Kan. Admin. Regs. § 115-18-8 - Retrieval and possession of game animals, sport fish, and migratory game birds
(a)
Each individual wounding or killing a game animal, sport fish, or a migratory
game bird shall make a reasonable effort to retrieve the wounded or dead game
animal, sport fish, or migratory game bird. The retrieved game animal, sport
fish, or migratory game bird shall be retained in the individual's bag, creel,
or possession limit, unless prohibited by regulations of the secretary for the
individual species taken. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the catch
and release of live sport fish.
(b)
Each game animal, sport fish, or migratory game bird retrieved shall be
retained until any of the following occurs:
(1) The animal, fish, or bird is processed
for consumption.
(2) The animal,
fish, or bird is transported to the individual's residence, to a place of
commercial preservation, or to a place of commercial processing.
(3) The animal, fish, or bird is given to
another person in accordance with
K.A.R.
115-3-1,
K.A.R.
115-4-2, and
K.A.R.
115-7-4.
(4) The animal, fish, or bird is
consumed.
(c) The
provisions of this regulation shall not affect any requirement of state or
federal law or regulation regarding any proof of species, age, or sex and the
attachment of this proof to the carcass.
(d) For the purpose of this regulation,
"migratory game bird" shall mean any duck, goose, coot, merganser, rail,
mourning dove, white-winged dove, snipe, woodcock, or sandhill crane for which
a hunting season has been established in Kansas.
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