2012 Vermont Statutes
Title 10 Conservation and Development
Chapter 109 PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT
§ 4514 Possession of flesh of game
§ 4514. Possession of flesh of game
(a) When legally taken, the flesh of a fish or wild animal may be possessed for food for a reasonable time thereafter and such flesh may be transported and stored in a public cold storage plant. Nothing in this section shall authorize the possession of game birds or carcasses or parts thereof contrary to regulations made pursuant to the migratory bird treaty act.
(b) Any person convicted of illegally taking, destroying, or possessing wild animals shall, in addition to other penalties provided under this chapter, pay into the fish and wildlife fund for each animal taken, destroyed, or possessed, no more than the following amounts:
(1) Big game $2,000.00 each (2) Endangered or threatened species as defined in section 5401 of this title $2,000.00 each (3) Small game $500.00 each (4) Fish $25.00 each
(Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 1989, No. 205 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2011, No. 14, § 1, eff. July 1, 2012.)
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