fredw
Retired Moderator
With all of the discussion in the other threads on breaking game laws (intentionally and otherwise), I thought you might like to see how one of our neigboring states classifies game violations on a point system. Fair? Surprised at what you see?
1. Resisting arrest by force, violence, or
weapons against the person of any law
enforcement officer enforcing natural resource
laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2. Attempting escape after arrest . . . . . 14
3. Hunting or fishing in a state
sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. Hunting, fishing, or trapping out
of season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. Selling game or game fish . . . . . . . . . 14
6. Using a borrowed or altered hunting
or fishing license, permit, stamp, or
tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Taking more than the legal limit of
game or fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. Hunting or fishing without a proper
license, permit, stamp, or tag . . . . . . . . 6
9. Trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap . . . . 10
10. Violation of WMA regulations
(including private land deer
regulations in game zones 1,2, and 4 . . 8
11. Unlawful hunting, taking, possessing,
or selling alligators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12. Killing or attempting to kill or
molest deer from a motorboat . . . . . 14
13. Night hunting deer or bear . . . . . . . . 18
14. Unlawful transportation of furs or
hides and possession of untagged
hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
15. Trapping quail or turkeys . . . . . . . . . 10
16. Unlawful hunting over bait . . . . . . . . . 8
17. Unlawful killing or possession of
anterless deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
18. Unlawful night hunting other game,
except deer or bear, or hunting
during prohibited or after hours . . . . . 8
19. Unlawful possession of buckshot . . . . 5
20. Hunting migratory birds with an
unplugged gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
21. Killing or possession of wild turkey
during the closed season . . . . . . . . . . 18
22. Killing or possession of a hen turkey
during the spring gobbler season . . . 14
23. Roost shooting turkey between
one-half hour after sunset to
one-half hour before sunrise . . . . . . . 18
24. Shooting (taking or killing) turkey
over bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
25. Hunting turkey over bait
(no game taken) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
26. Trespassing to hunt waterfowl . . . . . 18
27. Hunting waterfowl over bait . . . . . . . 10
28. Shooting (taking or killing)
waterfowl over bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
29. Hunting waterfowl out of season . . . 15
30. Taking or possession of more than
one waterfowl over the legal limit . . . 15
31. Unlawful possession, taking, or
attempting to take raccoons during
the season for hunting without
firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
32. Trapping, netting, or seining game
fish unlawfully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
33. Taking game or fish in any illegal
manner not specifically mentioned
elsewhere in the point systems . . . . . . 8
NOTE: Some examples of Item 33 are;
a. Taking game while in possession of lead
shot while hunting for waterfowl;
b. Possession of undersize freshwater fish;
c. Taking fish with too many devices;
d. Taking game while unlawfully hunting
deer/waterfowl within 300 yards of a
residence;
e. Killing birds of prey (Hawks, Kites,
Vultures, Kestrels, Owls, or Falcons);
f. Killing/possession of nongame birds;
g. Taking fish while violating specific
freshwater nongame fishing laws such as
illegal bait on trotlines or set hooks,
unmarked devices, or unlawful areas;
h. Taking game while jump shooting
waterfowl or rails;
i. Taking game while violating specific
trapping laws such as unmarked or
unlawful traps, checking traps at night,
failure to check traps, or failure to report
as required.
Other less common examples are, but are not
limited to, transport/possession of deer with detached
head, unlawful transfer of untagged migratory
birds, taking fish in closed areas (examples
are closed waters around dams which are posted
as safety precautions), taking fish on DNR
lakes on closed days, taking game while unlawfully
hunting with an electronic call, killing a
turkey with a rifle, and shooting game within
300 yards of a poultry house. The application
of item 33 is very broad and examples are given
for clarification.
Item 33 applies to unlawfully taking game or
fish in a way that is not specifically addressed by
the Game and Fish Point System.
1. Resisting arrest by force, violence, or
weapons against the person of any law
enforcement officer enforcing natural resource
laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2. Attempting escape after arrest . . . . . 14
3. Hunting or fishing in a state
sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4. Hunting, fishing, or trapping out
of season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. Selling game or game fish . . . . . . . . . 14
6. Using a borrowed or altered hunting
or fishing license, permit, stamp, or
tag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Taking more than the legal limit of
game or fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. Hunting or fishing without a proper
license, permit, stamp, or tag . . . . . . . . 6
9. Trespassing to hunt, fish, or trap . . . . 10
10. Violation of WMA regulations
(including private land deer
regulations in game zones 1,2, and 4 . . 8
11. Unlawful hunting, taking, possessing,
or selling alligators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12. Killing or attempting to kill or
molest deer from a motorboat . . . . . 14
13. Night hunting deer or bear . . . . . . . . 18
14. Unlawful transportation of furs or
hides and possession of untagged
hides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
15. Trapping quail or turkeys . . . . . . . . . 10
16. Unlawful hunting over bait . . . . . . . . . 8
17. Unlawful killing or possession of
anterless deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
18. Unlawful night hunting other game,
except deer or bear, or hunting
during prohibited or after hours . . . . . 8
19. Unlawful possession of buckshot . . . . 5
20. Hunting migratory birds with an
unplugged gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
21. Killing or possession of wild turkey
during the closed season . . . . . . . . . . 18
22. Killing or possession of a hen turkey
during the spring gobbler season . . . 14
23. Roost shooting turkey between
one-half hour after sunset to
one-half hour before sunrise . . . . . . . 18
24. Shooting (taking or killing) turkey
over bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
25. Hunting turkey over bait
(no game taken) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
26. Trespassing to hunt waterfowl . . . . . 18
27. Hunting waterfowl over bait . . . . . . . 10
28. Shooting (taking or killing)
waterfowl over bait . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
29. Hunting waterfowl out of season . . . 15
30. Taking or possession of more than
one waterfowl over the legal limit . . . 15
31. Unlawful possession, taking, or
attempting to take raccoons during
the season for hunting without
firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
32. Trapping, netting, or seining game
fish unlawfully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
33. Taking game or fish in any illegal
manner not specifically mentioned
elsewhere in the point systems . . . . . . 8
NOTE: Some examples of Item 33 are;
a. Taking game while in possession of lead
shot while hunting for waterfowl;
b. Possession of undersize freshwater fish;
c. Taking fish with too many devices;
d. Taking game while unlawfully hunting
deer/waterfowl within 300 yards of a
residence;
e. Killing birds of prey (Hawks, Kites,
Vultures, Kestrels, Owls, or Falcons);
f. Killing/possession of nongame birds;
g. Taking fish while violating specific
freshwater nongame fishing laws such as
illegal bait on trotlines or set hooks,
unmarked devices, or unlawful areas;
h. Taking game while jump shooting
waterfowl or rails;
i. Taking game while violating specific
trapping laws such as unmarked or
unlawful traps, checking traps at night,
failure to check traps, or failure to report
as required.
Other less common examples are, but are not
limited to, transport/possession of deer with detached
head, unlawful transfer of untagged migratory
birds, taking fish in closed areas (examples
are closed waters around dams which are posted
as safety precautions), taking fish on DNR
lakes on closed days, taking game while unlawfully
hunting with an electronic call, killing a
turkey with a rifle, and shooting game within
300 yards of a poultry house. The application
of item 33 is very broad and examples are given
for clarification.
Item 33 applies to unlawfully taking game or
fish in a way that is not specifically addressed by
the Game and Fish Point System.
