22 pistol and a light carried while in pursuit of furbearers with hounds during the legal, open furbearers season, while possessing a valid hunting license.ī. Provided, however, nothing in this section shall prevent one from possessing a. No Except as provided in Section 3 of this act, no person may attempt to take, take, attempt to catch, catch, attempt to capture, capture, attempt to kill, or kill any deer, feral animal or other wildlife except fish and frogs by the use of a vehicle mounted vehicle-mounted spotlight or other powerful light at night, by what is commonly known as “headlighting”. 2021, Section 5-203.1, is amended to read as follows: Nothing in this section shall authorize any convicted felon to carry a firearm. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1289.13 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, it It shall be lawful for any private landowner or designated employee of the landowner or lessee to have a chamber-loaded firearm on property owned by the landowner, and to use the firearm for the purpose of controlling nuisance or damage by any wildlife or feral swine. The permit can be issued by the local game warden in the county for which the permit is to be used or by the Law Enforcement Division of the Department of Wildlife Conservation.Į. Any person who has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a violation of Section 5-203.1 or Section 5-411 of this title within the previous three (3) years shall not be eligible to receive a permit pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall authorize the use of a headlight mounted on a vehicle or the use of a headlight from a public roadway.ĭ. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5-203.1 of this title, a landowner, agricultural lessee, or designated agent with written permission of the landowner or lessee and with a valid permit may use a headlight carried on the person while hunting at night. Each landowner, lessee, or designated agent Landowners or agricultural lessees with a valid permit shall be required to have a current agricultural exemption permit issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission.Ĭ. Except as otherwise specified in this subsection, the permit to hunt at night shall be valid for a period of up to one (1) year from the date the permit was issued. A permitted landowner, agricultural lessee or a designated agent with written permission of the landowner or agricultural lessee may, with a valid permit issued pursuant to this section, control the wildlife specified in this subsection and feral swine at night to protect marketable agricultural crops, livestock, or processed feed, seed or other materials used in the production of an agricultural commodity.ī. The permits may be issued without limitation by statewide season regulations, bag limits or methods of taking. The Department of Wildlife Conservation is authorized to issue permits to landowners, agricultural lessees, or their designated agents with written permission of the landowner or agricultural lessee and to any entity of state, county, or local government to control nuisance or damage by any species of wildlife including, but not limited to, beaver, coyote, deer, bobcat, raccoon, and crow under rules promulgated by the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission. 2021, Section 4-135, is amended to read as follows: SUBJECT: Authorizing certain persons to control nuisance or damage by coyotes or feral swine without a permit and by certain meansīE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 2021, Section 5-203.1, which relates to headlighting providing certain exception updating statutory references removing certain allowance for hunting predatory animals increasing penalties requiring confiscation upon conviction directing a district court to suspend, revoke, or deny a license upon request and conviction stating minimum and maximum period of suspension, revocation, or denial providing for reinstatement setting fees making reinstatement fees in addition to other license fees authorizing certain persons to control nuisance coyotes or feral swine without a permit requiring agricultural exemption permit issued by the Oklahoma Tax Commission for nuisance control providing exception for headlighting providing certain limitation prohibiting nuisance control at night for persons convicted within certain period of time providing for codification and providing an effective date. 2021, Section 4-135, which relates to permits to control nuisance wildlife modifying language requiring certain written permission amending 29 O.S. 1809 By: Garvin and Stephens of the SenateĪn Act relating to hunting amending 29 O.S.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |