§ 212:25-a — Special Permit to Keep and Propagate Wild Turkeys

New Hampshire § 212:25-a

• Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
• Title XVIII: FISH AND GAME
• Ch. 212: PROPAGATION OF FISH AND GAME
• Subdivision: Propagation by Private Persons

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No person shall import any species of wild turkey, hybrid wild turkey, or wild turkey-domestic turkey cross or any egg of these species into New Hampshire. Any person in possession of wild turkeys, hybrid wild turkeys, or wild turkey-domestic turkey crosses or the egg of any of these species when this section takes effect shall be permitted to keep or propagate them or both by special permit from the executive director. A person not an employee of the fish and game department acting in his official capacity as an employee of that department or a person not acting under the supervision of, by the orders of, and in the presence of an employee of the fish and game department shall not sell, give away, or release into the wild a live wild turkey, hybrid wild turkey, or wild turkey-domestic turkey cross, or any fertile egg of any of these species. Any person holding a permit under this section shall submit to the executive director a report by December 31 of each year stating the number and sex of wild turkeys, hybrid wild turkeys, or wild turkey-domestic turkey crosses in his possession.

Legislative History

1973, 23:1. 1975, 114:2. 1977, 459:3, eff. Sept. 10, 1977.