An Act Regarding Retrieving Wounded Bear

Sec. 1. 12 MRSA §11225,  as enacted by PL 2007, c. 168, §6, is amended to read:

§ 11225. Retrieval of wounded or killed big game after hours

Notwithstanding section 11109, subsection 3, paragraph N or section 11206, a person licensed to guide hunters under section 12853 whose client during a guided hunt wounds or kills a bear, deer or moose may track and dispatch that animal outside of legal hunting hours. A person licensed to guide hunters may use one leashed dog outside of legal hunting hours to track and dispatch a bear wounded by the guide's client.

SUMMARY

This bill allows a person licensed to guide hunters to use one leashed dog outside of legal hunting hours to track and dispatch a bear wounded by the guide's client.