| | | 1.__Permission to kill nuisance animals or wild turkeys.__ | | Except as provided in section 12404, the cultivator, owner, | | mortgagee or keeper of any orchard or growing crop, except all | | types of grasses, clover and grain fields, may take or kill wild | | animals or wild turkeys night or day when the wild animals or | | wild turkeys are located within the orchard or crop where | | substantial damage caused by the wild animal or wild turkey to | | the orchard or crop is occurring. For purposes of this section, | | corn is not considered grain. |
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| | | 2.__Employment of agents.__When a person wants to employ | | someone outside of that person's immediate family to take or kill | | wild animals or wild turkeys, that person shall contact a game | | warden.__If the warden is satisfied that substantial damage is | | occurring, the warden may arrange for a department agent to | | alleviate the damage; when an agent is not available, the warden | | may authorize a person who is knowledgeable and can perform the | | work in a reasonable, safe and proficient manner.__Permission to | | take or kill wild animals or wild turkeys may not be granted to a | | person whose license to hunt has been revoked or suspended, who | | is an habitual violator as defined in section 10605, subsection 1 | | or who has been convicted of night hunting within the past 5 | | years. |
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| | | 3.__Report to Maine Warden Service; dressing of carcass. The | | person by whom or under whose direction the wild animal or wild | | turkey is wounded, taken or killed under this section shall: |
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| | | A.__Within 12 hours, report all the facts relative to the | | act to the Maine Warden Service, stating the time and place | | of the wounding, taking or killing; and |
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| | | B.__In all cases of deer, bear, moose or wild turkey, | | immediately and properly dress the carcass or carcasses and | | care for the meat. |
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| | | 4.__Warden's certificate.__A game warden shall investigate an | | incident under this section as soon as possible and, if the game | | warden is satisfied that the wild animal or wild turkey was taken | | as provided in this section, give the person who killed the wild | | animal or wild turkey a certificate that entitles the cultivator, | | owner, mortgagee or keeper of the orchard or growing crop to own | | the carcass or carcasses, which may be possessed and consumed | | only within the immediate family of the cultivator, owner, | | mortgagee or keeper of the orchard or growing crop, or, in | | accordance with the labeling requirements for possession of deer, | | bear, moose or wild turkey, to transfer possession of those wild | | animals or wild turkeys to another person.__Any excess carcasses | | after the first 2 carcasses of deer, bear, moose or wild turkey | | killed or taken under subsection 1 or 2 must be distributed to |
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