Any person, while actually engaged in hunting or the pursuit of wild animals or wild birds, causing death, injury or damage to domestic animals, ducks or fowl shall be liable to the owner therefor. Any person, while actually engaged in hunting or in pursuit of wild animals or wild birds who shall cause death, injury or damage to such domestic animals, ducks or fowl through the discharge of a firearm or bow and arrow shall have his license to hunt revoked and he 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 own or a borrowed animal or one used by another member of the same hunting party, other than being liable to the owner therefor, nor shall they apply to a hunter killing or injuring a domestic animal "gone wild". The executive director of the fish and game department shall be empowered to make such revocation and suspension of the privilege of obtaining a license and determine the term of such suspension when, in his opinion, reasonable evidence of a violation of the provisions of this statute exist.
Source. 1965, 179:1. 1971, 89:1, eff. July 3, 1971.
I. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation of the executive director, shall be guilty of a violation, except where otherwise provided, and an additional violation for each fish, bird or animal, or part thereof bought, sold, offered for sale or transported contrary to the provisions thereof. II. Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 207:4 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall forfeit such firearms and silencing devices.
III. Any person convicted of setting or having under his control a set gun as prohibited by RSA 207:10 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source. 1935, 124:1. 1937, 188:8. RL 241:45. 1947, 69:2. RSA 207:46. 1959, 32:2. 1973, 528:117. 1981, 8:1, eff. May 10, 1981.
