§ 9-11-245 — Unlawful Methods of Hunting Birds or Animals Protected by Law or Regulation

Alabama § 9-11-245

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 9: Conservation and Natural Resources
• Ch. 11: Fish, Game and Wildlife
• Art. 8: Hunting and Trapping of Birds and Game

Text

No person shall at any time make use of any pitfall, deadfall, baited field, cage, trap, net, pen, baited hook, snare, poison, explosive, or chemical for the purpose of injuring, capturing, or killing birds or animals protected by law or regulation of this state. This section shall not prevent the trapping of animals classified as fur-bearing animals by a duly licensed fur catcher. It shall be legal to use a scaffold for gun hunting of all legal game species except wild turkey and to use a scaffold for bow hunting of all legal game species.

Legislative History

(Acts 1951, No. 1001, p. 1672, §2; Acts 1975, No. 195, p. 681, §1; Acts 1995, No. 95-563, p. 1174, §1.)