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Title 12: CONSERVATION
Part 13: INLAND FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE
Subpart 4: FISH AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 915: HUNTING: SEASONS, REQUIREMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
Subchapter 4: GENERAL UNLAWFUL ACTS PERTAINING TO HUNTING
§11251

§11228. Hunting with dogs

1.  Collar required.  A person may not hunt with a dog in pursuit of bear, coyote, bobcat, fox or raccoon unless the dog has a collar with a functioning global positioning system tracker and a collar that legibly provides the name, telephone number and address of the owner of that dog. For purposes of this subsection, "global positioning system tracker" means an electronic device that allows a person hunting with a dog to track the dog's location at all times.  
A. A person who violates this subsection commits a civil violation for which a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500 may be adjudged.   [PL 2011, c. 432, §2 (NEW).]
B. A person who violates this subsection after having been adjudicated as having committed 3 or more civil violations under this Part within the previous 5-year period commits a Class E crime.   [PL 2011, c. 432, §2 (NEW).]
[PL 2021, c. 580, §8 (AMD).]
2.  Limit on number of dogs.  A person or persons may not use more than 6 dogs at any one time to hunt coyotes, foxes, raccoons or bobcats. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.  
[PL 2021, c. 580, §9 (AMD).]
3.  Night hunting with dogs.  A person may not use a dog to hunt coyotes during the period from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise. A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.  
[PL 2011, c. 432, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2011, c. 432, §2 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 580, §§8, 9 (AMD).
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