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)
"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.
(b) “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.
(c) “Baiting” means “baiting” as defined
in RSA 207:1, II-a.
(d) “Baited area” means “baited area” as
defined in RSA 207:1, II-b.
(e) “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.
(f) “Bolt” means a short projectile for a
crossbow that resembles an arrow.
(g) “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
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)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(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. (i.e. North/South Rd), 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)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(13)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(17)
(18)
(19)
(20)
(21)
(22)
(23)
(24)
(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
Fis 301.03 Deer
Season.
(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 on any island or in any waters in
lakes or ponds, except as specified in Fis 301.031(c)
or Fis 301.032.
(d)
No person shall take a second deer until the first deer has been
registered except as provided in Fis 301.031(c) and Fis 301.032.
(e)
A person holding a license as described in RSA 208:5, 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) Notwithstanding any other rules, a person
holding an archery license may take one deer pursuant to RSA 208:5, under such license;
(4) Any person taking deer pursuant to Fis 301.03(e) shall retain the head and hide for 48 hours
from the time of registration;
(5) No bow shall be used for taking deer unless
it can pull at least 40 pounds peak weight measured at 28 inches or less draw;
(6) No mechanically-drawn
or released bow shall be used, but hand-held releases may be used;
(7) Except as provided in RSA 207:7-a, deer shall
not be taken by a bow while the person is in or on a motor vehicle;
(8) No person shall use any device secured to or
supported by the bow for the purpose of maintaining the bow at full draw in a
firing position;
(9) No arrow shall be used other than broadheads;
(10) Fixed blade broadheads shall not be less than
7/8 of an inch or more than 1 1/2 inches wide;
(11) 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;
(12) There shall be no upper size limit on
retractable blade broadheads;
(13) The name and address of the archer shall be
plainly printed on each arrow;
(14) Except as provided by RSA 207:10-c, 208:7-a,
and Fis 301.03(e)(15), deer shall not be taken with
the aid of a crossbow; and
(15) Deer may be taken in wildlife management unit
M with the aid of crossbows which meet the requirements as specified in Fis 301.041 (a)-(f).
(f)
A person holding a muzzleloader license pursuant to the provisions of
RSA 214 and RSA 208:5-a may take deer with a muzzleloading
firearm, during the 11 days immediately prior to the regular firearms season
specified in (g) as follows:
(1) No other firearm shall be used for the taking
of deer during the period specified in (f);
(2) Muzzleloading firearms shall be a single barrel, single
shot firearm of no less than .40 caliber;
(3) No person shall have in possession while
taking deer more than one muzzleloading rifle or one muzzleloading handgun;
(4) The wildlife management units C1, D1,
D2-East, E, F, G2, I1, and I2 shall be open only to the taking of antlered deer;
(5) The wildlife management units A, B, and C2
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;
(6) The wildlife management unit J1 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;
(7) The wildlife management units D2-West, H1, H2,
J2, 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;
(8) The 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) The wildlife management units L and M shall
be open to the taking of any deer during all 11 days of the season.
(g)
The season for taking deer by all legal methods shall be open for a
period of 26 consecutive days beginning on the second Wednesday in November in
wildlife management units B through M and 19 consecutive days in wildlife
management unit A.
(h)
Deer shall only be taken during the regular deer season as specified in
(g) as follows:
(1) The wildlife management units C1, D1 and
D2-East shall be open only to the taking of antlered deer;
(2) The wildlife management units A, B, C2, E, F, G2, I1, I2 and J1
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 18 days in wildlife
management unit A and the remaining 25 days in wildlife management units B, C2,
E, F, G2, I1, I2 and J1;
(3) The wildlife management units H1, H2, and K
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 of the season;
(4) The wildlife management unit J2 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 of the season;
(5) The wildlife management unit D2-West 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 of the season;
(6) The 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 21 days of the season; and
(7) The 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 of the season.
(i) 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(e), Fis 301.031, Fis 301.032, and Fis 301.034.
(j)
No shell shot, other than those using shot sizes of 00 buckshot or
larger, shall be used for the taking of deer.
(k)
Immediately upon killing a deer, the licensee shall fill in and sign the
appropriate “Deer Tag” and attach the tag to the deer.
(l)
The deer tag shall contain the following:
(1) The licensee’s name and address;
(2) The date and time of kill;
(3) The wildlife management unit in which the
kill occurred; and
(4) Signature.
(m)
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.
(n)
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.
(o)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person who does not possess a
valid archery or firearm deer tag from accompanying an unlicensed minor, under
the age of 16, while the minor is taking deer.
(p)
No person shall take a deer with the aid and use of bait, except as
provided by, and in accordance with, RSA 207:3-d, Fis
307.01, and Fis 307.03.
(q) Any person found guilty of violating this
section shall be subject to the penalties of RSA 208:21, V.
Source. #1578, eff 5-12-80; ss by #1758, eff 5-29-81;
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; ss by #4855, eff 7-3-90; ss by
#5197, eff 8-2-91; ss by #5410, eff6-19-92; amd 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
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 (5) and (6), for a special deer permit to take one
additional deer in wildlife management units L and M subject to the following:
(1) Persons taking deer under the provisions of Fis 301.031(a) shall not take a second deer until the first
deer has been legally registered;
(2) Deer taken under this permit shall be
antlerless deer only;
(3) Deer may be taken
by any legal method during the archery season as specified in Fis 301.03(e)(1), the muzzleloader season as specified in Fis 301.03(f), and during the regular season as specified
in Fis 301.03(g);
(4) 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 with a bow and arrow during the archery season specified
in Fis 301.03(e);
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(f); 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(g).
(5) There shall be up to 2000 special deer
permits issued for wildlife management unit L as follows:
a. Two 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. Application shall be made between July 8 and
July 21;
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 2000 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
(6) 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-serve 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 but not
limited to:
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 301.03(e) (4) through (13);
(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 Columbus Day 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 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 301.031(c) 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
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
(1) The appropriate license to take deer
under RSA 208:5 when taking deer with a bow and arrow; and
(2)
A cross bow permit as specified in Fis 301.041
(j) when taking deer with 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
(d)
Each applicant for a
(e)
The landowner shall provide the following on the form “Landowner
Permission to Hunt on Long Island,
(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
(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 but not limited to:
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 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.
(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
(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 Columbus
Day 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
(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 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 301.032(h) and the deer have been legally registered, may purchase
a second
(t)
Applicants for a second
(u)
Long Island deer permits and the landowner
permission form shall be carried by all persons while taking deer on
(v) The fee for a
(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
(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
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 400 deer annually or was in existence on 12/31/09;
(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 or Turkey Registration Report” form 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 his 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 or Turkey 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
$2.00 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
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) An application 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) There shall be no fee for the application,
review of the application, or the provision of DMAP permits and tags;
(3) 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;
(4) 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;
(5) Designation of a municipal employee of the
applicant 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
(6) 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 application shall be received by the department by 4:00pm on the
first Monday in July or be postmarked by midnight of the first Monday in July
of the year of application. Applications not meeting the posted deadline shall
be returned to the applicant.
(d)
The department shall, within ten days of receipt, review each
application for completeness. In the event that
information is missing or incomplete, contact shall be made with the applicant,
who shall have an additional period of ten days to provide the missing
information.
(e)
On or before the fourth Friday in August in the application year, the
department shall approve the application 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; and
(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.
(f)
Upon approval of an application, 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(e)(1), the muzzleloader
season as specified in Fis 301.03(f), and during the
regular season as specified in Fis 301.03(g) 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 Fis 301.034 (b)(4);
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.
(g)
The approved municipal applicant 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 section (b)(4) 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 with a bow and arrow during the archery season as specified in Fis 301.03(e);
b. A muzzleloader license under RSA 208:5-a and a regular
hunting license under RSA 214:9 to take deer by a muzzleloader during the
muzzleloader season as specified in Fis 301.03(f);
c. A license under RSA 214:9 to take deer during
the regular hunting season as specified in Fis
301.03(g); 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 two tags, allowing
the taking of two antlerless deer as defined in Fis
301.01(b), which shall be in addition to the taking of deer authorized by Fis 301.03(e), Fis 301.03(f), Fis 301.03(g), 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 ID 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 but not limited
to:
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 ID 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.
(h)
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.
(i) 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.
(j) Persons taking deer under a DMAP
permit shall not take a second deer until the first deer has been legally
registered.
(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
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 on the “Deer or Turkey 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) An indication as to whether or not the deer
was taken with the aid and use of bait;
(11) 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;
(12) The type of tag affixed to the deer;
(13) The following license information:
a. Hunting license type(s) and license number(s)
held by licensee and under which the deer was taken;
b. Permit types(s) and permit number(s) held by
licensee and under which the deer was taken;
c. Date and time the license was issued; and
d. Sex of the hunter;
(14) The registration number of the vehicle
transporting the deer.
(b)
The registration agent shall include the following:
(1) The date and time of deer registration;
(2) The seal number attached to the deer; and
(3) The registration station number.
(c)
The hunter shall sign the report subject to the penalties for making
unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(d)
The registering agent shall:
(1) Stamp the back of the hunter’s license with
the station stamp provided and record the seal number except that this
requirement shall not apply if no license was required or if the deer being
registered was taken on a permanent license as described under Fis 1101.02 or Fis 1101.03;
(2) Securely affix the seal to the hock of the
deer; and
(3) Sign the report subject to the penalties for
making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
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
Fis 301.041 Crossbows.
(a) A crossbow shall have a:
(1) Minimum pull of 125 pounds;
(2) Working mechanical safety; and
(3) Stock no less than 25 inches in length.
(b)
No person shall use a bolt tip other than a broadhead for the purpose of
a take.
(c)
Fixed blade broadheads shall not be less than 7/8 of an inch or more
than 1 1/2 inches wide.
(d)
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.
(e)
There shall be no upper size limit on retractable blade broadheads.
(f)
The hunter’s name and address shall be plainly printed on each bolt or
quarrel.
(g)
No person shall take deer with a crossbow without a deer crossbow permit
in addition to the regular hunting license to take deer under RSA 214:9, except
as specified in (h), RSA 208:5-a, Fis 301.03(e), Fis 1204.02, or a Long Island deer permit as specified in Fis 301.032 when taking deer on Long Island.
(h)
Persons permitted to use a crossbow pursuant to RSA 207:10-c shall not
be required to purchase the crossbow permit specified in this section but shall
comply with all of the other requirements of this
section.
(i) In accordance with RSA 208:7-a, persons
taking a deer with a crossbow shall only take deer during the regular firearms
season specified in Fis 301.03(g) or as specified in Fis 301.032.
(j)
No deer crossbow permit shall be required for persons under 16 years of
age who are accompanied by an adult licensed and permitted to take deer with a
crossbow.
(k) Applicants for a deer crossbow
permit may purchase the permit from fish and game Concord headquarters for a
fee of $5.00.
(l)
Applicants for a deer crossbow permit shall provide their:
(1) Name;
(2) Address;
(3) Date of birth; and
(4) Signature, signed
subject to the penalties for making unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(m)
Deer taken with a crossbow under this permit shall be tagged with the
regular firearm deer tag except as specified in Fis
301.032.
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
Fis 301.05 Bear
Kill Reports.
All persons reporting a bear kill to a New Hampshire conservation officer or personnel 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) Name;
(5) Mailing and street address;
(6) Date of birth;
(7) Sex; and
(8) 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 species that was specifically hunted, such as bear, deer, or other;
(l)
The weapon type, and caliber, if appropriate;
(m)
Whether a guide was employed and if yes, the guide’s name and section A
of the “Bear Guide Tag” described in Fis 301.06(k)(2)
and Fis 1102.07(a)(1);
(n)
What the bear was feeding on;
(o)
If the bear was killed over hounds, the name of the owner(s) of the
hounds; and
(p)
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
Fis 301.06 Bear
Season.
(a)
The following definitions shall apply to this section:
(1) “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;
(2) “Bolt” means a short projectile for a
crossbow that resembles an arrow; and
(3) “Quarrel” means a bolt with a 4-sided head
and often used as a synonym for bolt.
(b)
For purposes of this section the state shall be divided into wildlife
management units, as described in Fis 301.02.
(c)
The open season for bear by the use of bow and
arrow, firearms, or crossbows, by methods other than by the use and aid of dogs
or bait, shall be as follows:
(1) Wildlife management units H2, K, L, and M
shall open September 1 and close October 12;
(2) Wildlife management units A, B, C2, D1, H1,
and I2 shall open September 1 and close the day before firearms deer season as
specified in Fis 301.03(g); and
(3) Wildlife management units C1, D2, E, F, G,
I1, J1, and J2 shall open September 1 and close November 30.
(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, and Fis 307.02.
(e)
Dogs may be used for taking bear in wildlife management units A, B, C1, C2,
D1, D2, E, F, G, H1, I1, I2, J1 and J2 for 51 consecutive days ending the last
day of the muzzleloader deer season as specified in Fis
301.03(f).
(f)
In accordance with RSA 208:22, III, dogs shall not be run from bait for
the purpose of taking bear after the fifty-second day preceding the last day of
the muzzleloader deer season as specified in Fis
301.03(f).
(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 principle
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 6 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 or fish and game personnel
authorized by the director as required in Fis 301.06(t);
(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)
Wild black bear shall not be taken except by:
(1) Firearms of a size larger than .22 caliber rimfire;
(2) Crossbow, if hunting under a hunting or
combination license;
(3) A shotgun loaded with a single ball;
(4) Muzzleloaders not less than .40 caliber; or
(5) Bow and arrow of at least 40 pounds peak
weight measured at 28 inches or less draw.
(m)
When hunting under an archery license as provided by RSA 208:5, no mechanically-drawn or released bow shall be used, but
hand-held releases may be used.
(n)
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.
(o)
When hunting with a bow, no arrow shall be used other than broadheads as
follows:
(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) When arrows are used to take bear, the name
and address of the archer shall be plainly printed on each arrow.
(p)
When hunting with a crossbow, the crossbow shall have a:
(1) Minimum pull of 125 pounds;
(2) Working mechanical safety; and
(3) Stock no less than 25 inches in length.
(q)
No person shall take bear with a bolt tip other than a broadhead, as
follows:
(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 printed on each bolt.
(r)
Immediately upon killing a bear, the licensee shall fill in the
appropriate bear tag, sign the tag, and attach the tag to the bear.
(s)
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.
(t)
Any person who kills wild bear pursuant to this section shall, within 12
hours from the time of taking, notify a conservation officer and, within 24
hours, exhibit the whole bear or the following body parts of a bear for tagging
with a numbered seal by a
(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.
(u)
At the time of tagging, the conservation officer or fish and game
personnel shall remove a tooth from such bear and record other information as
specified in Fis 301.05.
(v)
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, but not limited to, verification of
kill site or to obtain ovaries or other biological samples left behind.
(w)
No person shall take more than one wild black bear in a calendar year.
(x)
No person shall take bear by trapping or snaring.
(y)
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.
(z)
Notwithstanding Fis 301.06(y), 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.
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
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 aircraft shall be used to locate moose or communicate the location of
moose during the open moose season.
(h)
No radio telemetry equipment, electronic calls, cell phones, radio
transceivers, pagers, or other communication devices shall be used to attract
or take moose.
(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 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)
No bow shall be used for hunting moose unless it will pull at least 50
pounds peak weight measured at 28 inches or less draw.
(n)
Moose shall not be taken by a strung bow from a motor vehicle.
(o)
No arrow head shall be used other than
broadheads as follows:
(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) When arrows are used in such hunting the name
and address of the archer shall be plainly printed on each arrow.
(p)
No crossbow shall be used for hunting moose unless it meets the
requirements as specified in Fis 301.041(a)-(f).
(q)
Only one moose shall be taken per permittee and subpermittee
combination.
(r)
Moose may be taken in the water.
(s) 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.
(t)
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.
(u)
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.
(v)
The permittee and subpermittee shall only hunt
in the wildlife management unit to which they are assigned by the department.
(w)
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.
(x)
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.
(y)
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.
(z)
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.
(aa) 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.
(ab) 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
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:
(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
(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
(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 id 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 (w);
(3) The successful applicant has paid the permit
fee and does not return the permit by October 1 as specified in (t); or
(4) The applicant provides an incorrect state of
residency as described in Fis 301.09(d).
(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 49 application numbers shall be drawn;
c. A total of 500 additional numbers shall be
drawn as alternates;
d. The 49 moose permits shall be allocated as
specified in Table 300.01 below:
Table 300.01 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 |
5 |
0 |
|
C1 |
3 |
0 |
|
C2 |
5 |
0 |
|
D1 |
5 |
0 |
|
D2 |
2 |
0 |
|
E1 |
1 |
0 |
|
E2 |
1 |
0 |
|
E3 |
1 |
0 |
|
F |
2 |
0 |
|
G |
1 |
0 |
|
H1 |
1 |
0 |
|
H2-north |
1 |
0 |
|
H2-south |
1 |
0 |
|
I1 |
1 |
0 |
|
I2 |
1 |
0 |
|
J1 |
1 |
0 |
|
J2 |
1 |
0 |
|
K |
1 |
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
(o)
The permittee shall submit the information specified in (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
(p)
The information required in (o) 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 4pm on
the day before the hunt begins of said intent to defer the current year’s
permit.
(aa) The information referenced in Fis 301.09(y) 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 Fis
301.09(l)(2)d., 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 #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, eff 6-1-93; 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; amd by #7107, eff 9-25-99; ss by #7289,
eff 6-1-00; ss by #7699, eff 6-5-02; ss by #8019, eff 12-24-03; ss by #8085,
eff 5-26-04; amd by #8249, eff 1-6-05; ss by #8357,
eff 5-25-05; amd by #8517, eff 12-17-05; amd by #8644, eff 6-1-06; amd by
#8914, eff 1-1-08; ss by #9163, eff 5-28-08; ss by #9720-A, eff 6-5-10; amd by #9948-A, eff 6-24-11; ss by #10142, eff 6-5-12; ss
by #10619, eff 6-2-14; ss by #10853, eff 6-22-15; ss by #11114, eff 6-3-16; amd by #12189, eff 5-25-17; amd
by #12786, eff 5-22-19
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.
(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 4 in Epsom, Route 4 west to I-93 in Concord, I-93 south to
I-89 in Concord, I-89 north to Route 13 in Dunbarton, 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; amd by #12591 eff
7-25-18
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)
For purposes of this section, the state shall be divided into wildlife
management units as described in Fis 301.02.
(b)
The spring turkey season in 2018 shall be May 3 through May 31, however
beginning in 2019 and in all subsequent years the spring turkey season shall be
May 1 through May 31.
(c)
The fall turkey seasons shall be as follows:
(1) The archery season shall run concurrently
with the archery deer season as specified in Fis
301.03(e); and
(2) In wildlife management units D2, G, H1, H2,
I1, I2, J1, 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).
(d)
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.
(e)
Persons licensed to take turkeys shall be entitled to take no more than
2 turkeys per year subject to the following:
(1) One bearded or male turkey may be taken in
the spring season described in (b) and one turkey of either sex may be taken
during the fall archery season or during the fall shotgun season described in
(c); or
(2) Beginning in 2019 and in all subsequent years
2 bearded or male turkeys may be taken in the spring season described in (b),
provided that:
a. No person shall take a second turkey until
the first turkey has been legally registered; and
b. The second turkey shall only be taken in
wildlife management units H1, H2, J2, K, L, or M.
(f)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person 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.
(g)
Taking shall be done subject to the following:
(1) Shotguns between 10 and 20 gauge, inclusively,
with shot size of #2 and smaller shall be the only firearms and shot permitted;
(2) Bows shall have at least a 30-pound peak draw
weight measured at 28 inches or less draw;
(3) No arrow shall be used other than broadheads;
(4) Broadheads shall be as follows:
a. Fixed blade broadheads shall not be less than
7/8 of an inch wide;
b. 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; and
c. There shall be no upper size limit on
retractable blade broadheads;
(5) The name and address of the archer shall be
plainly printed on each arrow;
(6) Crossbows meeting the requirements as
specified in Fis 301.041(a)-(f) may be used for the
taking of turkeys during the spring season as specified in (b), the fall
shotgun season as specified in (c)(2), and the special youth hunting days for
turkey as specified in Fis 1204.03.
(7) No person shall use live decoys, electronic
calling devices, baiting, cooperative drives, or dogs during the spring turkey season;
(8) No person shall use live decoys, electronic
calling devices, baiting, or cooperative drives during the fall archery season
and fall shotgun season;
(9) No person shall shoot at or take a turkey in
a tree;
(10) Persons licensed to take turkey shall
immediately upon killing a turkey, fill out and detach the turkey tag from the
license, and then securely attach to the leg of the turkey, the turkey tag
bearing the name and address of the licensee who killed the turkey, the date
and time of kill, and WMU where the turkey was killed;
(11) No person shall possess a turkey tag that was
not issued to that person; and
(12) No person shall attach a turkey tag to a
turkey that person did not kill.
(h)
Registration and reporting shall be as follows:
(1) Any person killing a turkey shall bring the fully-feathered, intact carcass to a turkey registration
station for examination and sealing within 24 hours of taking;
(2) If requested, the carcass of the turkey shall
be exhibited to a conservation officer for examination to determine the method
of kill; and
(3) The intact carcass may be eviscerated before
bringing it to the registration station.
(i) No person shall transport a wild turkey unless
it is tagged with a turkey tag and is accompanied by the permittee who took the
turkey.
(j)
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.
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
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 200 spring turkeys or was in existence on 12/31/09;
(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
his 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
$2.00 as a registration agent fee pursuant to RSA 209:12-a.
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
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. Sex;
e. Residency; and
f. 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;
(3) The seal number attached to the turkey; and
(4) The registration station number.
(c)
The hunter shall sign the report subject to the penalties for making
unsworn false statements under RSA 641:3.
(d)
The registering agent shall:
(1) Securely affix the seal to the turkey; and
(2) Sign the 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
Fis 302.013 Alternative
Method to Register Turkey in 2020.
(a) Any turkey taken during the special youth
hunting days for turkey in accordance with Fis
1204.03(a) or during the spring turkey season in accordance with Fis
302.01(b) in 2020 shall be registered in accordance with one of the following
methods:
(1) Completion of a turkey registration
report and receipt of a seal on the bird at 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.wild.nh.com, and receipt of an electronic confirmation that the report was
completed and accepted by the department.
(b)
Each registrant shall maintain proof of completion of the registration
process for a minimum of 180 days in the form of:
(1) The physical seal placed on
the bird at 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 (a) (2) above.
Source. #13030, EMERGENCY RULE, eff
4-13-20, EXPIRED: 10-10-20
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 and Mergansers.
(a) Pursuant to authority granted
by RSA 209:6-b, and in accordance with 50 CFR Part 20, the season for taking
ducks and mergansers shall be as follows:
(1) The season for taking ducks and mergansers in
the inland zone shall open October 5 and close November 7; reopen on November
24 and close again on December 19;
(2) The season for taking ducks and mergansers in
the coastal zone shall open on October 6 and close on October 17; reopen on
November 24 and close again on January 10;
(3) The season for taking ducks and mergansers 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 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 hooded mergansers and 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 2 (only 1 of which may be a hen), and a possession limit of 6
(only 3 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 4 and a possession limit of 12;
(8) Taking of eiders statewide shall be limited
to a daily bag limit of 4 and a possession limit of 12;
(9) Taking of long-tailed ducks statewide shall
be limited to a daily bag limit of 4 and a possession limit of 12; 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 8 and shall close on November 23, reopen on December 20 and close
again January 17;
(2) The coastal zone season extension shall open
on January 25 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, EXEMPT,
eff 4-15-20; ss by #13197, EXEMPT, eff 4-24-21
Fis 302.05 Special Duck Seasons.
(a) Pursuant to authority granted by RSA 209:6,
and in accordance with 50 CFR, Part 20, Subpart K, the season for taking
scoter, eider and long-tailed duck shall open on November 18 and close on
January 16 in all coastal waters, all waters of rivers and streams seaward from
the first bridge upstream from the coast.
In all other areas of the state sea ducks may be taken only during the
regular open season for ducks.
(b) Taking of sea ducks shall be limited to a
daily bag of 5 birds, singly or in aggregate of these species, however there
shall be no more than 4 scoters or 4 eiders or 4 long-tailed ducks. The possession limit shall be 15 birds,
singly or in aggregate of these species, however there shall be no more than 12
scoters or 12 eiders or 12 long-tailed ducks.
These limits shall be in addition to the limits specified in Fis 302.04 for other species of ducks. In all areas inland from the first bridge
upstream from the coast, sea ducks shall be included in the regular duck season
daily bag and possession limits.
(c) Daily shooting hours shall begin one-half
hour before sunrise and end at sunset.
(d) Non-toxic shot, as defined in Fis 302.04(g), shall be required statewide for the taking
of sea ducks.
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, EXEMPT, eff 4-15-20; ss by #13197, EXEMPT, eff 4-24-21; ss by #13197,
EXEMPT, eff 4-24-21
Fis 302.06 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 on
November 7; reopen on November 24 and close again on December 19;
(2) The coastal zone, as specified in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open on October 6 and close on
October 17; reopen on November 24 and close again on January 10
; 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. #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, EXEMPT, eff 4-15-20; ss by
#13197, EXEMPT, eff 4-24-21
Fis 302.07 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 7; reopen on November 24 and close again on December 19.
(2) The coastal zone, as specified in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open October 6 and close October
17; reopen on November 24 and close again on January 10;
(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 19;
(2) The coastal zone, as specified in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open on October 6 and close on
January 10; 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. #1447, eff 10-3-79; amd
by #1635, eff 9-22-80; ss by #1821, eff 9-29-81; 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 #6309, eff 7-30-96; 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, 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, EXEMPT, eff
4-15-20; ss by #13197, EXEMPT, eff 4-24-21
Fis 302.071 Special September Canada
Goose Season.
(a) The special statewide September season to
take
(b) The taking of
(c) Nontoxic shot, as defined in Fis 302.04(g), shall be required for the taking of
(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
Fis 302.072 National
Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP).
(a)
In accordance with 50 CFR Part 20.20,
(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
Fis 302.08 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
Fis 302.09 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
(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 7; reopen on November 24 and close again on December 9;
(2) The coastal zone, as specified in Fis 302.04(a)(1), shall open on October 6 and close on
October 17; reopen on November 24 and
close again on December 31; and
(3) The northern zone, as specified in Fis 302.04(a)(2), shall open on October 2 and close on
November 20.
(b) The taking of brant shall
be limited to a daily bag limit of 2, and a possession limit of 6.
(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,
EXEMPT, eff 4-15-20; ss by #13197, EXEMPT, eff 4-24-21
Fis 302.11 Rails
and Gallinules. There shall be no
open season for rails or for gallinules.