2.__Rabbit hound field trials.__A person may not hold field trials for beagles and other rabbit hounds except from September 1st through the following April 10th.__A person who violates this subsection commits a Class E crime.

3.__Sporting dog field trials. The licensing and conduct of sporting dog field trials is governed by section 12055.

§12055.__License to hold field trials; wild birds

1.__License required.__A club or organization may not hold field trials as provided under this section unless the club or organization has a valid license issued under this section.__Each day a person violates this subsection that person commits a Class E crime for which a minimum fine of $50 and an amount equal to twice the applicable license fee must be imposed.

2.__Application and issuance.__Upon application of a club or organization, the commissioner may, at the commissioner's discretion, issue to the club or organization a license authorizing the following.

A.__The licensee may hold, at the time and place stated in the license, a field trial for sporting dogs for the purpose of demonstrating the skill of the dogs in retrieving dead or wounded wild birds.

B.__Members of the licensee club or organization may shoot and kill with firearms wild birds propagated or legally acquired by members of the licensee at the field trial held at the time and place specified in the license.

C.__Persons may participate in a field trial pursuant to this section without a hunting license.

A separate application must be filed for each field trial proposed to be held by a club or organization, as described in this section.

3.__Fee. The fee for a license to hold field trials for sporting dogs is $25.

4.__Shooting hours and consent.__Members of the licensee club or organization may not shoot and kill birds, unless it is during the daylight hours and only with the consent of the owner