LD 1482
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I. The commissioner, by rule, may create special hunting
seasons for the taking of deer in any part of the State to
maintain deer populations in balance with available habitat,
subject to the following.

 
(1) The demarcation of each area must follow
recognizable physical boundaries, such as rivers, roads
and railroad rights-of-way.

 
(2) The determination of these areas must be made and
published prior to August 1st of each year.

 
(3) The commissioner may implement a permit system to
regulate hunter participation in a special season and
the number, sex and age of deer harvested. If permits
are issued, the fee for a deer permit other than an
antlerless deer permit is $30 and the fee for an
antlerless deer permit is $10.

 
(5) The commissioner may establish limits on the
number of deer taken or possessed by persons during any
special season. Limits established by the commissioner
under this subparagraph are exceptions to the limits
imposed under section 7458, subsections 1 and 2.

 
(6) The commissioner may specify types of weapons to
be used during a special season.

 
Sec. 21. 12 MRSA §7457, sub-§2, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1979, c. 420, §1,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 22. 12 MRSA §7463-A, sub-§12, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 118, §2,
is amended to read:

 
12. Authority of commissioner. The commissioner may issue
applications for moose hunting permits, issue permits and make
all rules and regulations pertaining thereto to moose hunting
permits, including provisins for permittees who are selected for
a permit but unable to use the permit. The commissioner may make
all other rules and regulations which he that the commissioner
considers necessary for the protection of the moose resource.

 
Sec. 23. 12 MRSA §7469, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 95, §1, is
amended to read:

 
6. Keeping an unregistered wild turkey. A person is guilty
of keeping an unregistered wild turkey if he that person keeps an
unregistered wild turkey at his that person's home, or any place
of storage except at an official wild turkey registration station


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