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31.__Hunt.__To "hunt" means to pursue, catch, take, kill or
harvest wild animals or wild birds or to attempt to catch, take,
kill or harvest wild animals or wild birds.

 
32.__Hunter orange.__"Hunter orange" means a daylight
fluorescent orange color with a dominant wave length between 595
and 605 nanometers, excitation purity not less than 85% and
luminance factor of not less than 40%.

 
33.__Hunting equipment.__"Hunting equipment" means:

 
A.__Firearms of any type that are permitted under the laws
governing hunting, including muzzle-loading firearms; or

 
B.__Archery equipment that is permitted under the hunting
laws governing archery, including, but not limited to,
recurved bows and compound bows.

 
34.__Ice-fishing shack.__"Ice-fishing shack" means a temporary
structure used for ice fishing on frozen inland waters.

 
35.__Inland waters.__"Inland waters" means all waters within
the State above the rise and fall of the tide and wholly or
partially within the territorial limits of the State, except
private ponds as defined in subsection 51.

 
36.__Jacklight.__"Jacklight" means any artificial light used
while hunting, except lights used and permitted under rules
regarding raccoons under the authority of section 10104,
subsection 1.

 
37.__Landlocked salmon.__"Landlocked salmon" means the
subspecies Salmo salar Sebago that does not customarily migrate
from inland waters to the ocean as part of its life cycle.

 
38.__Merrymeeting Bay.__"Merrymeeting Bay" means the waters of
the Kennebec River bounded as follows: from the high-tension
wires at Chop's Point to the first dam on the Androscoggin River,
to the first road bridge on the Muddy, Cathance, Abbagadassett
and Eastern Rivers and to the Richmond-Dresden Bridge on the
Kennebec River, in the counties of Cumberland, Sagadahoc and
Lincoln.

 
39.__Migratory game bird.__"Migratory game bird" means any of
the following birds:

 
A.__Anatidae, or waterfowl, including brant, wild ducks,
geese and swans;

 
B.__Columbidae, or pigeons, including doves and wild
pigeons;


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