Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 58-49-3 - General Hunting Rules3.1. A hunter may use a long bow or compound bow instead of a firearm during any season for which firearms are legal except during the muzzle-loading firearms deer season.3.2. Each person killing a bear or wild boar found in a wild state shall immediately after removing its entrails, but in any event within one hour and before transporting or removing the carcass in any manner from where it was killed, complete and attach a game tag. The tag shall bear, in plain English, the name and address of the hunter, the date and county where the game was killed, and, unless he or she is legally exempted from the licensing requirements of this State, the license number of the hunter.3.3. A person who kills a bear shall submit a first premolar tooth to the Division of Natural Resources by January 31 of the year following the kill. The tooth should be secured to a card along with a label with the name and address of the hunter, date of kill, weapon used, whether dogs were used to kill the bear, county of kill and the game tag number and either mailed or delivered to a DNR District Office or the DNR Elkins Operation Center.3.4. Any person under 15 years of age who participates in a special youth season approved by the Commission and published annually by the director shall be accompanied by a licensed adult hunter. The accompanying adult may not hunt or possess implements for the taking of wildlife.3.5. A person under the age of 15 years may not hunt or chase wild animals or wild birds on the lands of another unless he or she is accompanied by a licensed adult who remains in a position near enough to him or her to render advice and assistance.3.6. A hunter may only use bows, crossbows, single-shot muzzle-loading firearms, or shotguns loaded with T or smaller shot to hunt wildlife within the boundaries of the Green Bottom and Fox Forest Wildlife Management Areas.3.7. A hunter shall electronically register each deer or wild turkey within 72 hours of the time of kill or within 24 hours of the close of the respective hunting season, whichever comes first.3.8. A hunter shall wear at least 400 square inches of blaze orange over his or her outer clothing during any deer firearm or muzzleloader season. A person engaged in agricultural activities and waterfowl hunters are exempt from this requirement.3.9. Any hunter who, while hunting, shoots another person, shall render immediate aid and assistance to the victim.3.10. The use of bows and crossbows is prohibited on the Bright McCausland Homestead WMA.