| | | bears, providing the dogs are under the personal supervision | | of the owner at all times, for such periods of time as the | | commissioner finds it advisable. |
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| | | 2.__Beaver.__A person may not take or kill beaver under | | sections 12401 and 12402.__The commissioner may cause agents of | | the department to take nuisance beaver at any time. |
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| | | 3.__Birds.__A person may not take or kill wild birds, with the | | exception of rock doves and wild turkeys under sections 12401 and | | 12402. |
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| | | 4.__Coyotes.__The commissioner may cause department personnel | | to take coyotes at any time and in any manner that the | | commissioner may prescribe. |
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| | | 5.__Deer.__This subsection applies to the taking or killing of | | deer found doing damage. |
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| | | A.__Whenever deer are doing damage to orchards and crops, | | including legumes, but excepting grass, the department shall | | furnish to the owner or agent of the orchards and crops | | suitable repellants without cost to the owner or agent. The | | commissioner may follow other good conservation practices to | | alleviate the damage. |
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| | | B.__Whenever the commissioner determines it impossible to | | keep deer from doing damage to young orchards, the | | commissioner may enter into an agreement with the owner of a | | young orchard in which the department assumes 1/2 the cost | | of fencing the orchard. |
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| | | 6.__Dogs. This subsection applies to nuisance dogs. |
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| | | A.__A game warden may kill a dog outside the enclosure or | | immediate care of its owner or keeper when the game warden | | finds that dog: |
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| | | (1)__Chasing, killing, wounding or pursuing a moose, | | caribou, deer or elk at any time; |
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| | | (2)__Chasing, killing, wounding or pursuing any other wild | | animal in closed season; or |
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| | | (3)__Worrying, wounding or killing a domestic animal, | | livestock or poultry. |
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| | | B.__An owner of domestic animals, livestock or poultry, a | | member of the owner's family or a person to whom is | | entrusted the custody of domestic livestock or poultry may |
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