A.__Bear;

B.__Deer;

C.__Moose; or

D.__Wild turkey.

1-A.__Exceptions.__The following are exceptions to the time limitation for registering harvested wild animals established in subsection 1:

A.__A person may keep a harvested animal in an official registration station for that animal or at the office of a game warden for more than 18 hours;

B.__A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods; and

C.__A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first.

2.__Penalty.__A person who violates this section commits a Class E crime.

Sec. B-231. 12 MRSA §12304, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 414, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. D, §7, is repealed.

Sec. B-232. 12 MRSA §12304-A is enacted to read:

§12304-A.__Condition of animal presented for registration

1. Prohibition.__Except as provided in subsection 2, a person must present the following wild animals for registration in their entirety:

A.__Bear;

B.__Deer;