09-137 C.M.R. ch. 16, § 06 - Registration, Data Collection and Tagging of Big Game and Furbearing Animals
All radio collars and ear tags found on harvested deer must be submitted to the department at the time the animal is presented for registration.
All radio collars and ear tags found on harvested moose must be submitted along with a canine tooth or lower jaw to the department at the time the animal is presented for registration. In any WMD in which a moose hunter harvests a female moose the hunter must present the ovaries and/or reproductive tract at the first open registration station. The milk sack (udder) shall be left attached to the carcass. The reproductive tract includes the ovaries and uterus.
Whenever a bear is presented for registration a premolar tooth shall be removed from the bear and submitted to the department by the person presenting the bear for registration.
All radio transmitters, leg bands, and wing tags must be reported to the Department at the time the wild turkey is presented for registration or registered electronically. All radio transmitters must be submitted, or arranged for submission, to the Department within 5 days. Any leg bands or wing tags can be retained by the hunter after reporting and following approval by the Department.
Whenever a bobcat is presented for registration, a lower lateral incisor, a lower canine or the lower jaw shall be submitted to the department by the person presenting the bobcat for registration. There shall be a tissue sample provided (from either the tongue or a muscle) and the tissue and tooth sample shall be labeled. The label shall include the following information:
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