Nevada Canned Hunt Statutes and Regulations

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Statute

Nevada laws specify that "any person who owns or controls the shooting rights or privileges on an enclosed tract of land may establish a commercial or private shooting preserve for the propagation, culture and maintenance of upland game birds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and commission regulations." N.R.S. §504.300.

An opinion issued by the Nevada Attorney General cited in the statute specifies that shooting preserves "only may be established for the propagation, culture and maintenance of upland game birds." AGO 85-2 (2-22-1985).

The Nevada law also specifies that, except as provided by other statutes or by a regulation adopted by the commission, no person may "possess any live wildlife unless he is licensed by the division to do so, capture live wildlife...to stock a commercial or noncommercial wildlife facility, or possess or release from confinement any mammal for the purpose of hunting." Id. at §504.295 1 (a-c).

Furthermore, Nevada law defines that term "alternative livestock" to include species and subspecies of fallow deer, reindeer, and Rocky Mountain elk, if they are born and reared in captivity and raised on private property to produce meat or other by-products of animals or as breeding stock to produce alternative livestock. Id. at §501.003. However, it is unlawful to "hunt any alternative livestock reared on or derived from a farm or other operation that raises alternative livestock." Id. at §503.242.

The importation, possession, or propagation of alternative livestock requires a permit from the state board of agriculture. Id. at §576.129.

Regulation

Regulations provided by the Nevada Division of Wildlife provide general guidance for obtaining commercial and noncommercial licenses, NAC §504.451 and NAC §504.452, and the terms, conditions, and restrictions of such licenses. Id. at §504.458.

A license is not required to possess, propagate, breed, or otherwise maintain several species of live wildlife held in captivity on private property, including California quail, Gambel's quail, Scaled quail, Mountain quail, Chukar, Hungarian (gray) partridge, Ring-necked and white-winged pheasant, or Bobwhite quail. Id. at §504.459-1(a-h).

These species, however, may not be "hunted, except under the authority of a permit to train hunting dogs or raptors." Id. at §504.459-2(c).

No other regulations were provided

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