Maine § 12 §11227 Placement of bait for hunting

Maine Statutes

§ 12 §11227 — Placement of bait for hunting

Maine § 12 §11227

Title 12CONSERVATION

Part 13INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE

Ch. 915HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 12, § 12 §11227 (2026).

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1.Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. 1-A. Prohibited bait. Notwithstanding any authorization to use or place bait or bear bait under this Part, a person may not place a medicinal, poisonous or stupefying substance to entice an animal to that place. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.

2.Placement of bait. A person may not place or hunt over bait without the oral or written permission of the landowner or the landowner's agent. The bait site must be plainly labeled with a 2-inch-by-4-inch tag identifying the name and address of the person establishing the bait site. This subsection does not apply to bear baiting, which is governed by section 11301.

3.Hunting over another's

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1.
Definitions.
As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1-A.
Prohibited bait.
Notwithstanding any authorization to use or place bait or bear bait under this Part, a person may not place a medicinal, poisonous or stupefying substance to entice an animal to that place. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.
2.
Placement of bait.
A person may not place or hunt over bait without the oral or written permission of the landowner or the landowner's agent. The bait site must be plainly labeled with a 2-inch-by-4-inch tag identifying the name and address of the person establishing the bait site. This subsection does not apply to bear baiting, which is governed by section 11301.
3.
Hunting over another's bait.
A person may not hunt at a bait site established by another person unless that person has permission from the person that established the bait site.
4.
Bait site cleanup.
A person placing bait may not leave the bait or bait label at the bait site and must clean up the bait site immediately after the landowner requests the removal of that bait or, if not requested by the landowner, within 20 days from the last day the bait site was hunted over by the person that established the bait site.
5.
Litter at bait sites.
A person establishing a bait site under this section is subject to the littering provisions of Title 17, chapter 80.
6.
Construction.
Nothing in this section authorizes hunting of wild animals that is otherwise prohibited by law or rule.
7.
Applicability.
This section does not apply to: