disqualified from the lottery process and
shall not be eligible to receive a permit. State of residency for
purposes of the moose lottery application process shall be the person’s state
of residence, pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXIII, at the deadline date for moose
lottery applications. Proof of NH residency shall be the applicant’s
valid NH driver’s license or NH non-driver’s identification card number issued
by the NH department of safety, division of motor vehicles, prior to the
application deadline.
(e) Illegible applications and
incomplete applications shall be returned and not
considered. Corrected applications may be resubmitted.
(f) No late entries shall be accepted.
(g) Bonus points shall be accrued in
accordance with RSA 208:1-a, II-a.
(h) No person shall accrue more than
one point in a given year’s lottery.
(i) A person’s accrued points shall
be lost if:
(1) The
applicant fails to provide an eligible application for a given year’s lottery;
(2) The
applicant fails to provide notification of a driver's license number or
non-driver identification number change as specified in paragraph (w) below;
(3) The
successful applicant has paid the permit fee and does not return the permit by
October 1 as specified in paragraph (t) below; or
(4) The
applicant provides an incorrect state of residency as described in paragraph
(d) above.
(j) All applications shall be:
(1) Turned
in to the department headquarters by 4:00 p.m. on the last Friday in May;
(2) Postmarked
no later than midnight on the last Friday in May; or
(3) Submitted
on-line as long as the transaction was started prior to midnight eastern
daylight time on the last Friday in May.
(k) Applications shall be assigned a
number on a first come, first served basis when received at the department
headquarters. Self-addressed and stamped receipts shall be returned
as notification that the application has been received.
(l) The lottery drawing shall be:
(1) Held
after the season dates have been adopted by rules; and
(2) Conducted
in the following manner:
a. Selection
of winning numbers shall be done by computer selection of random numbers;
b. A total
of 33 application numbers shall be drawn;
c. A total
of 500 additional numbers shall be drawn as alternates;
d. The 33
moose permits shall be allocated as specified in Table 300.02 below:
Table
300.02 Moose Permit Allocation Table
Wildlife
Management Unit |
No. of Permits
For Either Sex Moose |
No. of Permits
Restricted To Antlerless Moose Only |
A1 |
2 |
0 |
A2 |
8 |
0 |
B |
7 |
0 |
C1 |
3 |
0 |
C2 |
5 |
0 |
D1 |
3 |
0 |
D2 |
0 |
0 |
E1 |
0 |
0 |
E2 |
0 |
0 |
E3 |
0 |
0 |
F |
0 |
0 |
G |
0 |
0 |
H1 |
0 |
0 |
H2-north |
0 |
0 |
H2-south |
0 |
0 |
I1 |
0 |
0 |
I2 |
0 |
0 |
J1 |
0 |
0 |
J2 |
0 |
0 |
K |
0 |
0 |
L |
3 |
0 |
M |
2 |
0 |
e. Based
on the order of computer selection, applicants shall be assigned a permit as
follows:
1. Applicants
shall be assigned a permit for either sex moose in a wildlife management unit
indicated on their application;
2. If
all permits for either sex moose in those wildlife management units are filled,
applicants shall:
(i) Be assigned
to a permit for an antlerless moose, provided their application indicates they
are willing to hunt antlerless moose in one of the wildlife management units
having these permits available; and
(ii) Not
be assigned a permit if their application indicates they are not willing to
hunt antlerless moose; and
3. Once all
of the initially drawn applicants have been considered for permits:
(i) Alternates
shall be used to fill the remaining permits; and
(ii) Successful
applicants drawn for a permit shall be notified by mail within 10 working days;
and
f. The percentage of
nonresident numbers drawn shall not be greater than the percentage
of nonresident hunting licenses sold during the previous
calendar year, and nonresidents shall be randomly distributed throughout the
wildlife management units.
(m) Alternates shall be chosen if a
permittee chooses not to participate in the hunt and advises the department, in
writing, of this decision. Alternates shall be selected in the order
in which they were originally drawn in the lottery. Chosen
alternates shall then be permittees. Alternates shall be assigned to
the wildlife management unit which was assigned to the original
permittee. These new permittees shall be notified by mail within 7
days after being selected.
(n) The permit fee shall be paid in
full at fish and game headquarters in Concord no later than the last working
day in July. Late payments received via U.S. mail shall be accepted,
provided they were postmarked no later than midnight on the third Friday of
July. Alternates shall be chosen for applicants failing to pay the
fee by the prescribed date. Alternates selected shall then pay
within 14 days after being notified.
(o) The permittee shall submit the
information specified in paragraph (p) below on the permittee and the
subpermittee, if a subpermittee is designated, to the fish and game department
so that it shall be received at fish and game headquarters in Concord by the
last working day in July. Late information received via US mail
shall be accepted, provided they are postmarked no later than midnight on
the third Friday in July. If an alternate is chosen as a permittee, designation
of subpermittee and accompanying information shall be submitted with the
payment.
(p) The information required in
paragraph (o) above of permittees and subpermittees shall be as follows:
(1) Confirmation
of the permittee’s intention to participate in the moose hunt signed subject to
the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3;
(2) The
subpermittee’s:
a. Complete
name and mailing address;
b. Date of
birth; and
c. Telephone
number; and
(3) A
signed statement from the permittee and the subpermittee that neither has paid
or bartered anything for the privilege of being designated as a subpermittee
and that they each have read and understand the current moose hunting rules
signed subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA
641:3.
(q) The permittee shall obtain a
permit described in Fis 1102.09. There shall be no residency
requirements for the subpermittee.
(r) No person shall act as a
subpermittee for more than one permittee.
(s) The
deadline for the permittee to change the subpermittee shall be 8 days prior to
the start of the moose season.
(t) Once the fee for a moose permit
has been paid, the permittee shall lose all accumulated points and not be
eligible to submit an application for the next 3 application periods, unless
the permittee returns the permit prior to October 1 so that an alternate may be
notified to participate in the moose hunt.
(u) No permittee shall sell or
barter the subpermittee portion of their permit.
(v) No person shall possess more
than one moose permit as a permittee.
(w) If a person’s driver’s license
number or non-driver identification number changes, the applicant shall notify
the department on the application. If the department is not able to
match the identity of the applicant with its records, the applicant shall
provide their name, address, date of birth, their old identification number,
and new identification number.
(x) The executive director shall
waive restrictions in the moose lottery process to delay the issuance of a
moose permit for one year after being drawn due to a life-threatening illness
or accident of the permittee or the permittee’s active duty military service,
any of which prevents the permittee from participating in the moose hunt.
(y) In order for the permit to be
deferred, the permittee shall:
(1) Not have
participated in any portion of the current year’s moose hunt; and
(2) Provide the
following:
a. A
request from the permittee to defer the permit, which includes a brief
explanation as to the deferment request, signed subject to the penalties for
making unsworn statements under RSA 641:3; and
b. Either:
1. A statement
from a physician stating that, due to the permittee’s medical condition, the
permittee is physically not able to participate in the current year’s moose
hunt, signed subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under
RSA 641:3; or
2. In
the case of active military service, federal documentation which shows that the
permittee will be on active duty during the current year’s moose hunt.
(z) The permittee shall notify
department headquarters no later than 4:00 pm on the day before the hunt begins
of said intent to defer the current year’s permit.
(aa) The information referenced in
paragraph (y) above and the permit shall be received at department headquarters
no later than the second Friday of November.
(ab) The executive director shall
authorize permits, in addition to the permits in paragraph (l)(2)d. above, if
the director determines that a department error resulted in the rejection of an
eligible application for a permit, provided the issuance will have no
significant impact on the moose population and the application would have
otherwise been successful based on its random number.
Source. #4327, eff
10-22-87; ss by #4348, eff 12-22-87; ss by #4572, eff 2-3-89; amd by #4733, eff
1-22-90; amd by #5125, eff 4-26-91; amd by #5384, eff 4-29-92; amd by #5625,
eff6-1-93; ss by #5817, eff 4-26-94; amd by #6038, eff 5-17-95; ss by #6250,
eff 5-22-96 (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 301); ss by #6520, eff
5-31-97; ss by #6783, eff 6-30-98; ss by
#7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #8357, eff 5-25-05; amd by
#8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, (paras
(a)-(p) & (r)-(y)); amd by #9720-B,
eff 6-5-10, (para (q)); amd by
9800-A, eff 1-1-11 para (k); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff
6-2-14; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13644, eff
6-1-23
Fis
301.10 Rabbits and Hares.
(a) Snowshoe hares shall only be taken as
follows:
(1) The open season shall be
October 1 to March 31; and
(2) The daily bag limit shall be as follows:
a. In WMUs A through G, and J1
the daily bag limit shall be 3 snowshoe hares; and
b. In WMUs H1, H2, I1, I2 J2,
K, L and M the daily bag limit shall be 2 snowshoe hares;
(b) Cottontail rabbits shall only be taken in
WMUs H2, K, L and M, except for the closed areas specified in (c), as
follows:
(1) The open season shall be
October 1 to January 31;
(2) The open season for
falconry shall be October 1 to March 15; and
(3) The daily bag limit shall
be 2 cottontail rabbits.
(c) The following areas shall be closed to the
taking of cottontail rabbits:
(1) The portion of WMUs K, M
and L bound by Route 28 from the Massachusetts border in Salem, north to, Route
101 in Manchester, Route 101 west to I 93 in Manchester, I 93 north to I 293 in
Hooksett, I 293 south to Granite Street
in Manchester, Granite Street south to South Main Street in Manchester, South Main Street south to Route114A in Manchester,
Route 114A north to Route 114 in Goffstown, Route 114 north to Route 13 in
Goffstown, Route 13 south to the
Massachusetts border in Brookline; and
(2) The portion of WMU L bound
by Route 202/11 west from the Maine border in Rochester, to Route 16, Route 16
south to Route 125, Route 125 south to Route 101, Route 101 east to the
Squamscott River, north along the Squamscott River, north along shoreline of
Great and Little Bay estuary to the Piscataqua River, and northwest along the
Maine border to Route 202/11 at the Maine border.
(d) No person shall take hare or rabbits by the
use of a snare.
Source. #4551, eff 12-20-88; ss by #4879, eff
7-23-90; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis
301); ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7533, eff 7-24-01; amd by #7699, eff
6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08; ss by #10619, eff
6-2-14; ss by #12591 eff 7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 301.11 Gray Squirrel.
(a)
The season for gray squirrel shall open September 1 and close January
31.
(b)
The daily bag limit of squirrel shall be 5 gray squirrels.
(c)
No person shall hunt or take squirrels within a compact zone of any
village or city or within the limits of any public park or cemetery.
Source. #4551, eff 12-20-88; ss by #4879, eff
7-23-90; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis
301); ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #6783, eff 6-30-98; ss by #8085, eff
5-26-04; ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; amd by #12591, eff
7-25-18
PART Fis 302 GAME BIRDS
Statutory
Authority: RSA Chapter 209
REVISION NOTE:
The following documents readopted with
amendments the rules indicated and therefore supersede all prior filings in
each case for those rules. The documents
are exempt from the requirements of RSA 541-A pursuant to RSA 209:6-b. Therefore the rules in these documents do not
expire but remain in effect unless repealed or superseded by later filings as
noted.
Document #5696,
eff. 8-26-93
Fis 302.04 through
Fis 302.07 and Fis 302.10
Document #5870,
effective 7-19-94
Fis 302.02, Fis
302.08 and Fis 302.09
Document #5885,
effective 8-25-94
Fis 302.04, Fis
302.06, Fis 302.07 and Fis 302.10
Document #6088,
effective 8-29-95
Fis 304.04 through
Fis 302.07 and Fis 302.10
Fis 302.01 Wild Turkey.
(a) No person shall at any time
hunt, shoot, pursue, kill, or take wild turkey in this state without first
procuring a turkey permit and the applicable license required under RSA 214.
(b) For purposes of this section,
the state shall be divided into wildlife management units as described in Fis
301.02.
(c) The spring turkey season shall
be May 1 through May 31.
(d) The fall turkey seasons shall be
as follows:
(1) The
archery season shall be September 15 to December 15, provided that in WMU A the
closure date shall be December 8; and
(2) In
wildlife management units D2, G, H1, H2, I1, I2, J2, K, L, and M, the shotgun
season shall be 7 consecutive days in length, beginning 5 days immediately
preceding the moose season as specified in Fis 301.07(c).
(e) Shooting hours shall be as follows:
(1) The
shooting hours during the spring turkey season shall begin one half hour before
sunrise and end at 12:00 noon; and
(2) The
shooting hours during the fall seasons for the taking of wild turkeys shall
begin one half hour before sunrise and end one half hour after sunset.
(f) Persons licensed to take turkeys
shall be entitled to take no more than 2 turkeys per year as follows:
(1) One
bearded or male turkey may be taken in the spring season described in paragraph
(c) above and one turkey of either sex may be taken during the fall archery
season or during the fall shotgun season described in paragraph (d) above; or
(2) Two
bearded or male turkeys may be taken in the spring season described in
paragraph (c) above, provided that:
a. No person shall take a second turkey until
the first turkey has been legally registered;
and
b. One turkey may
be taken statewide, and the other turkey shall only be taken in wildlife
management units H1, H2, I1, J2, K, L, or M.
(g) Nothing in this section shall
prohibit a properly licensed turkey hunter, who has taken a turkey, from
assisting another properly licensed turkey hunter by calling
only. The person assisting by calling shall not possess a firearm,
bow and arrow, or crossbow that could lawfully be used for the purpose of a
take.
(h) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Fanning” means the practice of staying in a
stationary position while holding, wearing, or using a real or artificial
turkey fan as camouflage to entice a turkey to approach the hunters’ position;
and
(2) “Reaping” means the practice of
stalking or approaching a turkey while holding, wearing, or using a real or
artificial turkey fan as camouflage.
(i) No person shall employ the practice of
fanning or reaping for taking turkey.
(j) The lawful methods of take shall
consist of:
(1) Shotguns,
with the following shot and loads:
a. Between
10 and 20 gauge inclusively, with shot size of #4 and smaller, in hunting
rather than target loads; or
b. 28
gauge and .410, with shot sizes #7 through #9, a minimum shot density of 18
grams per cubic centimeter (G/CC), and a minimum barrel length of 18 inches;
and
(2) Bow
and arrow or crossbow in accordance with Fis 301.041.
(k) No person shall use
live decoys, electronic calling devices, baiting, cooperative drives, or dogs
during the spring turkey season.
(l) No person shall use
live decoys, electronic calling devices, baiting, or cooperative drives during
the fall archery season and fall shotgun season.
(m) No person shall shoot
at or take a turkey while the turkey is in a tree, regardless of the method of
take.
(n) The licensed hunter taking the
turkey shall register and report the kill as follows:
(1) Immediately
upon killing a turkey, the licensed hunter shall:
a. Detach
the turkey tag from his or her license;
b. Fill
out the tag with the name and address of the licensee who killed the turkey,
the date and time of kill, and the WMU where the turkey was killed;
c. Securely
attach the tag to the leg of the turkey; and
d. Keep
the carcass fully feathered and intact, except that the carcass may be
eviscerated before completing the registration process;
(2) Not
attach a turkey tag to a turkey that person did not kill;
(3) Not
possess a turkey tag that was not issued to that person; and
(4) Not
transport a wild turkey unless it is tagged with a turkey tag and is
accompanied by the licensed hunter who took the turkey.
(o) Any turkey taken during
the special youth hunting days for turkey in accordance with Fis 1204.03(a) or
during any other turkey season shall be registered within 24 hours of taking in
accordance with one of the following methods:
(1) Completion
of a turkey registration report and receipt of a confirmation number from a
department approved registration station in accordance with Fis 302.012; or
(2) Completion
of all required fields in an online registration report using the link
available at www.wildlife.state.nh.us
and receipt of an electronic confirmation that the report was completed and
accepted by the department.
(p) Each hunter shall
maintain proof of completion of the registration process for a minimum of 180
days in the form of:
(1) The
confirmation number from a department registration station; or
(2) An
electronic or printed copy of the computer screen that acknowledges the filing
of the registration survey in the online registration tool described in
subparagraph (o)(2) above and which shows the confirmation number issued by the
online system.
(q) If requested, the
carcass of the turkey shall be exhibited to a conservation officer for
examination to determine the method of kill.
Source. #1543, eff 3-10-80; amd by #1731, eff
3-24-81; amd by #1986, eff 3-24-82; ss by #2337, eff 4-8-83; amd by #2675, eff
4-18-84; amd by #2991, eff 3-22-85; amd by #4032, eff 4-1-86; amd by #4247, eff
3-30-87; amd by #4398, eff 4-18-88; ss by #4603, eff 4-26-89; ss by #4787, eff
3-22-90; amd by 4859, eff 1-1-91; amd by #5176, eff 7-11-91; amd by #5385, eff
4-29-92; ss by #5612, eff 4-16-93; ss by #5799, eff 3-22-94; amd by #6025, eff
4-26-95; amd by #6250, eff 5-22-96; ss by #6341, eff 1-1-97; ss by #6784, eff
1-1-99; amd by #6841, eff 1-1-99; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7532, eff
1-1-02; amd by #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; ss by #8357, eff
5-25-05; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #9055, eff 1-2-08; ss by #9171, eff
6-5-08; ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; amd by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #10142,
eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; amd by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591,
eff 7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 302.011 Turkey
Registration Stations.
(a) New turkey registration stations
shall be authorized only if:
(1) The
proposed station location is greater than 10 travel miles from the nearest
adjacent station, unless an adjacent station(s) registers more than 100 spring
turkeys, was in existence on 12/31/09, or the proposed station location will
provide increased opportunity for hunters to register turkey by offering
extended hours;
(2) The
proposed location has adequate facilities and is easily
accessible. Adequate facilities and easily accessible means that the
location has adequate space for parking and registering or weighing turkey, is
a safe distance away from the highway or road, and is located on or near a main
route of travel for hunters;
(3) The
hours of operation and location of the proposed station will minimize
inconvenience to hunters needing to register a turkey by being open during
early morning, later into the evening and open on weekend days; and
(4) The
applicant shall not have been convicted of any fish and game violation within
the past 7 years.
(b) Turkey registration agents under
RSA 209:12-a shall provide the following information on a “Turkey Registration
Station Agreement”:
(1) The
station owner or operator’s name;
(2) Date
of agreement;
(3) Name,
physical address, mailing address, county, and telephone number of the station
owner or operator’s establishment;
(4) The
owner or operator’s home address and telephone number; and
(5) The
hours and days of operation of the proposed registration station.
(c) The turkey registration station
owner, operator, and employees shall print legibly, accurately, and completely
when filling out the turkey registration form described in Fis 302.012.
(d) The turkey registration station
owner or operator shall sign the agreement in the presence of a witnessing
department conservation officer or designee, who shall also sign the agreement.
(e) Registration station agreements
shall not be transferable upon change of ownership and shall not be assigned to
any other party.
(f) By signing the agreement,
applicants shall agree to abide by the statutes and rules governing turkey
registration stations and turkey registration reports and shall sign subject to
the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(g) Failure to accurately and
legibly provide the information specified in Fis 302.012 on the turkey
registration report shall, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, result
in the suspension or closure of the registration station.
(h) Those registration stations
which are also fish and game agents as defined in RSA 214-A:1, II shall remain
in good standing with regard to the requirements of RSA 214-A.
(i) Turkey registration agents may
collect up to $5.00 as a registration agent fee pursuant to RSA 209:12-a, I(b).
Source. #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #9720-A, eff
6-5-10, (paras (a) & (e)-(i)); amd by
#9720-B, eff 6-5-10, (paras (b)-(d)); ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644,
eff 6-1-23
Fis 302.012 Turkey
Registration Reports.
(a) All persons reporting a
turkey kill to a turkey registration station under RSA 209:12-a shall provide
the following:
(1) The shooter’s:
a. Name;
b. Street
and mailing address;
c. Telephone
number;
d. Residency;
and
e. Date
of birth;
(2) Town of kill;
(3) Date of
kill;
(4) Time of kill;
(5) The following
information about the turkey:
a. Sex;
b. Weight;
c. Length
of beard to the nearest ¼ inch;
d. Length
of left and right spurs;
e. Age,
by indicating whether the turkey is adult or immature; and
f. Description
of any abnormality, injury, off coloration, leg band, or wing streamer on turkey;
(6) Weapon type
used;
(7) Wildlife management
unit of kill;
(8) The following
license information:
a. Hunting
license type(s) and license number(s) held by licensee; and
b. Permit
type(s) and permit number(s) held by licensee and under which the turkey was
taken; and
(9) The registration number
of the vehicle transporting the turkey.
(b) The registration agent
shall include the following:
(1) The
date and time of turkey registration;
(2) The
date and time of turkey license purchase; and
(3) The registration station number.
(c) The hunter shall sign the paper
report subject to the penalties for making unsworn false
statements under RSA 641:3.
(d) The registration agent shall:
(1) Provide
the hunter with a turkey confirmation number; and
(2) Sign the paper
report or file the electronic report subject to the penalties for making
unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
Source. #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by #9720-A, eff
6-5-10, (para (d)(1)); amd by 9720-B, eff
6-5-10, paras (a)-(c) & (d) intro & (d)(2); ss by #11114, eff
6-3-16; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 302.02 American Crow.
(a)
Pursuant to authority granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50
CFR Part 20, the season for taking American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) shall
open on March 16 and close on March 31; open again on August 15 and close again
on November 30 each year.
(b)
There shall be no bag limit for crows.
(c)
Crows shall not be hunted from an aircraft.
(d)
Crows shall be taken with firearms, bow and arrow, or falconry.
Source. #984, eff 8-1-77; ss by #2150, eff 10-6-82;
ss by #2832, eff 8-21-84; ss by #4463, eff 7-29-88; (See Revision Note at part
heading for Fis 302) #5870, eff 7-19-94; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7359,
EXEMPT, eff 8-24-00; ss by #7550, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-01; ss by #8121, EXEMPT, eff
7-14-04
Fis 302.03 Raven.
There shall be no open season on raven (Corvus corax).
Source. #984, eff 8-1-77; ss by #2150, eff 10-6-82;
ss by #2832, eff 8-21-84; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90; ss by #6250, eff 5-22-96; ss
by #8085, eff 5-26-04; ss by #9985, EXEMPT, eff 8-24-11
Fis 302.04 Ducks, Mergansers,
and Sea Ducks.
(a) Pursuant to authority granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in
accordance with 50 CFR Part 20, the season for taking ducks, mergansers, and
sea ducks shall be as follows:
(1) The season for taking ducks,
mergansers, and sea ducks in the inland zone shall open October 5 and close
November 3; reopen on November 22 and close again on December 21;
(2) The season for taking ducks,
mergansers, and sea ducks in the coastal zone shall open on October 4 and close
on October 10; reopen on November 22 and close again on January 13;
(3) The season for taking ducks,
mergansers, and sea ducks in the northern zone shall open on October 2 and
close on November 30; and
(4) There shall be no open season for
Harlequin ducks.
(b) The delineation of
the inland, northern and coastal boundaries shall be as follows:
(1) Coastal zone - Beginning at the
Maine-New Hampshire line in Rollinsford, that portion of the state of New
Hampshire east of a boundary formed by state highway 4, west to the city of
Dover, south to the intersection of state highway 108, south along state
highway 108 through Madbury, Durham and New Market to the junction of
state highway 85 in Newfields, south to state highway 101 in Exeter, east
to Interstate 95 (New Hampshire Turnpike) in Hampton, and south on Interstate
95 to the Massachusetts border;
(2) Northern zone - That area of the state
east of the Connecticut River zone and north of the inland zone beginning at
the junction of route 10 and route 25A in Orford, east on route 25A to
route 25 in Wentworth, southeast on route 25 to exit 26 of route I-93 in
Plymouth, south on route I-93 to route 3 at exit 24 of route I-93 in Ashland,
northeast on route 3 to route 113 in Holderness, north on route 113 to route
113-A in Sandwich, north on route 113-A to route 113 in Tamworth, east on route
113 to route 16 in Chocorua, north on route 16 to route 302 in Conway, east on
route 302 to the ME-NH border; and
(3) Inland zone - The remaining portion of
the state including the Connecticut river zone as specified in RSA 209:5-a.
(c) Daily shooting
or falconry hours shall begin at one-half hour before sunrise and end at
sunset.
(d) Taking
of ducks in the inland, northern and coastal zone shall be limited to
a daily bag of 6, and a possession limit of 18. Taking of
sea ducks shall be limited to a daily bag limit of 4 and a possession limit of
12. Taking of mergansers shall be limited
to a daily bag of 5, and a possession limit of 15. The falconry
daily bag limit shall not exceed 3 migratory game birds in the aggregate.
(e) The species of ducks named
below shall be subject to the following restricted bag limits, and shall be
included as part of the daily bag limit specified in paragraph (d):
(1) Taking of black ducks statewide shall
be limited to a daily bag of 2 and a possession limit of 6;
(2) Taking of wood ducks statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag of 3 and a possession limit of 9;
(3) Taking of redheads statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag of 2 and a possession limit of 6;
(4) Taking of mallards statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag of 4 (only 2 of which may be a hen), and a possession
limit of 12 (only 6 of which may be hens);
(5) Taking of pintails statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag of 1, and a possession limit of 3;
(6) Taking of scaup statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag of 1 and a possession limit of 3;
(7) Taking of scoter statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag limit of 3 and a possession limit of 9;
(8) Taking of eiders statewide shall be
limited to a daily bag limit of 3 (only 1 of which may be a hen) and a
possession limit of 9;
(9) Taking of long-tailed ducks statewide
shall be limited to a daily bag limit of 3 and a possession limit of 9; and
(10) Taking of canvasbacks statewide shall
be limited to a daily bag of 2 and a possession limit of 6.
(f) In
addition to the regular migratory bird season, there shall be a special
extended falconry season on ducks, mergansers, and American coots as
follows:
(1) The inland zone season extension shall
open on November 4 and shall close on November 21, reopen on December 22 and
close again January 17;
(2) The coastal zone season extension shall
open on January 26 and close on March 10;
(3) The northern zone season shall open on
December 1 and shall close on January 14; and
(4) The daily bag and possession limits for
falconry are specified in Fis 302.04.
(g) Non-toxic
shot shall be required statewide for the taking of ducks and
mergansers. For the purposes of this section “nontoxic
shot” means, as it does in 50 CFR 20, any shot type that does not cause
sickness and death when ingested by migratory birds as determined under 50 CFR
20. The only shot currently approved by the Director, US Fish and
Wildlife Service, are steel shot, bismuth-tin shot, tungsten-iron shot,
tungsten-polymer shot, tungsten-matrix shot, tungsten-nickel-iron shot,
tungsten-bronze shot, tungsten-tin-bismuth shot, tungsten-tin-iron-nickel shot,
tungsten-iron-copper-nickel shot, tungsten-tin-iron shot, and
tungsten-iron-polymer shot.
Source. #1635, eff 9-22-80; amd by #1821, eff
9-29-81; amd by #1447, eff 10-3-79; ss by #2150, eff 10-6-82; amd by #2493, eff
9-30-83; ss by #2865, eff 9-27-84; amd by #3115, eff 9-16-85; amd by #4127, eff
9-5-86; amd by #4307, eff 8-28-87; ss by #4490, eff 9-16-88; ss by #4634, eff
6-21-89; ss by #4674, eff 9-19-89; ss by #4929, eff 9-6-90; ss by #5216, eff
8-30-91; ss by #5460, eff 8-31-92; ss by #5696, eff 8-26-93; (See Revision Note
at part heading for Fis 302) #5885, eff 8-25-94; (See Revision Note at part
heading for Fis 302) #6088, eff 8-29-95; ss by #6331, eff 8-26-96; ss by #6579,
EXEMPT, eff 9-16-97; ss by #6850, EXEMPT, eff 8-27-98; ss by #7092, EXEMPT, eff
9-2-99; ss by #7360, EXEMPT, eff 8-25-00; ss by #7550, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-01; ss
by #7757, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-02; ss by #7941-A, EXEMPT, eff 8-25-03; ss by #8154,
EXEMPT, eff 9-2-04; ss by #8421, EXEMPT, eff 8-18-05; ss by #8734, EXEMPT, eff
9-25-06; ss by #8982, EXEMPT, eff 9-21-07; ss by #9251, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-08; ss
by #9540, EXEMPT, eff 9-10-09; ss by #9771, EXEMPT, eff 8-26-10; ss by #9985,
EXEMPT, eff 8-24-11; ss by #10174, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-12; ss by #10400, EXEMPT,
eff 8-21-13; ss by #10658, EXEMPT, eff 8-16-14; ss by #10911, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-15; ss by #11072, EXEMPT, eff
4-14-16; ss by #12159, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-17; ss by #12514, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-18; ss by #12759, EXEMPT, eff 4-16-19; ss by #13034, eff
4-14-20; ss by #13197, eff 4-24-21; ss by #13376, eff 4-14-22; ss by #13609,
EXEMPT, eff 4-15-23
Fis 302.05
Coots.
(a) Pursuant to authority
granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50 CFR Part 20, the season for
taking coots shall be as follows:
(1) The inland zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(3), shall open October 5 and close onNovember 3;
reopen on November 22 and close again on December 21;
(2) The coastal zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open on October 4 and close on October 10;
reopen on November 22 and close again on January 13; and
(3) The northern zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04 (a)(2), shall open on October 2 and close
on November 30.
(b) Taking
of coots shall be limited to a daily bag of 15, and possession limit of 45.
(c) Daily shooting hours
shall be from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset.
(d) Nontoxic shot,
as defined in Fis 302.04(g), shall be required statewide for the
taking of coots.
Source. #1447, paragraphs (b) & (c), eff 10-3-79;
#1633, paragraph (a); amd by #1787, paragraph (a), eff 7-29-81; ss by #2131,
eff 9-8-82; ss by #2865, eff 9-27-84; ss by #4490, eff 9-16-88; ss by #4634,
eff 6-21-89; ss by #4674, eff 9-19-89; (See Revision Note at part heading for
Fis 302) #5696, eff 8-26-93; (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 302)
#6088, eff 8-29-95; ss by #7359, EXEMPT, eff 8-24-00; ss by #8121, EXEMPT, eff
7-14-04; ss by #8421, EXEMPT, eff 8-18-05; ss by #10400, EXEMPT, eff 8-21-13;
ss by #11072, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-16; ss by #12759, EXEMPT, eff 4-16-19; ss by
#13034, eff 4-14-20; ss by #13197, eff 4-24-21; ss by #13376, eff 4-14-22
(formerly Fis 302.06); ; ss by #13609, EXEMPT, eff 4-15-23
Fis 302.06 Geese.
(a) Pursuant
to authority granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50 CFR Part 20, the
regular Canada goose season shall be as follows:
(1) The inland zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(3), shall open October 5 and close on November 3;
reopen on November 22 and close again on December 21.
(2) The coastal zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open October 4 and close
October 10; reopen on November 22 and close again on January 13;
(3) The northern zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(2), shall open October 2 and close on November 30;
and
(4) Taking of Canada geese shall be limited
to a daily bag of 2, and a possession limit of 6.
(b) The
season for taking snow geese shall be as follows:
(1) The inland zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(3), shall open on October 5 and shall close on
December 21;
(2) The coastal zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open on October 4 and close on January 13;
and
(3) The northern zone, as specified in
302.04(a)(2), shall open on October 2 and shall close on November 30.
(c) The
taking of snow geese statewide shall be limited to a daily bag of 25, and there
shall be no possession limit.
(d) Daily
shooting hours shall begin at one-half hour before sunrise and end at sunset.
(e) Nontoxic
shot, as defined in Fis 302.04(g), shall be required statewide for
the taking of geese.
Source. #1821, eff 9-29-81; amd by #1447, eff
10-3-79; ss by #2150, eff 10-6-82; ss by #2865, eff 9-27-84; amd by #4127, eff
9-5-86; amd by #4307, eff 8-28-87; ss by #4490, eff 9-16-88; ss by #4634, eff
6-21-89; ss by #4674, eff 9-19-89; ss by #4929, eff 9-6-90; ss by #5216, eff
8-30-91; ss by #5460, eff 8-31-92; ss by #5696, eff 8-26-93; (See Revision Note
at part heading for Fis 302) #5885, eff 8-25-94; (See Revision Note at part
heading for Fis 302) #6088, eff 8-29-95; ss by #6331, eff 8-26-96; ss by #6579,
EXEMPT, eff 9-16-97; ss by #6850, EXEMPT, eff 8-27-98; ss by #7092, EXEMPT, eff
9-2-99; ss by #7360, EXEMPT, eff 8-25-00; ss by #7550, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-01; ss
by #7757, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-02; ss by #7941-A, EXEMPT, eff 8-25-03; ss by #8154,
EXEMPT, eff 9-2-04; ss by #8421, EXEMPT, eff 8-18-05; ss by #8734, EXEMPT, eff
9-25-06; ss by #8982, EXEMPT, eff 9-21-07; ss by #9251, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-08; ss
by #9540, EXEMPT, eff 9-10-09; ss by #9771, EXEMPT, eff 8-26-10; ss by #9985,
EXEMPT, eff 8-24-11; ss by #10174, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-12; ss by #10400, EXEMPT,
eff 8-21-13; ss by #10658, EXEMPT, eff 8-16-14; ss by #10911, EXEMPT, eff
8-22-15; ss by #11072, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-16; ss by #12159, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-17;
ss by #12514, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-18; ss by #12759, EXEMPT, eff 4-16-19; ss by
#13034, eff 4-14-20; ss by #13197, eff 4-24-21; ss by #13376, eff 4-14-22
(formerly Fis 302.07)
Fis
302.061 Special September Canada
Goose Season.
(a) The special statewide September season to
take Canada geese shall September 1 and close September 25.
(b) The taking of Canada geese shall be limited
to a daily bag limit of 5 Canada geese, and a possession limit of 15.
(c) Nontoxic shot, as defined in Fis 302.04(g),
shall be required for the taking of Canada geese.
(d) Daily shooting hours shall begin one-half
hour before sunrise and end at sunset.
Source. #6309, eff 7-30-96; ss by #6553, eff 7-23-97;
ss by #6850, EXEMPT, eff 8-27-98; ss by #7067, EXEMPT, eff 8-1-99; ss by #8121,
EXEMPT, eff 7-14-04; ss by #8943, EXEMPT, eff 7-18-07; ss by #10400, EXEMPT,
eff 8-21-13; ss by #10911, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-15; renumbered by #13376 (formerly
Fis 302.071)
Fis 302.062 National Migratory Bird Harvest
Information Program (HIP).
(a)
In accordance with 50 CFR Part 20.20, New Hampshire is required to
participate in the migratory bird harvest information program (HIP) as of
1998. This law requires that any person
taking migratory waterfowl identify themselves as a migratory bird hunter and
submit his or her name, address and date of birth to the licensing authority as
well as have evidence on his or her person of compliance with this requirement. The purpose of this section is to specify the
requirements for any person taking migratory birds in New Hampshire.
(b)
In addition to the licensing requirements of RSA 214 and 209:6, any
person taking migratory waterfowl, woodcock or snipe shall have a migratory
bird HIP validation number recorded on his/her current hunting license.
(c)
Applicants shall call the telephone number provided by the department or
go online at www.wildlife.state.nh to complete a HIP survey.
(d)
Applicants shall obtain the HIP validation number after completing the
HIP survey and shall record it in the space provide on their hunting or
combination hunting and fishing licenses.
(e)
The applicant shall provide the following information on the HIP survey:
(1) The applicant's complete name;
(2) The complete mailing address;
(3) The applicant's date of birth; and
(4) An indication as to whether the applicant
hunted for migratory waterfowl, woodcock, or snipe and how many birds were
taken during the previous season.
Source. #6578, eff 12-1-97; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00;
ss by #7359, EXEMPT, eff 8-24-00; ss by #7550, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-01; ss by
#7739, EXEMPT, eff 8-1-02; renumbered by #13376 (formerly Fis 302.072)
Fis 302.07 Common Snipe.
(a)
Pursuant to authority granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50
CFR Part 20, the season for taking common snipe shall open on September 15 and
close on November 14 each year.
(b)
Taking of common snipe shall be limited to a daily bag of 8, and a
possession limit of 24.
(c)
Daily shooting hours shall begin one-half hour before sunrise and end at
sunset.
Source. #1447, eff 10-3-79, paragraphs (b) & (c);
amd by #1811, eff 9-17-81; ss by #2131, eff 9-8-82; amd by #2455, eff 8-28-83;
ss by #2865, eff 9-27-84; amd by #4119, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4318, eff 9-28-87;
ss by #4463, eff 7-29-88; (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 302)
#5870, eff 7-19-94; ss by 6553, eff 7-23-97; ss by #7739, EXEMPT, eff 8-1-02;
ss by #7757, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-02; ss by #8943, EXEMPT, eff 7-18-07; ss by
#9985, EXEMPT, eff 8-24-11; ss by #10400, EXEMPT, eff 8-21-13; renumbered by
#13376 (formerly Fis 302.08)
Fis 302.08 American Woodcock.
(a)
Pursuant to authority granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50
CFR Part 20, the season for taking woodcock shall open on October 1 and close
on November 14 each year.
(b)
Taking of woodcock shall be limited to a daily bag of 3, and a
possession limit of 9.
(c)
Daily shooting hours shall begin one-half hour before sunrise and end at
sunset.
Source. #1444, eff 9-22-79, paragraphs (b) & (c);
amd by #1799, eff 8-24-81; ss by #2131, eff 9-8-82; amd by #2455, eff 8-28,83;
ss by #2833, eff 8-21-84; amd by #3115, eff 9-16-85; ss by #4119, eff 8-21-86;
ss by #4463, eff 7-29-88; (See Revision Note at part heading for Fis 302)
#5870, eff 7-19-94; ss by #6553, eff 7-23-97; ss by #7739, EXEMPT, eff 8-1-02;
ss by #7757, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-02; ss by #8943, EXEMPT, eff 7-18-07; ss by
#9985, EXEMPT, eff 8-24-11; ss by #10400, EXEMPT, eff 8-21-13; renumbered by
#13376 (formerly Fis 302.09)
(a) Pursuant
to authority granted by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50 CFR Part 20, the
season for taking brant shall be as follows:
(1) The inland zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(3), shall open on October 5 and close on November 3;
(2) The coastal zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open on October 4 and close on October
10; reopen on November 22 and close again on December 14, and
(3) The northern zone, as specified
in Fis 302.04(a)(2), shall open on October 2 and close on October 31.
(b) The taking
of brant shall be limited to a daily bag limit of 1, and a possession limit of
3.
(c) Daily shooting
hours shall begin at one-half hour before sunrise and end at sunset.
(d) Nontoxic shot,
as defined in Fis 302.04(g), shall be required statewide for the
taking of brant.
Source. #1447, eff 10-3-79; #1821, eff 9-29-81; ss by
#2150, eff 10-6-82; ss by #2865, eff 9-27-84; amd by #3115, eff 9-16-85; amd by
#4127, eff 9-5-86; amd by #4307, eff 8-28-87; ss by #4490, eff 9-16-88; ss by
#4634, eff 6-21-89; ss by #4674, eff 9-19-89; ss by #4929, eff 9-6-90; ss by
#5216, eff 8-30-91; ss by #5460,eff 8-31-92; ss by #5696, eff 8-26-93; (See
Revision Note at part heading for Fis 302) #5885, eff 8-25-94; (See Revision
Note at part heading for Fis 302) #6088, eff 8-29-95; ss by #6331, eff 8-26-96;
ss by #6579, EXEMPT, eff 9-16-97; ss by #6850, EXEMPT, eff 8-27-98; ss by
#7092, EXEMPT, eff 9-2-99; ss by #7360, EXEMPT, eff 8-25-00; ss by #7550,
EXEMPT, eff 8-29-01; ss by #7941-A, EXEMPT, eff 8-25-03; ss by #8154, EXEMPT,
eff 9-2-04; ss by #8421, EXEMPT, eff 8-18-05; ss by #8734, EXEMPT, eff 9-25-06;
ss by #8982, EXEMPT, eff 9-21-07; ss by #9251, EXEMPT, eff 8-29-08; ss by
#9540, EXEMPT, eff 9-10-09; ss by #9771, EXEMPT, eff 8-26-10; ss by #9985,
EXEMPT, eff 8-24-11; ss by #10174, EXEMPT, eff 8-22-12; ss by #10400, EXEMPT,
eff 8-21-13; ss by #10400, EXEMPT, eff 8-21-13; ss by #11072, EXEMPT, eff
4-14-16; ss by #12159,eff 4-14-17; ss by #12514, EXEMPT, eff 4-14-18; ss by
#12759, EXEMPT, eff 4-16-19; ss by #13034, eff 4-14-20; ss by #13376, EXEMPT,
eff 4-14-12 (formerly Fis 302.10); ss by #13376, eff 4-14-22; ss by #13609, eff
4-15-23
Fis 302.10 Rails and Gallinules. There shall be no open season for rails or
for gallinules.
Source. #1670, eff 11-20-80; ss by #2150, eff
10-6-82; ss by #2865, eff 9-27-84; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90; ss by #6250, eff
5-22-96; ss by #7881, eff 4-26-03, EXPIRED: 4-26-11
New. #9977, INTERIM, eff 8-20-11, EXPIRES: 2-16-12;
ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; renumbered by #13376
(formerly Fis 302.11)
Fis 302.11 Pheasant.
(a)
The open season for pheasant shall be October 1 through December 31,
however the pheasant season shall be closed until noon each Thursday and Friday
as specified in Table 300.02 below:
Table 300.02 Days
Pheasant Season Closed Until Noon
If the October 1
Opening Day of Season Occurs on a: |
On the Following
Days the Season is Closed Until Noon: |
Sunday |
Thursday and
Friday, October 5-6, 12-13, and 19-20 |
Monday |
Thursday and
Friday, October 4-5, 11-12, and 18-19 |
Tuesday October
1 |
Thursday and
Friday, October 3-4, 10-11, and 17-18 |
Wednesday |
Thursday and
Friday, October 2-3, 9-10, and 16-17 |
Thursday |
Thursday and
Friday, October 8-9, 15-16, and 22-23 |
Friday |
Thursday and
Friday, October 7-8, 14-15, and 21-22 |
Saturday |
Thursday and
Friday, October 6-7, 13-14, and 20-21 |
(b)
The daily bag limit shall be 2 pheasants and the season limit shall be
10 pheasants.
Source. #4551, eff 12-20-88; ss by #4879, eff
7-23-90; ss by #5210, eff 8-26-91; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94, EXPIRED: 5-24-00
New. #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04;
ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; amd by #10948, EMERGENCY, eff 10-16-15, EXPIRED:
4-13-16; amd by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; renumbered by #13376 (formerly Fis 302.12)
Fis 302.12 Northern Bobwhite Quail.
(a)
The open season for northern bobwhite quail shall be October 1 through
December 31.
(b)
The daily bag limit shall be 4.
Source. #4551, eff 12-20-88; ss by #5829, eff
5-24-94, EXPIRED: 5-24-00
New. #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04;
ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08; ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18;
renumbered by #13376 (formerly Fis 302.13)
Fis 302.13 Ruffed Grouse/Partridge (Bonasa umbellus), Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chuka), and Hungarian Partridge
(Perdix perdix).
(a)
The open season for ruffed grouse, chukar partridge, and Hungarian
partridge shall be October 1 through December 31.
(b)
The daily limit shall be 4 ruffed grouse, chukar partridge, and
Hungarian partridge.
Source. #4551, eff 12-20-88; ss by 5210, eff 8-26-91;
ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; ss by #6042, eff 5-18-95; ss by #6250, eff 5-22-96;
ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #7107, eff 9-25-99; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss
by #8085, eff 5-26-04; ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18;
renumbered by #13376 (formerly Fis 302.14)
PART Fis 303 FURBEARING ANIMALS
Statutory
Authority: RSA Chapter 210, RSA 210:23
Fis 303.01 Definitions.
(a) "Snare" means a device made of
wire, synthetic cord, or other material that is in the form of a noose with a
slipknot, stop, swivel, or, eyelet holes and is designed or set with the intent
of capturing an animal by the neck, leg or body. Snares include but are not limited to pole
snare, neck snare and foot snare such as an Aldrich or Novack snare.
(b)
“Body gripping trap” means a trap, excluding snares, designed and
constructed to hold an animal by the body.
Source. #4155, eff 10-31-86; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90,
EXPIRED: 7-5-96
New. #6292, eff 7-20-96; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04;
ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18
Fis 303.02 Muskrat, Mink, Weasel, Otter, and Beaver.
(a)
The open season for taking muskrat, mink, weasel, otter, and
beaver by use of traps shall be:
(1) October 15 through April 10 in wildlife
management units A, B, C, D, E, and F; and
(2) November 1 through April 10 in wildlife
management units G, H, I, J, K, L, and M.
(b)
The open season for taking muskrat, mink, and weasel by use of firearms
or bow and arrow shall be:
(1) October 15 through April 10 in wildlife
management units A, B, C, D, E, and F; and
(2) November 1 through April 10 in wildlife
management units G, H, I, J, K, L, and M.
(c)
The season limit for otter shall be 10 otters.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; amd by #1788, eff 7-29-81;
ss by #2124, eff 8-17-82; amd by #2450, eff 8-19-83; ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84;
ss by #3129, eff 10-1-85; ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4306, eff 8-28-87;
ss by #4493, eff 9-22-88; ss by #4664, eff 8-21-89; ss by #4857, eff 7-3-90; ss
by #5210, eff 8-26-91; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; ss by #6042, eff 5-18-95; ss
by #7881, eff 4-26-03; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss and moved by #9163, eff
5-28-08 (formerly Fis 303.011); ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; ss by #10142, eff
6-5-12; ss by #13408, eff 7-26-22
Fis 303.03 Fox, Red and Gray, Raccoon, Opossum, and
Skunk.
(a)
The season for taking red and gray fox, raccoon, opossum, and
skunk by use of traps shall:
(1) Open in WMUs A, B, C, D, E, and F on October
15 and close on December 31; and
(2) Open in WMUs G, H, I, J, K, L, and M on
November 1 and close on January 15.
(b)
The season for taking raccoon, red and gray fox, opossum, and
skunk by use of firearms or bow and arrow shall open on September 1 and close
on March 31.
(c)
In addition to the provisions of Fis 303.03 (b), raccoons may
be taken at night during the open season in accordance with the provisions of
RSA 210:2.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; amd by #1788, eff 7-29-81;
ss by #2124, eff 8-17-82; amd by #2450, eff 8-19-83; ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84;
ss by #3129, eff 10-1-85; ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4306, eff 8-28-87;
ss by #4493, eff 9-22-88; ss by #4664, eff 8-21-89; ss by #4857, eff 7-3-90; ss
by #5210, eff 8-26-91; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; ss by #6042, eff 5-18-95; ss
by #7881, eff 4-26-03; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by
#9163, eff 5-28-08; ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; amd by #9880-A, eff 3-1-11; ss
by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #13408, eff 7-26-22
Fis 303.04 Fisher.
(a)
The open season for taking fisher by traps shall be December 1 through
December 31.
(b)
The open season for taking fisher by firearms or bow and arrow shall be
December 1 through January 31.
(c)
The statewide season bag limit shall be 2 fisher.
(d) The lower jaw of a fisher harvested
by any legal means shall be provided to fish and game personnel at the time of
sealing in accordance with Fis 303.11.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; amd by #1788, eff 7-29-81;
ss by #2124, eff 8-17-82; amd by #2450, eff 8-19-83; ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84;
ss by #3129, eff 10-1-85; ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4306, eff 8-28-87;
ss by #4493, eff 9-22-88; ss by #4664, eff 8-21-89; ss by #4857, eff 7-3-90; ss
by #5210, eff 8-26-91; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; ss by #6042, eff 5-18-95; ss
by #7881, eff 4-26-03; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #8764, eff 11-23-06; ss and
moved by #9163, eff 5-28-08 (formerly Fis 303.05); ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14;
amd by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 303.05 Bobcat. There shall be no open season for the taking
of bobcat.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; amd by #1788, eff 7-29-81;
ss by #2124, eff 8-17-82; amd by #2450, eff 8-19-83; ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84;
ss by #3129, eff 10-1-85; ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4306, eff 8-28-87;
ss by #4493, eff 9-22-88; ss by #4664, eff 8-21-89; ss by #4857, eff 7-3-90; ss
by #5210, eff 8-26-91; ss by #5661, eff 6-28-93; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94;ss by
#6042, eff 5-18-95; ss by #6520, eff 5-31-97; ss by #6783, eff 6-30-98; ss by
#7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04; amd by
#8357, eff 5-25-05; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #8764, eff 11-23-06; ss and
moved by #9163, eff 5-28-08 (formerly Fis 303.06); ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14
Fis
303.06 Coyote.
(a)
Coyote may be taken by use of firearm, crossbow, or bow and arrow year
round ½ hour before sunrise to ½ hour after sunset.
(b)
Coyote may be taken by hunting at night in accordance with RSA 208:1-e
and as follows:
(1) The open season
shall be from January 1 through March 31;
(2) Artificial lights, except lights from a motor
vehicle or OHRV or snowmobile, may be used to illuminate coyotes;
(3) Electronic
calling devices may be used;
(4) No person shall bait coyote on ice-covered
public waters; and
(5) In towns restricted to weapon types pursuant
to RSA 208:3, 208:3-b, and 208:3-c, only pistols permitted under RSA 208:3-d, .17
and .22 caliber rimfire rifles, shotguns, muzzleloading rifles, crossbow, or
bow and arrow shall be permitted for the taking of
coyote at night.
(c)
Any person hunting coyote at night shall obtain a written landowner
permit described in Fis 1102.11 for the property on which he or she takes or
attempts to take coyote or when hunting coyote over bait, a permit described in
Fis 1102.04 or Fis 307.05.
(d)
The open season for taking coyotes by traps shall be:
(1) October 15 through
March 31 in WMUs A, B, C, D, E and F; and
(2) November 1 through
March 31 in WMUs G, H, I, J, K, L and M.
(e)
Hunting for coyote over bait shall be in accordance with Fis 307.01.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; amd by #1788, eff 7-29-81;
ss by #2124, eff 8-17-82; amd by #2450, eff 8-19-83; ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84;
ss by #3129, eff 10-1-85; ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4306, eff 8-28-87;
ss by #4493, eff 9-22-88; ss by #4664, eff 8-21-89; ss by #4857, eff 7-3-90; ss
by #5829, eff 5-24-94, EXPIRED: 5-24-00
New. #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss
and moved by #9163, eff 5-28-08 (formerly Fis 303.09); ss by #9720-A, eff
6-5-10; amd by #9880-A, eff 3-1-11; amd by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by 13211, eff
5-26-21
Fis 303.07 American Marten or Canada Lynx.
(a)
There shall be no open season for taking American marten.
(b)
There shall be no open season for taking Canada lynx as it is listed as
an endangered species in Fis 1001.01.
(c)
Any American marten or Canada lynx trapped shall be reported immediately
by contacting the fish and game department at 603-271-3361 on business days
during the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, or if the fish and game department is
closed, by contacting the nearest conservation officer.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; amd by #1788, eff 7-29-81;
amd by #2450, eff 8-19-83; ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84; ss by #3129, eff 10-1-85;
ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4306, eff 8-28-87; ss by #4493, eff 9-22-88;
ss by #4664, eff 8-21-89; ss by 4857, eff 7-3-90; ss by #5210, eff 8-26-91; amd
by #5661, eff 6-28-93; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94; ss by #6042, eff 5-18-95; ss
by #7881, eff 4-26-03; rpld by #8644, eff 6-1-06
New. #9163, eff 5-28-08 (formerly Fis 303.091); ss
by #10347, eff 5-22-12; ss by #12161, eff 4-18-17
Fis 303.08 Annual Trapper's Report.
(a)
All persons licensed to trap furbearing animals shall provide an annual
trapping report form to the department on or before April 30 of each year.
(b)
Any person licensed to trap furbearing animals shall provide the
following information on the “Annual Trappers Report” form:
(1) The licensee's name, address, and telephone
number;
(2) The number of the trapping license held;
(3) The dates of the trapping season being
reported;
(4) Whether licensee trapped, and whether she/he
took any furs;
(5) The following information for each town where
trapping occurred:
a. The number of each species taken;
b. The number of traps set for each species;
c. The number of nights that they were set for
each species; and
d. Wildlife management unit where taken; and
(6) Indicate the number of bobcats incidentally
trapped, released or killed.
(c)
The trapper shall sign the report subject to the penalties for making
unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(d)
Any licensee failing to report shall be refused a license until the
complete information has been filed.
Source. #1619, eff 8-8-80; ss by #2124, eff 8-17-82;
ss by #2864, eff 9-27-84; ss by #4120, eff 8-21-86; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90; ss
by #5829, eff 5-24-94, EXPIRED: 5-24-00
New. #7289, eff 6-1-00; rpld by #8644, eff 6-1-06
New. #9163, eff 5-28-08 (formerly Fis 303.10); ss
by #10619, eff 6-2-14
Fis 303.09 Fur Dealers Records.
(a)
All persons licensed to buy furs and hides under RSA 214:26, shall keep
a record of all furs and hides bought on form F&G 152, “Fur Dealer's Record
Book (Furs Purchased)”, which shall be sent to the department on or before July
30 of each year.
(b)
The licensee shall include the following on the “Fur Dealer's Record
Book (Furs Purchased)” form:
(1) Licensee's name, license number, and
signature;
(2) The period covered by the record and date the
report is mailed to the department;
(3) The following information for all
transactions completed:
a. The date of the transaction;
b. The name, address, and license number of the
person from whom the purchase was made;
c. The number and species of fur or hides
bought;
d. The price paid; and
e. All seal numbers recorded.
(c)
All information shall be printed in a legible manner.
(d)
No furs or hides shall be bought unless the owner of the furs or hides
is present, or the seller has the owner's name, address, license number, and
the number and species to be sold.
(e)
All licensees shall carry on their persons a form F&G 152, the “Fur
Dealers Record Book (Furs Purchased)”, at all times when buying the skins of
furbearing animals.
(f)
All persons licensed to buy furs and hides under RSA 214:26, shall keep
a record of all furs and hides sold on form F&G 152-A, “Fur Dealer's Record
Book (Furs Sold)”, which shall be sent
to the department on or before July 30 of each year.
(g) The licensee shall include the
following information on the “Fur Dealer's Record Book (Furs Sold)” form:
(1) Licensee's name, license number, and
signature;
(2) The period covered by the record and the date
the report is mailed to the department; and
(3) The following information for all
transactions completed:
a. The date of the transaction;
b. The number and species sold; and
c. The name, address, and license number to whom
the furs or hides were sold.
Source. #444, eff 6-17-74; amd by #2124, eff 8-17-82;
ss by #2832, eff 8-21-84; ss by #4617, eff 5-25-89, EXPIRED: 5-25-95
New. #6292, eff 7-20-96; ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04
(renumbered by #9163, formerly Fis 303.12); ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by
#12591, eff 7-25-18
Fis 303.10 Taking Beaver and Otter by Snares.
(a)
In addition to any other requirements pertaining to trapping beaver and
otter, the following rules shall apply to the taking of beaver and otter by snares:
(1) Snares shall only be set in water or under
the ice;
(2) Each individual snare, whether set singularly
or in the aggregate, shall be affixed with a durable tag denoting the name of
the licensed trapper who sets, arranges, or tends the snare;
(3) All wildlife species other than beaver and
otter taken alive shall be released at the snare site. If dead, the animal
shall be turned over to the fish and game department within 72 hours; and
(4) Trappers shall be able to account for all
snares out at any time.
Source. #4155, eff 10-31-86; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90,
EXPIRED: 7-5-96
New. #6292, eff 7-20-96;
ss by #8085, eff 5-26-04 (renumbered by #9163, formerly Fis 303.13); ss by
#10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18
Fis
303.11 Sealing of Furbearing Animals.
(a)
All furbearing animals, except otter and fisher, shall be exempt from
the sealing requirements of RSA 210:8, I.
(b)
Upon sealing any otter or fisher in accordance with RSA 210:8, the
trapper or hunter shall complete and submit the “Fur
Sealing Record” form to a conservation officer or the wildlife division at:
NH Fish and Game
Department
Wildlife Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
including the following information:
(1) Name and
address;
(2) Date of birth;
(3) Trapping or hunting license number;
(4) Telephone
number;
(5) Method of take;
(6)The
number of each animal taken and sealed for each town animals were taken in; and
(7) Date and signature
subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(c)
The lower jaw of a fisher harvested by any legal means shall be provided
to fish and game personnel at the time of sealing.
Source. #5777, INTERIM, eff 1-28-94, EXPIRES:
5-28-94; ss by #5829, eff 5-24-94, EXPIRED: 5-24-00
New. #7289, eff 6-1-00 (renumbered by #9163,
formerly Fis 303.15), EXPIRED: 6-1-08
New. #9332, INTERIM, eff 11-27-08; ss by #9405,
eff 3-7-09; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10, (para (a)); amd by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10, (para (b)); ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18;
ss by #13211, eff5-26-11
Fis 303.12 Restrictions on Certain Traps.
(a) No foothold trap with auxiliary teeth added
shall be allowed.
(b) No foothold trap shall be set on land with an
inside jaw spread greater than 6½ inches, measured between the inside edges of
the opened jaws, across the trap trigger, and perpendicular to the trap base
plate.
(c) Body gripping traps with an inside jaw spread
greater than or equal to 6½ inches, measured inside the jaws perpendicular to
the trap’s pivoting joints, shall only be set:
(1) Five feet or more above the ground or surface
of the snow unless there was a snowstorm during the previous 24 hours; or
(2) In water for beaver or otter.
(d) Deadfalls, a device constructed of any
material(s) utilizing material weight as the holding or killing method, shall
be prohibited.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Fis 308, no
person shall set a snare on land.
(f) When set, all traps shall be securely
attached to the ground, to a fixed object, to a drag, or to a slide wire.
(g) Traps shall not be set within 50 feet of
exposed bait, as defined in (h), but may be set any distance from a covered
bait, as defined in (i).
(h) “Exposed bait” means bait that is the body of
any animal, including fish, or parts thereof including meat, organs, viscera,
bones, or any other parts of an animal, that is visible from above, but does
not include meat, organs, viscera, or bones totaling 4 ounces or less, or skin,
hair or feathers 25 square inches or less, droppings, urine, or living or dead
animals held in a trap as the result of lawful trapping activity.
(i) “Covered bait” means bait that is the body of
any animal, including fish, or parts thereof including meat, organs, viscera,
bones, or any other parts that are covered so as to not be visible from above,
where cover includes, but is not limited to, brush, branches, leaves, soil or
snow and is constructed in a manner to withstand wind and normal environmental
conditions. “Covered bait” includes baits less than one-half pound when placed
in a dirt hole 6 inches in diameter or less at a depth of 6 inches or greater,
and baits of less than 5 pounds placed on pole sets 5 or more feet above ground
are also considered covered bait.
(j) The following restrictions on traps shall
apply while trapping in WMU’s A, B, C1, C2, D1, D2East, E and F:
(1) All foothold traps set on land must have one
swivel in the chain/cable and one swivel connection to the trap;
(2) Body gripping traps with an inside jaw spread
of 4 inches or greater and less than or equal to 5 inches, measured inside the
jaws perpendicular to the trap’s pivoting joints, which are set on the ground
shall only be set as follows:
a. Set in water at all times;
b. Set under overhanging stream banks; and
c. Set as a blind set with no bait or
attractant;
(3) Body gripping traps, measured inside the jaws
perpendicular to the trap’s pivoting joints, with an inside jaw spread 4 inches
or greater which are set off the ground shall only be set as follows:
a. Five feet or more above the ground or surface
of the snow, unless there was a snowstorm during the previous 24 hours;
b. Affixed to a leaning section of a pole or
tree, no greater than 4 inches in diameter that is free of branches and angled
45 degrees or greater in its entirety;
c. Excluding branch removal the pole or tree
shall not have planed or altered sides;
d. The area within 4 feet of the trap shall be
free of trees, poles or other objects greater than 4 inches in diameter;
e. The areas within 4 feet of the trap shall be
free of trees or poles that are angled less than 45 degrees to the ground at
any point between the ground elevation and the elevation of the trap; and
f. The area within 4 feet of the trap shall be
free of banks, bluffs, rocks or immediate rise in ground elevation; and
(4) Body gripping traps with an inside jaw spread
greater than 5 inches and less than 6½ inches, measured inside the jaws
perpendicular to the trap’s pivoting joints, which are set on the ground, shall
only be set:
a. Recessed in the den entry of nuisance
wildlife with the den entry covered by wire mesh with openings that do not
exceed 1 ½ inches side-to-side and wire gauge shall be 16 gauge or less or wire
diameter 0.05 inches or greater;
b. If placed in a lynx exclusion device, as
follows:
1. The trap jaws shall be completely within the
device, but the trap springs may be outside of the device;
2. The lynx exclusion device shall not have an
opening greater than 6 inches by 8 inches;
3. The opening shall not be directly in front of
the trap, but shall be either on the top or side of the device;
4. The trap set within the device shall be a
minimum of 18 inches from the closest edge of the opening to the trap;
5. The back of the device shall be secured to
withstand heavy pulling;
6. If using wire mesh with a wood box, the wire
mesh shall wrap around 2 opposite sides of the box and be secured;
7. There shall be at least 2 attachment points
for each side of the device where there is a joint, or where panels come
together;
8. The exclusion device shall be constructed of
wood, or wire mesh that does not exceed 1½ inch openings from side to side;
9. The wire gauge shall be 16 gauge or less or a
wire diameter of 0.05 inches or greater;
10. The opening slot in the device that allows
the trap springs to extend outside the device shall be no more than 7½ inches
wide and a height of no more than 1½ inches; and
11. The trap shall be anchored outside of the
device.
Source. #8105, INTERIM, eff 7-1-04, EXPIRED: 12-28-04
New. #8250, eff 1-6-05; (renumbered by #9163,
formerly Fis 303.16); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13; ss
by #10619, eff 6-2-14
Fis 303.13 Award of Trapping Permits for State
Managed Lands.
(a)
Trapping rights on state managed lands shall be awarded for a 2 year
period.
(b)
State managed lands shall be divided into trapping units.
(c)
The boundaries of each such trapping unit on state managed lands shall
be outlined on maps maintained by the wildlife division, which shall be open to
public inspection during regular business hours at Fish and Game headquarters
in Concord and on the department’s web site at www.wildlife.state.nh.us.
(d)
Trapping rights on state managed lands shall be awarded to properly
licensed trappers as follows:
(1) Applicants for award of such trapping rights
shall make application to the wildlife division, on the “Application for
Trapping Permit on State Managed Lands” form which shall include:
a. The trapper’s:
1. Name;
2. Mailing address;
3. Home and work telephone numbers;
4. Date of birth; and
5. Current trapping license number;
b. A list of all trapping units listed in the
applicant’s order of preference, for which they wish to be awarded trapping
rights; and
c. If applicable, the name(s) and address(es) of
up to 2 licensed helpers; and
(2) Applications shall be received by the
department headquarters on or before the second Monday of September or be
postmarked on or before the third Friday in August.
(e)
Trapping rights shall be awarded on the first Friday after the deadline
by computer selection of random numbers.
(f)
Based on the order of computer selection, applicants shall be assigned a
trapping unit as follows:
(1) Applicants shall be awarded trapping rights
for the highest priority trapping unit indicated on his/her application that
has not been awarded;
(2) Assignment of trapping units shall continue,
with each applicant being awarded trapping rights for the first trapping unit
the applicant listed on the application which has not been previously awarded;
and
(3) If trapping units are still available after
all applications have been randomly selected utilizing each applicant’s first
choice, the procedure shall be repeated again using the second trapping unit
the applicant indicated on the application and shall continue until all
applicant choices have been awarded or until all trapping units have been
assigned.
(g)
Permits awarded during the lottery process shall become effective on
October 1st of the year awarded and shall be valid for the 2 year drawing
period.
(h)
Permits shall be mailed to successful applicants, who hold a valid
trapping license, prior to the opening of that year's trapping season.
(i)
Units not awarded during the drawing shall be issued after the drawing
on a first-come first-served basis at department headquarters and these permits
shall be valid for the remainder of the 2-year period.
(j)
No more than one individual shall be awarded the trapping rights for any
one trapping unit.
(k)
Permittees shall eliminate nuisance beaver within any state managed
trapping unit when such nuisance beaver has been identified by the department
in their assigned unit(s).
(l)
Permittees shall initiate actions to eliminate the nuisance beaver
within 7 days of being notified by the department that their trapping unit has
developed a nuisance beaver or return their permit for that area to the
department within 7 days.
(m)
Upon proper notification and hearing in compliance with RSA 541-Aand Fis
200 the executive director shall revoke all permits to trap on state managed
land that have been issued to a permittee when the executive director finds
that the permittee has failed to comply with the provisions of Fis 303.17(k)
and (l). Said permittee shall not be
eligible to apply for a permit or to trap on state managed lands for a period
of 3 years from the date of revocation.
(n)
Any permittee who has not purchased a trapping license by October 10 of
the second year the permit is effective or whose trapping license has been
suspended or revoked for any reason shall forfeit all permits to trap state
managed lands.
(o)
No permittee shall sell a permit for trapping on state managed lands.
(p)
A permittee may surrender a property(ies) listed on their permit in
writing to the department. These properties shall be made available and
reissued as specified above in (i).
(q)
Permits shall be non-transferable.
(r)
Permittees may have up to 2 helpers, who may trap within the permittee’s
trapping unit, under the following conditions:
(1) A helper shall be a licensed trapper in New
Hampshire;
(2) Permits to trap state managed lands shall be
valid so long as there is no subsequent conviction for a trapping violation by
the permittee or one of the helpers;
(3) The helper(s) shall be listed on the
permittee’s permit; and
(4) If a permittee wishes to add or remove a
helper after a permit has been issued, the permittee shall return the permit to
the department indicating the change and the department shall then issue a new
permit.
Source. #8764, eff 11-23-06 (renumbered by #9163,
formerly Fis 303.17); ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14
PART Fis 304 WILDLIFE DAMAGE
Statutory
Authority: RSA 207:22 through RSA 207:30
inclusive
Fis 304.01 Definitions.
(a) “Agent” means the
person(s) authorized to take wildlife on behalf of the commercial grower or
public airport under the pre-damage deer kill permit or the wildlife
depredation permit.
(b)
“Agricultural product” means:
(1) Livestock, which shall include, but not be
limited to, all beef or dairy cattle, steer, oxen, goats, sheep, swine, horses,
mules, or other equidae, as well as domesticated strains of buffalo, bison,
llamas, alpacas, emus, ostriches, rabbits, yaks, or other fur-bearing
animals;
(2) Poultry or the production of eggs; and
(3) Bees or the production of honey.
(c) “Claimant” means a
person or legal entity whose documented gross sales in money to another person or entity of
any agricultural product or commercial crop, or combination thereof, are at
least $1,000 in a calendar year.
(d) “Commercial crop” means
any agricultural or horticultural crop(s) planted, cultivated, and produced by
a commercial grower.
(e) “Commercial grower”
means commercial grower as defined in RSA 207:22-c, II(g), namely “any person
who grows an agricultural or horticultural crop from which the person has
derived, or reasonably expects to derive, an annual gross income from the sale
of crops normally produced of at least $2500.
(f)
“Nonqualifying product” means any product that is not a qualifying
product, including but not limited to projected future qualifying products,
unbaled grasses or alfalfa, compost, mulching products, or cover crops.
(g)
“Public airport” means an airport that is registered with the state
of New Hampshire as a public use airport.
(h)
“Qualifying product” means:
(1) Any agricultural product as defined in
paragraph (b) above; or
(2) Any commercial
crop including, but not limited to, nursery stock grown as part of a commercial
operation, plant materials processed and wrapped in airtight plastic wrapping,
or berries, herbs, fruit, vegetables, tree fruit, grapes, corn, small grains,
soybeans, or flowers grown by a claimant.
(i)
“Wholesale value” means:
(1) For any agricultural product shown in weekly
market survey data available from the New Hampshire department of
agriculture, the median auctioned value
of the product at the time of the loss;
(2) For any
agricultural product not shown in such weekly market survey data, a value
determined by examining all available evidence of the actual condition of the
product, its stage of growth or readiness for market, costs to replace the
product, or other factors identified by the claimant in an effort to derive a
fair market value for the loss; or
(3) For fruit trees, a replacement value
determined by current nursery stock.
Source. #1670, eff 11-20-80; ss by #2832, eff
8-21-84; ss by #4858, eff 7-6-90; ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff 6-26-96, EXPIRED:
10-24-96
New. #7159, INTERIM, eff 12-18-99, EXPIRED:
4-16-00
New. #7290, eff 5-24-00; amd by #7881, eff 4-26-03;
amd by #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16;
ss by #13441, eff 8-29-22
Fis 304.02 General Requirements.
(a)
A commercial grower whose land is open to public hunting as described in
RSA 207:22-a, may make application for a pre-damage deer kill permit or a
wildlife depredation permit for use in the protection of commercial crops, to the
NH fish and game department.
(b)
A commercial grower’s land may be closed to hunting while the commercial
grower, employees of the commercial grower or the general public are actively
managing or harvesting crops.
(c)
The executive director shall request financial records if necessary to
verify the commercial status of pre-damage deer kill permit and wildlife
depredation permit applicants.
(d)
Agents taking deer under the authority of a pre-damage deer kill permit
or wildlife depredation permit shall not have been convicted of a fish and game
hunting violation within the past 5 years in any state in the United States or
Canadian province.
(e)
Only persons currently licensed to hunt in New Hampshire shall be used
as agents under pre-damage deer kill permits or the wildlife depredation
permits except that airports may use designated airfield safety personnel that
are not licensed to hunt.
(f)
The taking of wildlife under a pre-damage deer kill permit or a wildlife
depredation permit shall be as follows:
(1) Only with rifles of a caliber greater than
.22 caliber rimfire, shotguns loaded with a single ball or loose buckshot;
(2) Only with bows with 40 lbs. pull or greater
for deer or bear and 50 lbs. pull or greater for moose; and
(3) Fixed blade broadheads not less than 7/8 of
an inch or more than 1 ½ inches wide, or retractable broadheads not less than
7/8 of an inch wide when open shall be used;
(4) In towns restricted to weapon types pursuant
to RSA 208:3, 208:3-a, 208:3-b, and 208:3-c, only shotguns loaded with a single
ball, muzzle-loading rifle, or bow and arrow shall be permitted, except that
loose #00 or larger buckshot may be used in the towns listed in 208:3; and
(5) Wildlife shall be taken during dates and
times specified on the permit.
(g)
The commercial grower and/or agent shall not sell wildlife or otherwise
receive personal or monetary gain from the taking of wildlife under this
section.
Source. #3176, eff 1-20-86; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90;
ss by #6276, INTERIM, eff 6-26-96, EXPIRED: 10-24-96
New. #6434, eff 1-22-97; ss by #7159, INTERIM, eff
12-18-99, EXPIRED: 4-16-00
New. #7290, eff 5-24-00; amd by #7881, eff 4-26-03;
amd by #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16
Fis 304.03 Pre-Damage
Deer Kill Permits.
(a) A commercial grower may request
up to 2 pre-damage deer kill permits from the executive director.
(b) Applications for pre-damage deer
kill permits using the form specified in Fis 304.05 shall be submitted by email,
regular mail, fax, or hand delivery
to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, Animal Damage Control, Wildlife
Division, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord, New Hampshire 03301.
(c) The commercial grower shall sign
the pre-damage deer kill tag and report card upon issuance to the agent.
(d) Deer shall be taken within the
planted area of the crop being protected.
(e) A person, upon killing a deer
under a pre-damage deer kill permit, shall immediately fill out, sign, and
attach the pre-damage deer kill tag to the deer carcass. Once tagged, the
carcass may be legally transported.
(f) A person, upon killing a deer
under a pre-damage deer kill permit, shall immediately sign and complete the
pre-damage deer kill report card using the form specified in Fis 304.05.
(g) Within 24 hours of a kill, the
commercial grower shall mail a completed pre-damage deer kill report card to
the:
New
Hampshire Fish and Game Department
Animal Damage
Control, Law Enforcement Division
11 Hazen
Drive, Concord, NH 03301
(h) The dates seasonally and the
times daily when deer may be taken under this permit shall be determined by the
executive director based on the type of crop being damaged and safety
considerations associated with shooting at night.
(i) All deer taken under this permit
shall become the property of the commercial grower to be utilized or given away
at their discretion, except that antlers with more than 4 total points, taken
from deer between August 1 and March 31, must be turned over to the department
within 10 business days.
(j) Upon receipt of an application,
pre-damage deer kill permits shall be issued to commercial growers within 5
working days.
(k) A person, upon killing a deer
under a pre-damage deer kill permit, shall notify the fish and game department
by calling fish and game headquarters at 603-271-2461 between 8:00 AM and 4:30
PM no later than the first business day immediately following the date of kill
and provide his or her name, the time and town of the kill, and the name of the
pre-damage permit holder.
(l) A person attempting to take a
deer under a pre-damage deer kill permit shall have on their person a copy of
the permit letter sent to the commercial grower on whose land they are
attempting to kill a deer.
Source. #7159, INTERIM, eff 12-18-99,
EXPIRED: 4-16-00
New. #7290, eff 5-24-00, EXPIRED: 5-24-08
New. #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13;
ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 304.04 Wildlife
Depredation Permits.
(a) In accordance with RSA 207:26, a
commercial grower whose crops are being damaged by wildlife may submit an
“Application for a Wildlife Depredation Permit”, using the form specified in
Fis 304.05, to the executive director.
(b) Applications for wildlife
depredation permits shall be submitted by email, regular mail, fax, or hand delivery
to the:
New Hampshire Fish
and Game Department
Animal Damage
Control, Wildlife Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, New
Hampshire 03301
(c) Commercial growers with a
history of wildlife damage may apply for, receive, and employ wildlife
depredation permits prior to actual and substantial damage, as specified on
their permit. “History of wildlife damage” means that previous
wildlife depredation permits have been issued.
(d) The granting of the wildlife
depredation permit shall be contingent upon a site review by the fish and game
department animal damage control specialist, if necessary to confirm actual and
substantial damage. “Substantial damage” means damage to at least 10
percent of crops.
(e) Depredation permits shall not be
issued if the fish and game department will supply non-lethal methods such as
repellents, pyrotechnics, and fencing that will prevent damage.
(f) The species, number, and sex of
wildlife taken under this permit shall be determined by the executive director
based on the cause, extent, and type of damage.
(g) The dates seasonally and the
times daily when wildlife may be taken under this permit shall be determined by
the executive director based on the type of crop being damaged and safety
considerations associated with shooting at night.
(h) The commercial grower shall sign
the “Wildlife Depredation Tag” and the “Wildlife Depredation Report Card” upon
issuance to the agent, and the agent shall sign the tag and report card
immediately upon taking wildlife.
(i) Wildlife shall only be taken in
the actual area where damage is occurring and within 100 feet outside that
area.
(j) A person, upon killing wildlife
under a wildlife depredation permit, shall immediately fill out, sign, and
attach the wildlife depredation tag to the carcass. Once tagged, the
carcass may be legally transported.
(k) A person, upon killing wildlife
under a wildlife depredation permit, shall immediately sign and complete the
wildlife depredation report card using the form specified in Fis 304.05.
(l) Within 24 hours of a kill, the
commercial grower shall mail a completed wildlife depredation report card to
the:
New Hampshire Fish
and Game Department
Animal Damage
Control, Wildlife Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
(m) A person, upon killing an animal
under a depredation kill permit, shall call fish and game wildlife division at
603-271-2461 between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM no later than the first business day
immediately following the date of kill and provide their name, the time and
town of the kill, and the name of the depredation permit holder.
(n) A person attempting to take an
animal under a depredation permit shall have on their person a copy of the
permit letter sent to the commercial grower on whose land they are attempting
to kill an animal.
(o) Deer, bear, or turkey taken
under wildlife depredation permits shall become property of the commercial
grower, to be utilized or given away at their discretion, except that antlers
with more than 4 total points, taken from deer between August 1 and March 31,
must be turned over to the department within 10 business days.
(p) Wildlife, other than deer, bear,
or turkey, shall be disposed of, if inedible, or given to a person in need of
food assistance or to a charitable institution, such as a food bank.
(q) Within 14 days of the expiration
date listed on the permit, the commercial grower shall mail all unused wildlife
depredation tags and reports to the:
NH Fish and Game
Department
Animal Damage
Control, Wildlife Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
Source. #7159, INTERIM, eff 12-18-99,
EXPIRED: 4-16-00
New. #7290, eff 5-24-00, EXPIRED: 5-24-08
New. #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13;
ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13655, eff 6-1-23
Fis 304.05 Forms.
(a) The commercial grower shall
provide the following on the pre-damage deer kill permit application:
(1) The commercial
growers’ name, mailing address, and daytime telephone number;
(2) The crop(s)
subject to damage;
(3) An indication
that the applicant meets the statutory requirements relative to a commercial
grower and land posting, pursuant to RSA 21:34-a;
(4) The specific location of
crops listed, to include a detailed description, sitemap, and street address;
(5) The calendar
months in which crops are subject to damage by deer; and
(6) The
signature of the commercial grower and landowner, if different than commercial
grower
(b) The pre-damage deer kill report
shall include:
(1) The commercial
grower’s name;
(2) The following,
relative to the agent:
a. The
agent’s name and street address;
b. The
agent’s current NH hunting license number; and
c. The
agent’s date of birth;
(3) The crop which
is being protected;
(4) Date of kill;
(5) Sex of deer;
(6) Antler length;
(7) Total number of antler points;
(8) Town and
wildlife management unit of kill; and
(9) Signatures of
permittee and agent.
(c) The pre-damage deer kill tag shall include
the same information specified in paragraph (b) above.
(d) The commercial grower shall provide the
following on the wildlife depredation permit application:
(1) The commercial
grower’s name, mailing address, and daytime telephone number;
(2) The crop(s)
subject to damage;
(3) The species of
wildlife causing damage;
(4) An indication
that the applicant meets the statutory requirements relative to a commercial
grower and land posting, pursuant to RSA 21:34-a;
(5) Information
about previous damage by wildlife;
(6) An indication
of what preventative measures and methods have been used in the past, if any;
(7) The specific location of
crops listed, to include a detailed description, sitemap, and street address;
(8) The calendar
months in which crops are subject to damage by wildlife;
(9) An indication
as to whether or not the property is open to public hunting access; and
(10) The signature
of the commercial grower and landowner, if different than commercial grower.
(e) The wildlife depredation report
card shall include:
(1) The commercial
grower’s name;
(2) The following,
relative to the agent:
a. The
agent’s name and street address;
b. The
agent’s current NH hunting license number; and
c. The agent’s
date of birth;
(3) The crop which
is being damaged;
(4) Date of kill;
(5) Species and sex
of wildlife;
(6) Antler length, for deer;
(7) Total number of antler points, for deer
(8) Town and
wildlife management unit of kill; and
(9) Signatures of
permittee and agent.
(f) The pre-damage deer kill tag
shall include the same information specified in paragraph (e) above.
(g) The airport personnel shall
provide the following information as an end of year annual report:
(1) Name of
airport;
(2) Calendar year
of report;
(3) Name of person
providing the information;
(4) The date
wildlife was taken; and
(5) The species,
number, and sex of wildlife taken.
Source. #7159, INTERIM, eff 12-18-99,
EXPIRED: 4-16-00
New. #7290, eff 5-24-00; amd by #7881, eff 4-26-03;
amd by #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16;
ss by #13655, eff 6-1-23
Fis 304.06 Cooperative Fencing Program. RESERVED
Source. #7291, eff 5-24-00; amd by #8576,
eff 3-2-06; amd by #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff
3-7-09; para (o), amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10;
para (q), amd by #9720-B, eff 6-5-10; rpld by #11114, eff 6-3-16
Fis 304.07 Wildlife Control at Public Use Airports.
(a)
Agents involved in wildlife control at a public use airport shall be
designated by the current airport administrator.
(b)
The current airport administrator or his or her agent may request the
executive director to grant permission to take wildlife by documenting the
presence of such wildlife on airport grounds, and how such wildlife constitutes
a threat to human safety and aircraft operations.
(c) The species and number of animals
allowed to be taken shall be determined by the executive director or his staff
based upon a review of the evidence submitted to support the threat to human
safety and aircraft operations posed by the presence of the wildlife on airport
grounds.
(d)
Animals taken under this permit shall be reported to the local fish and
game conservation officer within 24 hours by calling 271-3361 between the hours
of 8 am and 4:30 pm, and as specified in Fis 304.05(g).
(e)
Wildlife shall be allocated as provided in RSA 207:29.
Source. #7881, eff 4-26-03; ss by #9405,
eff 3-7-09; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16
Fis 304.08 Claim for Damage by Bears
(a)
Pursuant to RSA 207:23-a, a claimant, as defined in Fis 304.01(c), shall
notify the wildlife division chief in writing of any claim for damage by bear
within 30 days of the discovery of such damage at:
NH Fish and Game
Department
Wildlife Division
Claim for Bear
Damage
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
(b)
The claimant shall provide the following information to the wildlife
division regarding the claim:
(1) The claimant’s name, address, telephone
number, and email contact information, if available;
(2) The physical location where the bear
allegedly damaged the qualifying products;
(3) Documentation to show that the claimant was
engaged in the husbandry and sale of qualifying products of at least $1,000 in
retail value at the time of the claimed loss, such as:
a. Sales receipts;
b. Tax documents;
c. Invoices; or
d. Other documentation that provides proof of
the claimant’s gross annual sales of at least
$1,000 of the
qualifying product(s);
(4) Documentation of the actual damage to
qualifying products in the form of photographs, or digital photographs, of the
affected products;
(5) Documentation that the damage was caused by
bear, in the form of photographs, or digital photographs, of tracks, claw
marks, scat, hair, or other evidence of the manner and extent of the damage;
(6) The date of the claimed loss;
(7) The value of the claimed loss of at least
$250.00, calculated at wholesale value. In the event no market data is
available to substantiate a wholesale value, the burden shall be upon the
claimant to establish a reasonable value of the lost product, pursuant to Fis
304.01(i)(2);
(8) Certification that the location of the damage
is not posted to prohibit hunting, except as permitted by RSA 207:22-a; and
(9) The signature of the owner of the qualifying
products damaged or lost, which signature shall constitute a certification that
all of the facts contained in the claim are true and accurate to the best
information and belief of the claimant and subject to RSA 641:3.
(c)
Within 30 days of the receipt of the claim, the wildlife division shall
examine the same for completeness, and:
(1) Notify the claimant in writing that the claim
is complete and is being investigated; or
(2) Notify the claimant in writing that the claim
is incomplete and list the information that shall be provided before the claim
process continues.
(d)
No claim shall be processed to a decision until all required information
has been provided to the department.
(e)
Within 60 days of receipt of a complete claim, unless extended by
written agreement with the claimant, the wildlife division chief shall issue a
written decision granting the claim in full, granting the claim in part, or
denying the claim.
(f)
For any claim approved in whole or in part, the wildlife division chief
shall also provide in the written decision a description of abatement measures
the claimant may use to mitigate future damage, which the department shall use
to determine whether claims in future years shall be allowed for payment, such
as, but not limited to:
(1) Properly installed electric fencing with the
required number of strands of conductor and voltage or other exclusionary
measures to prevent the animal(s) from gaining access to the qualifying
products;
(2) Noisemakers or other items used to scare the
animal(s) away from the area of the qualifying products;
(3) Removal of food sources or other attractants
to prevent the animal(s) from being attracted to the area of the qualifying
products;
(4) Use of trained bear hounds to haze bears away
from the area of the qualifying products;
(5) Use of a properly licensed hunter, during the
open bear hunting season, to remove bear from the area of the qualifying
products; or
(6) Other measures that take into account the
economic impact to the claimant.
(g)
The written decision shall include notice to the claimant of the right
to appeal the decision in accordance with Fis 304.10 and Fis 200.
Source. #13441, eff 8-29-22
Fis 304.09
Criteria for Decision.
(a)
A claimant making an initial claim for damage shall show by a
preponderance of the evidence:
(1) Gross sales in money of any qualifying
product(s) of at least $1,000 in a calendar year;
(2) Documentation of when the damage occurred,
which qualifying product(s) is affected, and what losses are attributed to
activity by a bear; and
(3) The claimed wholesale value of items lost by
activity of a bear.
(b)
Any claim shall be only for the actual damage sustained and shall not
include the costs of preparation, cultivation, or equipment used in the
production of the qualifying product(s).
(c)
Only the damage resulting from the specific incident referenced in the
claim shall be considered, and any projected future losses shall not be
contemplated, except that frames, supers, and hive components used in
beekeeping shall be allowed.
(d)
A claimant making a claim, after having been compensated for a loss in a
prior calendar year, shall show by a preponderance of the evidence:
(1) All of the information required in (a) above;
and
(2) Documentation that conflict abatement
measures, as specified pursuant to Fis 304.08(f) in the adjudication of a prior
loss, were in place and in use at the time of the current loss.
Source. #13441, eff 8-29-22
Fis 304.10 Request to Commence an Adjudicative
Proceeding.
(a) Any person aggrieved by
the decision of the wildlife division chief on a bear damage claim may request
the commencement of an adjudicative proceeding within 30 days of receipt of
written notice of the action taken, by letter addressed to:
NH Fish and Game
Department
Wildlife Division
Claim for Bear
Damage
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
(b)
The person requesting the adjudicative proceeding shall provide the
following information:
(1) The
name of the claimant aggrieved by the decision;
(2) A
concise description of the reason or reasons why the decision is believed to be
in error;
(3) A
current residential address; and
(4) A
current telephone number and email address, if available.
(c) Persons who fail to
file a letter requesting the commencement of an adjudicative proceeding within
the 30-day time period shall be deemed to have waived their right to a hearing
unless, upon petition, the executive director finds that the period to file
should be extended as a result of:
(1) A
showing that the person did not in fact receive the notice of the
recommendation and notice of right to request the commencement of an
adjudicative proceeding sent pursuant to Fis 304.11; or
(2) A
showing of excusable neglect resulting from extended travel, a health problem,
or other condition that resulted in the person not receiving actual notice of
the decision prior to the expiration of the appeal period.
Source. #13441, eff 8-29-22
Fis 304.11 Adjudicative Proceeding.
(a)
Any adjudicative proceeding under this section shall be conducted
pursuant to Fis 200 by the executive director or by a presiding officer
appointed by the executive director to conduct the hearing.
(b) The executive director
or presiding officer shall consider all claims of error offered by the claimant
and shall only order a modification of any recommendation made upon a finding
that the claimant has shown:
(1) A mistake of fact on a finding that serves as
the basis of the decision;
(2) A mistake in applying a federal, state, or
local statute, rule, or regulation that serves as the basis of the decision; or
(3) Identification of facts showing error in the
wholesale value of the agricultural products lost due to bear behavior.
Source. #13441, eff 8-29-22
Fis 304.12 Further Appeal.
Any person aggrieved may seek further review in accordance with the
requirements of RSA 541 of any decision by the executive director to deny
relief in an adjudicative proceeding held pursuant to Fis 304.11.
Source. #13441, eff 8-29-22
PART Fis 305 DOG TRAINING
Statutory
Authority: RSA 206:10, I and RSA
207:12-a.
Fis 305.01 Prohibition on Night Training. Holders of dog training permits under Fis
1106.05 shall not train dogs at night except that night training shall be
allowed when raccoons are the animal to be pursued.
Source. #1670, eff 11-20-80; ss by #2832, eff
8-21-84; ss by #4858, eff 7-5-90; ss by #6193, eff 2-22-96; ss by #7881, eff
4-26-03, EXPIRED: 4-26-11
New. #9977, INTERIM, eff 8-20-11, EXPIRES: 2-16-12;
ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13; ss by #13725, eff
8-21-23
Fis 305.02 Training of Bear Dogs. Training of bear dogs in accordance with RSA
207:12-a shall be as follows:
(a)
Training shall be prohibited from March 1 through June 30 statewide; and
(b)
Training shall be prohibited during the open season in wildlife
management units open to the taking of bear by any method.
Source. #6193, eff 2-22-96; ss by #6292, eff 7-20-96;
ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00, EXPIRED: 6-1-08
New. #9236, INTERIM, eff 8-22-08, EXPIRED: 2-18-09
New. #9405, eff 3-7-09; ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13;
ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18
PART Fis 306 AREAS CLOSED TO HUNTING
Fis 306.01 Areas Closed
to Hunting.
(a) Because
of the danger to human life and property, the following areas shall be closed
to the specified type of hunting as follows:
(1) The Winnipesaukee River from
the former cement bridge at the south end of Lake Winnisquam to Silver Lake
shall be closed to waterfowl hunting;
(2) Silver Lake in Tilton-Belmont
shall be closed to waterfowl hunting in the following areas:
a. For a 300 yard radius along the eastern
shore from the power dam to the point of land on the south side of the entrance
to Gardners Grove; and
b. All of Gardners Grove;
(3) The Squam River in the
town of Holderness between Big and Little Squam Lakes, and the adjoining land area within 300 yards of the
water area described shall be closed to all waterfowl hunting;
(4) The Squam River, between
Little Squam Lake and the town of Ashland, and the land area within 300
yards of the water shall be closed to all waterfowl hunting;
(5) Big Squam Lake, including so-called
Cotton Cove, south of a line from Kusumpee Point to the northeast tip
of Pine Point and to the mouth of White Oak Brook, and that land and water
area between White Oak Brook
and Squam River north of Route 3 shall:
a. Be closed to all hunting; and
b. Include the land area 300 yards adjacent
to the water area described;
(6) Paugus Bay on Lake
Winnipesaukee, known as Pickerel Cove and that area of Paugus Bay within a 300
yard radius from the mouth of Pickerel Cove, shall be closed to waterfowl
hunting;
(7) Lake Winnisquam shall be
closed to waterfowl hunting in the following areas:
a. All areas south
of Winnisquam Bridge also known as Mosquito Bridge to and
including Mohawk Island;
b. The eastern shore south of Mohawk
Island, including Sun Ray Canal and the area known as Back Pond or Tucker Pond,
to the red and black channel marker buoys at Sandy Beach and the mouth of
Tucker or Durgin Brook;
c. The eastern shore of the lake north of
Mosquito Bridge to and including Loon Island
excluding that area from Hueber's sawmill north and east to
the Laconia-Belmont town line;
d. All areas north
of Loon Island to the head end of the Lake; and
e. In all closed areas in a. through d.
above, where a shoreline is mentioned, from the shoreline into the lake for a
300 yard radius;
(8) Kendall Pond
in Londonderry including all the pond and wetland created or flooded
by waters held behind the dam on Beaver Brook at Kendall Pond
Road shall be closed to all bird and waterfowl hunting. The
land 300 yards adjacent to the water area shall be closed to all bird and
waterfowl hunting;
(9) Firehouse Pond in the town of Bow,
located at the junction of Bow Center Road and Knox Road, shall
be closed to the taking of waterfowl;
(10) The area of Fresh Creek in Dover
beginning at a point on Gulf Road 150 yards east of the intersection of Fresh
Creek and Gulf Road, north 100 yards, west 300 yards, south 100 yards to Gulf
Road, south 200 yards past Gulf Road, east 300 yards, and north 200 yards to
the starting point shall be closed to all hunting;
(11) The area of Cedar Point in Durham and
Goat Island in Newington starting at the most western end of the Scammell
Bridge on Route #4, then running south to the most eastern point of Goat
Island; then running west along the northern side of said Island to the most
western point, then running north to the historical Piscataqua Bridge sign on
Route #4, then running east along Route #4 to the point of beginning shall:
a. Be closed to waterfowl hunting; and
b. Include the land area 300 yards adjacent
to the water area described;
(12) Ottarnic Pond in the town
of Hudson including all the wetlands adjacent to the pond shall be
closed to all bird hunting and waterfowl hunting;
(13) The entire, so called Town Line Cove
on Great Bay on the Durham/Newmarket town line and including a 300 foot
perimeter adjacent to the outer most tip of the Durham peninsula and 300 feet
adjacent to the entire southern shore of the Newmarket peninsula, shall be
closed to the taking of waterfowl;
(14) The entire Pomeroy Cove on the
Piscataqua River on Dover Point, and including a 300 foot perimeter adjacent to
the outermost tip of the northern peninsula and 300 feet adjacent to the
northern boundary of Hilton State Park, shall be closed to the taking of
waterfowl;
(15) The Merrimack River in the towns of
Litchfield and Merrimack from the mouth of Chase brook north approximately 1200
yards to the northern most tip of the northern most island in the town of
Litchfield shall be closed to waterfowl hunting; and
(16) The Piscataqua River from the General
Sullivan Bridge in the town of Newington to the Sara Long Bridge in the City of
Portsmouth shall be closed to waterfowl hunting;
(17) Willand Pond in Dover/Somersworth
shall be closed to hunting from south of the ¼ Mile Marker located in
the Willand Pond Recreation Area in Dover at N 43° 13.757’ / W 070°
53.479’ (datum NAD 83) across the pond to the point of land at the parking lot
area in the Willand Pond Recreation Area at N 43° 13.647’ / W 070°
53.136’ in Somersworth, to include the waters between the aforementioned points
toward the Route 9/108 intersection in Dover, and the fish and game boat access
site;
(18) The waters of the Bellamy River in
Dover, at the high tide line, from New Bellamy Road running northerly to the
northern most point of Nute Road shall be closed to waterfowl
hunting; and
(19) A section
of property around the Pow Wow River that borders Great Pond in Kingston, from
the bridge crossing the Pow Wow River and marsh area on Ball Road and continuing
to the point where the Pow Wow River drains into Great Pond, shall be closed to
all hunting This shall not include the
waterbody of Great Pond.
Source. #4306, eff 8-28-87; ss by #4536, eff 12-2-88;
ss by #5930, Emergency, eff 12-1-94; rpld by #5968, eff 1-27-95; ss by #4536,
eff 12-2-88; ss by #5990, eff 2-24-95; amd by #6093, Emergency, eff 9-19-95;
amd by #6189, eff 2-22-96; amd by #6842, eff 8-29-98; amd by #7593, EMERGENCY,
eff 11-15-01, EXPIRED: 5-14-02; ss by #7881, eff 4-26-03, EXPIRED: 4-26-11
New. #9977, INTERIM, eff 8-20-11, EXPIRES: 2-16-12;
ss by #10037, eff 11-29-11; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; amd by #12146, eff
3-24-17; amd by #12761, eff 5-1-19; ss by #13725, eff 8-21-23
PART Fis 307 BAITING WILDLIFE
Fis
307.01 Baiting for Wildlife.
(a)
In addition to the requirements specified in RSA 207:3-d, a person
engaged in the act of baiting furbearing animals or game animals with the
exception of gray squirrel shall be in compliance with Fis 307.
(b)
No person shall engage in the act of baiting furbearing animals or game
animals with the exception of gray squirrel from April 15 to August 31.
(c)
Pursuant to RSA 207:3-d II, “no person shall engage in the act of
baiting on the property of another unless he has secured from the owner or
occupant of the property upon which the bait is to be deposited a permit in
writing signed by the owner or occupant” and complied with the other
requirements specified in RSA 207:3-d.
(d)
The permit to be used for baiting on the property of another shall be a
“Permit to Bait Wildlife” form provided by the department as described in Fis
1102.04, and signed by the owner or occupant in (c).
(e)
Permit applications to bait wildlife on lands other than state owned or
managed lands shall not be considered unless received by the department or are
postmarked on or before the first Monday in August if baiting for bear, or
received by the department or are postmarked on or before the first Monday in
October for all other species, except:
(1) Applicants may
apply beginning December 1 for permits to bait coyote for the year following;
and
(2) Permits to bait bear shall be issued by the
executive director or his designated agents after theapplication deadlines as necessary to assist in addressing nuisance
bear issues.
(f)
Two copies of the completed and signed permit to bait on lands other
than state owned or managed lands shall be submitted in hand or by mail to the:
N. H. Fish and
Game Department
Wildlife Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
and shall include a map or copy
thereof showing the specific location of said bait site.
(g)
The permittee shall also distribute copies of the completed and signed
permit as follows:
(1) One copy shall be retained by the permittee;
and
(2) One copy shall be left with the landowner.
(h)
No bait shall be placed unless the permit with map have been submitted
to the wildlife division or until 3 days have elapsed after the date of
postmark if mailed.
(i)
A person with a current hunting license shall be allowed a maximum of 2
active bait sites for private use and a licensed N.H. hunting guide shall in
addition be allowed a maximum of 6 active bait sites for commercial use.
(j)
No person other than the permittee listed on a permit to bait wildlife
shall place bait or add any material to bait previously placed, under said
permit.
(k)
All permits to bait wildlife shall expire no later than December 31
following the date of issuance unless an earlier date has been specified on the
permit form except as provided by (e)(1).
(l)
A permit to bait wildlife shall be valid for a single permittee only and
shall have only that permittee’s name entered on the permit.
(m)
A person placing bait shall post a sign bearing his or her name and
address at each bait site, in a clearly visible manner not higher than 6 feet
off the ground, on an identification sign made of durable material at least 3
inches by 6 inches in size.
(n)
The sign specified in (m) above may bear the names of not more than 2
other persons permitted to take furbearing animals or game animals by aid and
use of bait.
(o)
No identification sign placed in compliance with this section shall be
altered by the substitution or changing of the names listed thereon.
(p)
No person other than the permittee authorized to place bait at a site
shall remove, alter, or destroy any identification sign posted in compliance
with (m) above.
(q)
A licensed hunting guide authorized under the provisions of Fis 1106.03
and Fis 1300 shall not be required to post the names of paying clients
attempting to take coyote, furbearing animals, or game animals over lawful
commercial baits placed by him.
(r)
No person shall place bait in public waters or on ice covered public
waters.
(s)
No person, except licensed hunting guides in accordance with (q) above,
shall take furbearing animals or game animals by the aid or use of bait unless
they are identified on the sign identified in (m) and (n).
(t)
Upon the request of any conservation officer, a permittee or an
applicant to bait shall accompany the conservation officer to the proposed or
existing bait site for purposes such as, but not limited to, determining the
actual location of the bait site and compliance with the provisions of RSA
207:3-d and Fis 307.
(u)
The refusal of a permittee or an applicant to comply with the provisions
of (s) shall be grounds for the denial of the application, if pending, or the
revocation of the permit if previously issued.
(v)
A baited area as defined in RSA 207:1, II-b shall be considered an
active bait site until any and all bait material is completely removed from the
site.
(w)
From the close of the season to take bear with the aid and use of bait
as specified in Fis 307.02 through December 15, baiting for coyote shall be
restricted to the use of meat, animal parts, carrion, or fish.
Source. #6175, INTERIM, eff 1-27-96, EXPIRED:
5-26-96; ss by #6251, eff 5-22-96; ss by #7289, eff 6-1-00; ss by #8644, eff
6-1-06; ss by #8931, eff 7-6-07; amd by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; ss by #10142, eff
6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; amd by #12591, eff
7-25-18; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-11
Fis 307.02 Baiting for Black Bear.
(a) In addition to the requirements
of RSA 207:3-d and Fis 307.01 relative to the use of bait, black bear may be
taken by the aid and use of bait subject to Table 300.1 in Fis 301.06(e) and
the following:
(1) No
person shall place bait for the purpose of attracting and taking bear at more
than 2 bait sites; and
(2) A
licensed N.H. hunting guide, authorized to guide bear hunters under the
provisions of Fis 301.06(j), shall be allowed a maximum of 2 active bait
sites for private use and a maximum of 6 bait sites for commercial use, subject
to the following:
a. Any
bear taken off a commercial bait site permitted to a licensed N.H. hunting
guide shall be tagged with a bear guide tag issued to the guide permitted to
use that site; and
b. Bear
guide tags shall not be used to tag bear taken at bait sites permitted for
private use.
(b) No person shall establish, tend,
or hunt over a bait containing chocolate or any cocoa derivative, except as
provided in paragraph (c), below.
(c) White chocolate may be used as
bait.
Source. #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08;
ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14;
ss by #10852, eff 6-22-15; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18;
ss by #13211, eff 5-26-11; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 307.03 Baiting for Deer.
(a)
Except as provided by Fis 301.031(c) and Fis 301.032, and in addition to
the requirements of RSA 207:3-d and Fis 307.01 relative to the use of bait,
deer taken by the aid and use of bait shall be subject to the following:
(1) The season for taking deer with the aid and
use of bait in WMUs A through L shall open 21 days prior to the opening of the
regular firearm deer season as specified in Fis 301.03(g) and close the third
Wednesday in November;
(2) The season for taking deer with the aid and
use of bait in WMU M shall open on September 15 and close December 15;
(3) The season for taking deer with the aid and
use of bait for persons holding a permanently disabled veterans license as
specified in RSA 214:13 or a license for certain permanently disabled persons
as specified in RSA 214:13-c shall open on September 15 and close December 15,
statewide; and
(4) A licensed N.H. hunting guide shall be
allowed a maximum of 2 bait sites for private use and a maximum of 6 bait sites
for commercial use.
(b)
No person shall place bait for the purpose of attracting and taking deer
prior to the season for taking deer with the aid and use of bait as specified
in (a).
Source. #10619, eff 6-2-14; amd by #11114, eff 6-3-16
Fis 307.04 Wild Turkey. No person shall use the aid of bait to take
wild turkeys in any open season.
Source. #8931, eff 7-6-07; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12;
ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14 (from Fis 307.03); ss by
#13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 307.05 Baiting
Wildlife on State-Owned or Managed Lands.
(a) A person may bait wildlife in
accordance with RSA 207:3-d, Fis 307.01, Fis 307.02, and Fis 307.03
on lands assigned to or managed by the department, including:
(1) Property
of the fish and game department;
(2) Property
of the department of natural and cultural resources, division of state parks
and division of state forests;
(3) Property
of the department of transportation;
(4) Property
of the department of environmental services, division of water;
(5) Federal
property such as the White Mountain National Forest (WMNF); and
(6) Private
property for which the fish and game department has authorization to issue
permits to bait wildlife only after the applicant obtains permission in writing
to do so from the fish and game department.
(b) The maximum number of
active bait sites for private and commercial use on state owned and managed
lands and other lands combined shall be as described in Fis 307.01(i), except:
(1) No
person shall engage in the act of baiting furbearing or game animals, with the
exception of gray squirrel, at more than 2 bait sites on state owned or managed
lands within any individual WMU;
(2) Licensed
New Hampshire hunting guides may be allowed up to 3 active bait sites for
commercial use on state owned or managed lands within any individual WMU; and
(3) No
person, to include licensed New Hampshire hunting guides, shall have more than
one active bait site within an individual trapping unit as described in Fis
303.13(c).
(c) Each year, baiting permits
shall be awarded on state owned or state managed lands for which the department
has authority to award such permits on a first come-first served basis, by
postmark or hand delivered, except for the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Forest
(CLHF), as provided by paragraph (k) below.
(d) Applicants for
a baiting permit on state owned and managed lands shall make application on a
“Permit to Bait Wildlife” form provided by the department as described in Fis
1102.04.
(e) Permit applications to bait
furbearing animals or game animals, with the exception of gray squirrel, on
state owned and managed lands shall be accepted at any time, except:
(1) Applicants
may apply beginning December 1 for permits to bait coyote for the year
following to be effective from January 1 to December 31 of the year following;
(2) Permit
applications for baiting bear and deer shall not be considered unless received
by the department or are postmarked between the first Monday in June and the
first Monday in August; and
(3) Permits
to bait bear shall be issued by the executive director or designated agents
after the application deadlines in subparagraph (2) above as necessary to
assist in addressing bear conflict issues, to be effective on the date of
issuance for the period set forth in the permit, not to exceed 60 days.
(f) Applicants for award of baiting
permits on state owned or managed lands shall submit one copy of the
application to the:
N.H. Fish and Game
Department
Law Enforcement Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, NH 03301
and shall include a topographic map or
copy thereof showing the specific location of said bait site.
(g) Permits awarded to bait wildlife
on state owned or managed lands shall become effective on the first day of
legal baiting of the year of issuance of the permit and shall be valid for the
baiting season in that calendar year except as provided by paragraphs (e)(1)
and (e)(3) above.
(h) In addition to the rules
specified in Fis 307.01, the following rules for baiting wildlife on state
owned or managed lands shall apply:
(1) Non-edible
or non-digestible materials shall not be used as bait;
(2) Containers
used to hold bait, such as barrels, plastic bags, pails, and boxes, and any
bait material shall be removed from the property by the end of the open season
for taking the species by the use of bait or upon expiration of the permit,
whichever occurs first;
(3) No
person shall erect, build, or use a tree stand or observation blind that
damages or destroys a tree by inserting into the tree any metallic, ceramic, or
other object used as part of a ladder or observation deck nor shall any person
cut any tree in connection with any of the activities regulated under this
section;
(4) All
temporary blinds, platforms, or other structures shall be removed from the
property when the permit expires;
(5) No
baits shall be placed within 300 feet of a dwelling, roadway, pathway, trail,
or designated campsites; and
(6) Permittees
shall comply with Fis 307.01(m).
(i) Failure to comply with these
rules shall, after notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with Fis
200, result in permit revocation and no issuance of a permit for one
year. Persons subject to permit revocation may appeal said
revocation by requesting, in writing to the executive director, a hearing in
accordance with Fis 200.
(j) A permit to bait wildlife on
state owned or managed lands shall be valid for a single permittee only and
shall have only that permittee's name entered on the permit.
(k) Up to 50 permits to bait bear
and up to 20 permits to bait other species on the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters
Forest (CLHF) shall be awarded by lottery as follows:
(1) Baiting
permits on the CLHF shall be issued on the basis of 11 CLHF trapping units
described in Fis 303.13;
(2) A
maximum of 7 bait sites, with no more than 5 bear bait sites and 2 bait sites
for all other species, shall be permitted on any one trapping unit in the CLHF;
(3) No
person shall be permitted more than one bait site on the CLHF in a calendar
year, except a licensed N.H. hunting guide may be permitted up to 3 bait sites
on the CLHF but shall not have more than one bait site per trapping unit in a
calendar year;
(4) Applicants
for the CLHF baiting permit lottery shall complete the “Lottery Application to
Bait Wildlife on the Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Forest (CLHF)” form supplied
by the department by providing the following information:
a. The
date of application;
b. Name
of the applicant;
c. Mailing
address of the applicant;
d. Date
of birth of the applicant;
e. Telephone
number of the applicant;
f. If a
licensed N.H. hunting guide, his or her current guide’s license number and an
indication of whether or not they were issued bear guide tags for the current
year as described in Fis 1102.06;
g. A
ranking of CLHF trapping unit preferences; and
h. The
species, meaning bear, deer, or coyote, for which the applicant wishes to bait
for in each trapping unit;
(5) Each
lottery application for the CLHF lottery shall be for a single person or
licensed N.H. hunting guide and shall be non-transferable;
(6) No
person shall submit more than one application except licensed N.H. hunting
guides may submit up to a maximum of 3 applications;
(7) Lottery
applications shall be submitted to the:
New Hampshire Fish
and Game Department
Wildlife Division
11 Hazen Drive
Concord, N.H.
03301
(8) Lottery applications may be submitted
beginning the first Monday in April and shall be received at that location by
4:00 pm on the first Friday in May or postmarked no later than midnight on the
fourth Wednesday in April;
(9) Illegible
applications and incomplete applications shall be returned and not considered,
however, corrected applications may be resubmitted prior to the deadlines
specified in subparagraph (8) above;
(10) The
lottery for permits to bait bear and other species on the CLHF shall be held on
or before the 12th day following the close of the application
period as specified in subparagraph (8)
above and be based on random computer selection of applications at the fish and
game headquarters office in Concord;
(11) Based
on the order of selection, applicants shall be offered a baiting permit(s) as
follows:
a. Applicants
shall be offered a baiting permit(s) for bear or other species for the highest
ranked trapping unit(s) indicated on their application(s) that have not been
previously filled;
b. Selection
of applicants shall continue until all species-specific baiting opportunities
in all trapping units have been filled or no more eligible applicants are
available;
c. Successful
applicants shall be notified by mail within 7 working days of the trapping unit and species baiting opportunities
awarded them;
d. Successful
CLHF lottery applicants shall complete and submit an application for a permit
to bait wildlife on state owned and managed lands in accordance with
paragraphs(d), (e), and (f) above for each trapping unit and species
opportunity awarded them in the lottery, noting on the form that the
application for a permit to bait wildlife is for a site awarded in the CLHF
lottery and providing the CLHF trapping unit number in which the site is
located; and
e. Following
the lottery, any baiting permits as specified in this paragraph not issued in the lottery by species and trapping unit shall
be distributed on a first come-first served basis at the fish and game region
one office in Lancaster; and
(12) Baiting
on the CLHF shall be in compliance with RSA 207:3-d, Fis 307.01, Fis 307.02,
and Fis 307.03.
Source. #8931, eff 7-6-07 (from Fis 1102.05); ss by
#10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #10347, eff 5-22-13; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14 (from
Fis 307.04); ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; ss by #12591, eff 7-25-18); ss by
#13211, eff 5-26-21; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 307.06 Feeding of Wild Deer
(a)
“Feeding of wild deer” means, for the purposes of this section, the
intentional aggregation by a person of food for wild deer in a place where wild
deer can access and consume such food between the dates of December 16 and
April 16 of the subsequent year.
(b) “Food for wild deer” means for the
purposes of this section, any ingestible substance knowingly placed for any
purpose, upon which deer may feed.
(c)
Feeding of wild deer shall not be restricted unless and until the
landowner is warned in writing by a conservation officer that the feeding
activity is detrimental to the health of the deer population or a threat to
public safety as a result of:
(1) One or more instances of a vehicle colliding
with a deer in proximity to the feeding site;
(2) One or more instance of a sick, dead, or
dying deer resulting from consumption of food at such a site; or
(3) Confirmed predation of two or more deer in
proximity to the feeding site.
(d)
Once warned in writing by a conservation officer in accordance with RSA
208:8-b, III a person is guilty of a violation if he or she engages in any
further feeding of wild deer.
(e)
This rule shall not apply to baiting permitted under RSA 207:3-d and Fis
307 or agriculture as defined in RSA 21:34-a.
Source. #12591, eff 7-25-18
PART Fis 308 WILDLIFE CONTROL OPERATORS
Fis 308.01 Definitions.
(a)
“Level I wildlife control operator” means a person who is a licensed
trapper and who is also engaged in the practice of trapping nuisance animals
under RSA 210:24-b.
(b)
“Level II wildlife control operator” means a person who is engaged in
the commercial practice of trapping nuisance animals under RSA 210:24-b.
(c)
“Nuisance animal” means wildlife that a landowner wants excluded or
removed to protect their family or their property from injury or destruction by
the animal specified in Fis 308.02(e).
Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss by #8385, eff 6-25-05;
ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 308.02 Licensing Requirements.
(a)
A wildlife control operator shall obtain a level I or level II wildlife
control operator’s license.
(b)
All wildlife control operators shall meet the requirements of RSA
214:11-b relative to education.
(c)
Wildlife control operators may trap, in the performance of their
licensed activities, nuisance wildlife outside the regular trapping seasons.
(d)
Wildlife control operators shall not trap endangered or threatened
species, protected birds, deer, moose, bear, or turkey.
(e) Wildlife control
operators may only trap the following:
(1) Beaver;
(2) Otter;
(3) Mink;
(4) Fisher;
(5) Porcupine;
(6) Raccoon;
(7) Bobcat;
(8) Grey and red
fox;
(9) Weasel;
(10) Skunk;
(11) Muskrat;
(12) Grey, red and flying squirrel;
(13) Rabbit and hare;
(14) Coyote;
(15) Opossum;
(16) Woodchuck;
(17) Chipmunks;
(18) Mice, rats, voles, moles, and shrews; and
(19) Snakes.
(f)
Bats
shall be controlled by exclusion techniques as described in Fis 1001.05 (d) and
(e).
(g)
Wildlife control operators may remove individual bats from portions of
structures occupied by humans or livestock at any time of year.
(h)
Any person trapping under a wildlife control operator license shall be
exempt from the written landowner permission required under RSA 210:11, but
shall be restricted to the property of that landowner for whom they are
working.
(i)
Wildlife control operator licenses shall expire on June 30 each year.
Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss by #8385, eff 6-25-05;
ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #12161, eff 4-18-17
Fis 308.03 Trapping Restrictions.
(a)
Traps shall be checked at least once in a calendar day pursuant to RSA
210:13 and the landowner or their agent may check box traps only for the
wildlife control operator.
(b)
Snares shall only be used by wildlife control operators after completing a training course in the use of snares.
(c) Trappers or wildlife control operators shall
have held a trapping or wildlife control operator license for at least 3 years
since 2000 before enrolling in the snaring course.
(d)
A training course for the use of snares shall
be approved by the executive director and include legal requirements, equipment
review, methods and techniques for use, target selection, and humane
considerations.
(e)
Snares shall be non-locking relaxing snares equipped with a deer stop
and a durable tag with the name of the person setting them stamped or engraved
in a legible manner.
(f)
Any domestic dog killed in a trap or a snare shall be reported to the
department within 24 hours.
(g)
Body gripping traps shall be set in accordance with Fis 303.12.
(h)
Any non-targeted wildlife, incidentally killed, that has no open season
shall be reported to the department within 72 hours.
(i)
Fisher and otter taken by wildlife control operators shall be sealed
within 10 days and may be sold.
(j)
During the open season for fisher and otter the limit for fisher and
otter shall be in accordance with the season limits specified in Fis 303.02(c)
and Fis 303.04(c).
(k)
Nuisance bobcat shall only be captured in live traps and released
unharmed.
(l) The wildlife control operator may
relocate and release wildlife only after the wildlife control operator has
obtained written permission of the landowner where the wildlife is to be
released.
(m)
Wildlife control operators may release wildlife on state owned or
managed lands for which they hold a valid trapping permit issued pursuant to
Fis 303.13.
Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss by #8385, eff 6-25-05;
amd by #8644, eff 6-1-06; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; amd by #10619, eff 6-2-14
Fis 308.04 Level I Wildlife Control Operator.
(a)
Any licensed trapper who holds a level I wildlife control operators
license may trap nuisance animals outside the regular trapping seasons.
(b)
Level I wildlife control operator licensees may only charge for services
for trapping furbearers, woodchucks, coyote, opossums, and porcupines but shall
not charge for services for trapping other nuisance wildlife.
(c)
Level I wildlife control operators may keep and sell the hide of any
furbearer currently permitted under the trapping license.
(d)
Level I wildlife control operator shall report as follows:
(1) Report all furbearing animals killed during
the open season for trapping wildlife on their trapping report as specified in
Fis 303.08; and
(2) Report all nuisance furbearing animals killed
outside the open trapping season on a wildlife control operator report as
specified in Fis 308.07(c).
(e)
The license fee shall be $10.
However, as of July 1, 2016, the license fee shall be $15.00.
Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss and moved by #8385, eff
6-25-05 (from Fis 308.03); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; amd by #10981, eff 1-1-16
Fis 308.05 Level
II Wildlife Control Operator.
(a) Applicants for a level II
wildlife control operator’s license shall have completed a 6-hour workshop, be
certified by the National Wildlife Control Operators Association
(NWCOA), or have held a previous level II wildlife control operator’s license.
(b) A workshop shall include the
following topics:
(1) Laws and rules;
(2) Wildlife biology
and ecology;
(3) Best management
practices;
(4) Exclusionary
methods, to include training on devices such as repellants, one-way doors,
habitat modification, and live traps;
(5) Consideration
of humane issues of wildlife;
(6) Site
evaluation;
(7) Non-lethal or
lethal resolutions to wildlife problems;
(8) Techniques to
prevent reoccurrence of the problem;
(9) Capture,
transport, and handling of wildlife;
(10) Euthanasia;
(11) Landowner
relations; and
(12) Disease,
hazards, and risks.
(c) The level II wildlife control
operators may utilize persons employed by them, and under their supervision, to
assist in carrying out their business.
(d) The wildlife control operator
shall not use assistants who do not have the ability, knowledge, and training
to capably perform the tasks assigned to them.
(e) Each assistant shall carry a
copy of their supervisor’s level II wildlife control operator license.
(f) Level II wildlife control
operators shall submit a report as specified in Fis 308.07(c).
(g) In addition to paragraph (f)
above, a level II wildlife control operator who also holds a regular trapping
license for the purpose of trapping furbearers during the regular trapping
seasons shall report all furbearing animals taken during the open season for
trapping on the annual trappers report as described in Fis 303.08.
(h) The license fee shall be $135
for residents and $400 for nonresidents.
Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss and moved by #8385, eff
6-25-05 (from Fis 308.04); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; amd by #10981, eff 1-1-16;
amd by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss by #13644, eff 6-1-23
Fis 308.06 Reports.
(a)
Report information required in Fis 308.04(d)(2) and Fis 308.05(f) shall
be submitted for the period June 1 through May 31 the previous year.
(b)
Wildlife control operators shall submit the wildlife control operator
report no later than June 30.
(c)
Any licensee failing to report shall be refused a license until the
complete information has been filed.
Source. #7801, eff 6-1-03; ss and moved by #8385, eff
6-25-05 (from Fis 308.05); ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 308.07 Wildlife Control
Operator Forms.
(a) A person requesting a wildlife
control operator’s license shall provide, on the application available at wildlife-control-operator.pdf
(state.nh.us),
the following:
(1) Name and
address;
(2) Date of birth;
(3) Height and
weight;
(4) Telephone
number;
(5) Business name
and address, if operating a business;
(6) Level of
license;
(7) A current NH
trapping license number, if applying for a level I license;
(8) Proof
of completion of a trapper education course, if the applicant does not possess
a trapping license and the applicant is applying for a level II license;
(9) Previous
level II wildlife control operator’s license or proof, as specified in
paragraph (b) below, that the requirements of Fis 308.05(b) have been met, if
the applicant is applying for a level II license;
(10) If
the applicant wishes to use snares, proof of completion of a snaring workshop
as required in Fis 308.03(b);
(11) An
indication as to whether the licensee would like his or her name and contact
information provided on a list of wildlife control operators provided by the
department; and
(12) Signature
of the applicant subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements
under
RSA 641:3.
(b) Proof that the requirements of
Fis 308.05(b) have been met shall include a certificate or letter from NWCOA,
or a certificate or letter from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, or
any state, province, or organization conducting a similar workshop, stating
that the individual has completed the workshop.
(c) Level I and Level II operators
shall include on the “Wildlife Control Operator Reporting Form”, available at wco-form.pdf (state.nh.us), the following:
(1) The licensee’s
name, phone number, home and business address;
(2) The level of
license and license number held;
(3) The time period
covered by the report;
(4) Whether or not
nuisance wildlife was trapped;
(5) The number of
nuisance furbearing animals by species killed in each town and wildlife
management unit during the reporting period; and
(6) Licensee’s
signature subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under
RSA 641:3.
(d) Level II operators
shall also report, for all bats that are excluded, the following information:
(1) Date of
exclusion;
(2) Species of bat
excluded;
(3) Estimated
number of bats in the colony;
(4) Type of
structure bats were excluded from;
(5) Town where
exclusion was done;
(6) If exclusions
were performed between May 15 and August 15, whether pups were present, as
specified in Fis 1001.05(b)(2);
(7) If
exclusions were performed between August 1 and August 15, whether pups were
flying for 2 weeks or more prior to the exclusion, as specified in Fis
1001.05(b)(3); and
(8) Note
any public health related exclusions.
Source. #8385, eff 6-25-05 (from Fis 308.06); amd by
#9163, eff 5-28-08l; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; amd by #12591, eff 7-25-18; ss
by #13644, eff 6-1-23
PART Fis 309 WILDLIFE DISEASE
Fis 309.01
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
(a)
The purpose of this rule is to minimize the risk of hunters bringing
potentially diseased hunter killed carcasses or parts into New Hampshire and
exposing wild and captive cervid populations to chronic wasting disease (CWD).
CWD is a fatal neurological disorder belonging to a general class of diseases
known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies that is known to affect
white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and perhaps other members of the deer family
native to or present in New Hampshire.
(b)
For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) "Cervid" means any member of the
family Cervidae; and
(2) "CWD positive jurisdiction" means
those US states or Canadian provinces in which chronic wasting disease has been
found in the wild or captive cervids.
(c)
No person shall import into the state any hunter killed cervid carcass
or parts of a cervid carcass from CWD positive jurisdictions except for:
(1) De-boned meat;
(2) Antlers;
(3) Antlers attached to skull caps from which all
soft tissue has been removed;
(4) Upper canine teeth, also known as buglers,
whistlers, or ivories, from which all soft tissues has been removed;
(5) Hides or capes with no part of head attached;
(6) Finished taxidermy mounts; or
(7) Tissues prepared and packaged for use by
diagnostic or research laboratories.
Source. #7963, eff 9-23-03; ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10;
amd by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss by #13098, INTERIM, eff 9-4-20, EXPIRES: 3-3-21;
ss by #13211, eff 5-26-21
Fis 310.01 Control of Nuisance Black Bears.
(a)
No person shall use, place, provide, give, expose, deposit, scatter or
distribute any material that results in attracting black bears after being
noticed by the executive director or his designee to cease the activity because
the activity might result in injury to a person, damage to property or create a
public nuisance.
Source. #8576, eff 3-2-06; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14
PART Fis 311 USE OF LEASHED DOGS FOR TRACKING BIG GAME
ANIMALS
Fis 311.01 Definitions.
(a)
“Big game animal” means a bear, deer, or moose.
(b)
“Licensed tracker” means a person licensed to use leashed dogs to track
deer, moose or bear in accordance with RSA 207:12-c.
Source. #8839, eff 7-1-07; ss by#10619, eff 6-2-14
Fis 311.02 Licensing for Use of Leashed Tracking Dogs.
(a)
A leashed tracking dog licensee may use a leashed tracking dog to locate
wounded or dead big game animals for another licensed hunter.
(b)
Applicants for a leashed tracking dog license shall provide the
following on the “Leashed Dog Tracking License” form provided by the
department:
(1) Applicant’s name, street and mailing address,
date of birth, age, and eye color;
(2) Applicant’s current New Hampshire hunting
license number;
(3) Number and breed of dogs to be used for
leashed tracking; and
(4) Signature of applicant, signed subject to the
penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(c)
The applicant shall submit the application and the fee for the leashed
tracking dog license to the fish and game department, 11 Hazen Drive, Concord,
NH 03301.
(d)
The annual fee for a leashed tracking dog license shall be $50.00.
(e)
The licensed tracker shall have and carry a current hunting license and
current leashed tracking dog license when tracking big game animals.
(f)
The dogs shall be properly licensed in accordance with existing New
Hampshire laws.
(g)
The licensed tracker shall not use more than 2 dogs for tracking big
game animals at one time.
(h)
The license tracker shall not charge for services of tracking big game
animals.
(i)
The licensed tracker shall submit an annual summary report to the fish
and game department no later than December 31st of the year they
held a license to track big game animals.
(j)
The required annual summary report shall include:
(1) The licensed tracker’s name, address and
leashed dog tracking license number;
(2) The breed(s) and number of dogs used;
(3) The dates of each tracking effort;
(4) The towns in which each tracking effort
occurred;
(5) The number of tracking efforts initiated, by
species sought;
(6) The number of animals found dead, by species;
(7) The number of animals found wounded and
euthanized, by species; and
(8) The number of animals not recovered, by
species.
(k)
Individuals who fail to submit the required report shall not be eligible
to purchase another leashed dog tracking license until the report is submitted.
Source. #8839, eff 7-1-07; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14
Fis 311.03 Use of Leashed Dogs for Tracking Big Game
Animals.
(a)
A hunter who has killed or wounded or reasonably believes they have
killed or wounded a big game animal during the applicable open season may
engage a person licensed to use a leashed tracking dog to track and recover the
animal.
(b) A licensed tracker may use a leashed
tracking dog to locate wounded or dead big game animals:
(1) During the appropriate open hunting season and until midnight the day
immediately following the last day of the appropriate hunting season;
(2) During the day or at night; and
(3) With or without the use of an artificial
light;
(c)
A licensed tracker using a licensed tracking dog may temporarily possess big game animals
until lawfully tagged by the hunter or delivered to a NH fish and game officer.
(d)
Unless physically incapacitated, the hunter shall accompany the licensed
tracker while tracking the animal. For purposes
of this paragraph “accompany” means to be within sight and hearing, excluding
electronic devices, of the tracker.
(e)
The licensed tracker shall notify the conservation officer in person or
by telephone by calling 603-271-3361 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m and provide:
(1) The licensed tracker’s name and tracking
license number;
(2) The hunter’s name, address, telephone number
and hunting license number;
(3) The species and general location of the
wounded or dead animal; and
(4) Whether the hunter is physically
incapacitated and unable to participate in the recovery of the big game.
(f)
When tracking wounded or dead big game, the licensed tracker shall wear
2 articles of hunter orange clothing to include:
(1) A solid-colored hunter orange hat; and
(2) A jacket, vest, coat or poncho
which is a minimum of 50% hunter orange in color to cover a major portion of
the torso.
(g)
The licensed tracker shall maintain physical control of the leashed
tracking dog(s) at all times while tracking big game animals by means of a lead
attached to the dog’s collar or harness.
(h)
No person other than the licensed tracker or the hunter, who shot the
animal and who has engaged the licensed tracker, may carry a firearm or bow of
any description while tracking dead or wounded big game.
(i)
During legal hunting hours, the hunter or licensed tracker shall
dispatch the wounded big game animal when found by the licensed tracker, by a
means which is lawful during the open season.
(j)
In addition to the methods in (i), the licensed tracker may use a
handgun of no less than .35 caliber and in accordance with RSA 208:3-d.
(k)
Outside of legal hunting hours or outside the open season, only the
licensed tracker shall euthanize wounded big game animals with a handgun of no
less than .35 caliber.
(l)
After the big game animal has been recovered, the hunter shall
immediately complete and affix the appropriate tag to the animal, as required
by existing hunting rules.
(m)
If the hunter was unable to accompany the licensee due to physical
incapacitation then the hunter shall provide the licensed tracker, prior to the
onset of tracking, with a written signed statement to take and possess the
wounded or dead animal.
(n)
The written signed statement in (m) shall include:
(1) The hunter’s name, address, telephone number,
license number, and tag number;
(2) The name of the licensed tracker;
(3) The date and time of the tracking effort; and
(4) The general location of the wounded animal.
(o)
The licensed tracker shall sign the written statement specified in (l)
prior to tracking the wounded animal.
(p)
If the hunter is unavailable to accept the recovered animal, the
licensed tracker shall notify a conservation officer by calling 603-271-3361
from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and advising the Department of that fact, and the
animal shall be turned over to a conservation officer.
(q)
The licensed tracker shall report any suspected game law or rule
violations to a conservation officer.
(r)
If requested, the licensed tracker and/or the hunter shall accompany a
conservation officer in a review of the wounding site, tracking line, and
recovery site.
Source. #8839, eff 7-1-07; ss by #10619, eff 6-2-14
PART Fis 312 USE OF DRONES, SMART RIFLES, AND LIVE ACTION
GAME CAMERAS
Fis 312.01 Definitions.
(a)
“Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)” means any device capable of flight which
is remotely, automatically, or otherwise piloted without an occupant,
including, but not limited to, drones.
(b)
“Smart rifle” means any firearm that is equipped with one or more of the
following:
(1) A target tracking system;
(2) An electronically-controlled,
electronically-assisted, or computer-linked trigger; or
(3) A ballistics computer.
(c)
“Live-action game camera” means any device capable of recording and
transmitting photographic or video data wirelessly to a remote device, such as
a computer or smart phone. “Live-action
game camera” does not include game cameras that merely record photographic or
video data and store such data for later use, as long as the device cannot
transmit data wirelessly.
(d)
“Take” or “taking” means pursuing, shooting, hunting, killing,
capturing, trapping, snaring, and netting wildlife, and all lesser acts, such
as disturbing, harrying, worrying, wounding, or placing, setting, drawing, or
using any net or other device commonly used to take wildlife, whether they
result in taking or not, and includes every attempt to take and every act of
assistance to every other person in taking or attempting to take wildlife, in
accordance with RSA 207:1, XXVII.
Source. #10823, eff 5-4-15
Fis 312.02 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.
(a)
No person shall take or attempt to take wildlife by use of a UAV.
(b)
No person shall use a UAV to:
(1) Attempt to locate, surveil, or aid or assist
in any attempt to locate or surveil any wildlife, for the purpose of taking or
attempting to take the wildlife;
(2) Use in any manner to communicate the location
or approximate location of any wildlife to any person on the ground for the
purpose of taking or attempting to take the wildlife; or
(3) Drive or harass any wildlife, or otherwise
aid or assist in taking or attempting to take wildlife.
(c)
The provisions of this section shall not apply to the actions of law
enforcement officers and personnel of the fish and game department in the
performance of their official duties.
Source. #10823, eff 5-4-15
Fis 312.03 Smart Rifles.
(a)
All firearms used to take or attempt to take wild animals shall be fired
only by humanly controlled, manually-operated mechanical triggers. No person
shall use a smart rifle to take or attempt to take wild animals.
(b)
The executive director shall waive the prohibition contained in Fis
312.03(a) and shall allow the use, for hunting, of a firearm with an
electronically-controlled, electronically-assisted, or computer-linked trigger
if the executive director finds that:
(1) The person seeking a waiver is unable to fire
a traditional firearm due to quadriplegia, the loss of both hands, or a similar
permanent condition; and
(2) The type of firearm and firing method
proposed to be used protects the safety of the applicant and the surrounding
community.
(c)
An application for a waiver under this section shall be in writing and
shall include:
(1) The date of the application;
(2) The applicant’s name, address, and New
Hampshire hunting license number;
(3) A description of the specific disability that
renders the applicant unable to fire a traditional firearm using traditional
means;
(4) The type of firearm to be used and a
description of the method by which the firearm’s trigger is operated;
(5) The name, address, and New Hampshire hunting
license number of the applicant’s assistant, if any;
(6) A description of the date(s), time(s), and
location(s) of the planned hunt; and
(7) The signature of the applicant, or the
signature of the applicant’s assistant, subject to the penalties for making
unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3
(d)
Applications for waivers shall be received at least 30 days prior to the
date of the planned hunt.
(e)
The decision of the executive director on the waiver request shall be
final.
(f)
The executive director shall notify the chief of the department’s law
enforcement division of any granted wavier for distribution to the appropriate
conservation officers.
Source. #10823, eff 5-4-15
Fis 312.04 Live-Action Game Cameras.
No person shall use a live-action game
camera to locate, surveil, or aid or assist in any attempt to locate or surveil
any game animal or fur bearing animal, for the purpose of taking or attempting
to take said wildlife during the same calendar day and during the open season
to take said wildlife.
Source. #10823, eff 5-4-15
APPENDIX
Rule |
State or Federal Statute the Rule Implements |
Fis 301.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
Fis 301.02 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:1-a, I; RSA 208:2; RSA 208:22, I, III; RSA 209:12-a |
Fis 301.02 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:1-e; 208:2, 208:22-a, 208:5, 208:5-a, 210:23 |
Fis 301.021 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:5-b |
Fis 301.022 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
206:23-c |
Fis 301.03 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 208:2; RSA 208:7-a; RSA 208:15-a; RSA 208:15-b; RSA 208:15-d;
RSA 208:15-h |
Fis 301.031 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:5-b |
Fis 301.032 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 206:23-c |
Fis 301.033 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:15-a; RSA 208:15-b; |
Fis 301.034 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:5-b |
Fis 301.04 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:2; RSA 208:15-b |
Fis 301.041 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:7-a, I, II |
Fis 301.05 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 208:22 |
Fis 301.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:22; RSA 208:24 |
Fis 301.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:7-a, II; RSA 208:22, I and III |
Fis 301.07 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 208:1-a, I, II |
Fis 301.071 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:1-a |
Fis 301.08 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 208:1-a, I |
Fis 301.09 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:1-a, I and II |
Fis 301.09 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:1-a, II |
Fis 301.09 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:1-a, II and II-a |
Fis 301.10 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:56, III |
Fis 301.11 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:56 |
Fis 302.01 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:12-a, I |
Fis 302.011 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:12-a, I |
Fis 302.012 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:12-a, I |
Fis 302.04 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:6; RSA 209:6-b; 50 CFR Part 20 |
Fis 302.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:6; RSA 209:6-b; 50 CFR Part 20 |
Fis 302.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:6; RSA 209:6-b; 50 CFR Part 20 |
Fis 302.061 |
RSA 206:10; RSA
209:6 |
Fis 302.062 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
209:6 |
Fis 302.07 |
RSA 206:10; RSA
209:6 |
Fis 302.08 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:1-a |
Fis 302.09 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 209:6; RSA 209:6-b; 50 CFR Part 20 |
Fis 302.10 |
RSA 206:10; RSA
209:6 |
Fis 302.11 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:56, I |
Fis 302.12 – Fis 302.14 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
207:56 |
Fis 303.01 |
RSA 210:17, 210:23 |
Fis 303.02 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:56; RSA 210:23 |
Fis 303.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:56; RSA 210:2; RSA 210:23 |
Fis 303.03 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 210:2, RS 210:23 |
Fis 303.04 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 210:23 |
Fis 303.05 |
RSA 206:10, 210:23 |
Fis 303.06 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 210:23; RSA 208:1-e |
Fis 303.06 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 208:1-e;
RSA 210:23 |
Fis 303.07 – Fis303.08 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
210:23 |
Fis 303.09 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
214:26 |
Fis 303.10 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
210:17, 210:23 |
Fis 303.11 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 210:23 |
Fis 303.12 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 210:23 |
Fis 303.13 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 210:23; RSA 212:19 |
Fis 304.01 |
RSA
21:34-a, II; RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:22-c, II(g) and III; RSA 207:23-a, V(a);
RSA 207:26 |
Fis 304.02 - Fis
304.02 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:22-c, III and
RSA 207:26 |
Fis 304.03 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:22-c, III; RSA 207:26 |
Fis 304.04 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:22-c, III; RSA 207:26 |
Fis 304.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:22-c, III |
Fis 304.06 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:22-c, I |
Fis 304.07 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:22-c |
Fis 304.08 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:22-a; RSA 207:23-a, V; RSA 541-A:29; RSA 641:3 |
Fis 304.09 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 207:23-a, V(e) |
Fis 304.10 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 207:23-a, II; RSA 541-A:29, II(b) |
Fis 304.11 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 207:23-a, V(d); RSA 541-A:29 |
Fis 304.12 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 207:23-a, III; RSA 541 |
Fis 305.01 |
RSA
206:10, I |
Fis 305.02 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:12-a |
Fis 306.01 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 206:15-a |
Fis 307.01 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
207:3-d, I; RSA 208:2 |
Fis 307.02 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:3-d, I |
Fis 307.03 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
207:3-d, 208:1-e, 208:2 |
Fis 307.04 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:3-d, I; RSA 209:12-a, I |
Fis 307.05 |
RSA 206:10, I;
RSA 207:3-d; RSA 208:2 |
Fis 307.06 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
208:8-b |
Fis 308.01 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
210:24-b, I |
Fis 308.02 – Fis
308.04 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
210:24-b |
Fis
308.05 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 210:24-b |
Fis 308.06 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 210:24-b, I |
Fis
308.07 |
RSA
206:10, I; RSA 210:24-b |
Fis 309.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
Fis 310.01 |
RSA 206:10, I |
Fis 311.01 – Fis
311.03 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA
207:12-c |
Fis 312.01 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:8-a |
Fis 312.02 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:8-a |
Fis 312.03 |
RSA 206:10, I; RSA 207:8-a |
Fis 312.04 |
RSA 206:10, I |