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4.__Rules.__The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the
proper administration and enforcement of this section.

 
5.__Compliance with rules and regulations.__Falconry hunting
is subject to the following limitations.

 
A.__A person who holds a valid falconry hunting permit may
take, possess and use any raptor, except as provided in this
Part or by federal regulation and except as the commissioner
may by rule provide.

 
B.__Persons engaged in the practice of falconry are subject
to all rules adopted by the commissioner pertaining to
seasons and bag limits on wild birds and wild animals.

 
§11160.__Coyote night hunting permit

 
1.__Permit required.__Except as otherwise authorized pursuant
to this Part, a person may not hunt coyote at night unless that
person has a valid permit issued under this section.__Each night
a person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E
crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal to
twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.

 
2.__Eligibility; hunting license required.__A person who
possesses a valid hunting license is eligible to obtain a permit
from the commissioner to hunt coyotes at night, except that a
permit may not be issued to a person who has been convicted of a
violation of section 11206 within 5 years of the date of
application for the permit.

 
3.__Issuance.__The commissioner shall issue a permit to hunt
coyotes at night to eligible persons at a fee of $2.

 
SUBCHAPTER 4

 
GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING

 
§11201.__Hunting during closed season

 
A person may not hunt any wild animal or wild bird during the
closed season or possess any wild animal or wild bird taken
during the closed season on that wild animal or wild bird.__
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who
violates this section commits a Class E crime.


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