Chapter 16 - HUNTING

  1. § 137-16-01 - Scope of Rules
  2. § 137-16-02 - Table of Contents
  3. § 137-16-03 - Legal Hunting Hours for Wilds Birds and Wild Animals
  4. § 137-16-04 - Hunter Orange Requirements for Hunting of Wild Birds and Wild Animals
  5. § 137-16-05 - Possession, Transport and Labeling of Big Game
  6. § 137-16-06 - Registration, Data Collection and Tagging of Big Game and Furbearing Animals
  7. § 137-16-07 - Deer Hunting
  8. § 137-16-08 - Moose Hunting
  9. § 137-16-09 - Bear Hunting
  10. § 137-16-10 - Wild Turkey Hunting
  11. § 137-16-11 - Migratory Game Bird Hunting
  12. § 137-16-12 - Upland Game and Furbearing Animal Hunting
  13. § 137-16-13 - Protocol for Big Game Registration Station and Furbearer Registration Agents
  14. § 137-16-14 - Snapping Turtles
  15. § 137-16-15 - Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs)

Notes

EFFECTIVE DATE:
February 12, 2019 - filing 2019-035 (formerly part of Ch. 4)
AMENDED:
May 12, 2019 - Section 16.11, filing 2019-073
June 3, 2019 - Section 16.08, filing 2019-088
June 3, 2019 - Section 16.10, filing 2019-089
July 23, 2019 - Sections 16.06, 16.12, 16.13, filing 2019-128
July 24, 2019 - Section 16.07(4),(6), filing 2019-135
November 7, 2019 - minor corrections in numbering and paragraph spacing
April 12, 2020 - Section 16.11, filing 2020-090
June 2, 2020 - Section 16.08, filing 2020-129
July 25, 2020 - Section 16.07(7), filing 2020-162
July 25, 2020 - Section 16.10, filing 2020-163
August 24, 2020 - various sections, filing 2020-180
August 24, 2020 - Section 16.07(4.A)(6), filing 2020-181
CORRECTION:
December 29, 2020 - Section 16.07-7(1)(A) last line corrected
AMENDED:
April 13, 2021 - Section 16.11(9),(10),(11), filing 2021-071
May 26, 2021 - Section 16.08(3)(B), filing 2021-109
May 26, 2021 - Section 16.08(9), filing 2021-110
July 18, 2021 - Section 16.07(4),(6), filing 2021-145
August 10, 2021 - Section 16.07(7), filing 2021-157
August 10, 2021 - Section 16.13(10), filing 2021-158
April 18, 2022 - Section 16.09, filing 2022-053
May 25, 2022 - Section 16.08(3),(9), filing 2022-093
June 5, 2022 - Section 16.10, filing 2022-102
June 5, 2022 - Section 16.11, filing 2022-103
August 8, 2022 - Sections 16.05, 16.07, filing 2022-116
August 8, 2022 - Section 16.07, filing 2022-127
July 16, 2022 - Section 16.06(1.E.), filing 2022-128
November 22, 2022 - Section 16.06 (1.D,(2), filing 2022-225
April 10, 2023 - Section 16.11, filing 2023-054
May 21, 2023 - Section 16.08, filing 2023-073
7/12/2023 - Section 16.07, filing 2023-106

STATUTORY AUTHORITY: 12 M.R.S. §10104

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