§ 17-2-3 — Protected wildlife species and game fish defined

A. The following mammals are game mammals: (1) all of the family Tayassuidae (javelina); (2) within the family Bovidae: (a) all of the genus Bison (American bison) except where raised in captivity for domestic or commercial meat production; (b) all of the genus Capra (ibex) except for the domestic species of goats; (c) all of the genus Ovis (bighorn sheep) except for the domestic species of sheep; (d) all of the genus Ammotragus (aoudad); (e) all of the genus Tragelaphus (kudu); and (f) all of the genus Oryx (oryx); (3) all of the family Antilocapridae (American pronghorn); (4) all of the family Cervidae (elk and deer); (5) all of the family Ochotonidae (pikas); (6) all of the genus Sciurus (squirrels); (7) all of the genus Tamiasciurus (red squirrels); (8) all of the genus Marmota (marmots) of the family Sciuridae; (9) all of the family Ursidae (bear); and (10) all of the species concolor (cougar) of the genus Felis and family Felidae. B. The following birds are game birds: (1) all of the family Anatidae (waterfowl); (2) all of the family Tetraonidae (grouse and ptarmigans); (3) all of the family Phasianidae (quail, partridges and pheasants); (4) all of the family Meleagridae (wild turkeys) except for the domestic strains of turkeys; (5) all of the family Perdicidae (francolins); (6) all of the family Gruidae (cranes); (7) all of the family Rallidae (rails, coots and gallinules); (8) all of the family Charadriidae (plovers, turnstones and surfbirds); (9) all of the family Scolopacidae (shorebirds, snipe, sandpipers and curlews); (10) all of the family Recurvirostridae (avocets and stilts); (11) all of the family Phalaropodidae (phalaropes); and (12) all of the family Columbidae (wild pigeons and doves) except for the domestic strains of pigeons. C. The following fish are game fish: (1) all of the family Salmonidae (trout); (2) all of the family Esocidae (pike); (3) all of the family Ictaluridae (catfish); (4) all introduced species of the family Serranidae (sea bass and white bass); (5) all of the family Centrarchidae (sunfish, crappie and bass); (6) all of the family Percidae (walleye pike and perch); (7) all introduced species of the family Pomadasyidae (sargo); (8) all introduced species of the family Sciaenidae (corvina, bairdiella and redfish); (9) all of the genus Oreochromis (tilapia); and (10) all of the family Moronidae (striped bass, hybrid striped bass, white bass and others).

Legislative History

1953 Comp., § 53-2-3, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 8, § 1; 1971, ch. 75, § 1;