2012 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XVIII - FISH AND GAME
Chapter 207 - GENERAL PROVISIONS AS TO FISH AND GAME
Section 207:39-b - Intentional or Negligent Shooting of Domestic Animals; Penalty.


NH Rev Stat § 207:39-b (2012) What's This?

    207:39-b Intentional or Negligent Shooting of Domestic Animals; Penalty. – Any person, while actually engaged in hunting or in pursuit of wild animals or wild birds who knowingly or purposely causes death, injury, or damage to such domestic animals, ducks, or fowl through the discharge of a firearm or bow and arrow may have his or her license to hunt revoked and he or she may not be granted a license to hunt for a period not to exceed 5 years. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a hunter killing or injuring his or her own animal or a borrowed animal or one used by another member of the same hunting party, other than being liable to the owner of the animal. The executive director of the fish and game department may make such revocation and suspension of the privilege of obtaining a license and determine the term of such suspension when, in the executive director's opinion, reasonable evidence of a violation of the provisions of this section exist.

Source. 2005, 289:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.


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