§ 4923. Use of covered wild animal
(a) A person who retrieves a lawfully taken covered wild animal, or a person to whom the lawfully taken covered wild animal is transferred, shall retain the animal in the person’s possession until it is processed as food; processed for its fur, hide, or feathers; or used for taxidermy. The inedible or unusable parts or portions of a covered wild animal produced from processing of the covered wild animal shall be disposed of pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter.
(b) The requirements of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply:
(1) when a covered wild animal is unfit for consumption or use; or
(2) to coyote taken by a lawful means other than trapping provided that the coyote is retrieved and disposed of pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter. (Added 2021, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 11, 2022.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs
§ 4703. Use of set guns; recovery for damage
§ 4704. Use of machine guns and autoloading rifles [Effective until July 1, 2024]
§ 4705. Shooting from motor vehicles or aircraft; shooting from or across highway; permit
§ 4708. Interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping
§ 4710. Safety zone; shooting prohibited
§ 4712. Tracking of injured wildlife
§ 4713. Tree stands; ground blinds
§ 4714. Importation and possession of animals for hunting
§ 4715. Remote-control hunting
§ 4716. Coyote-hunting competitions; prohibition
§ 4742a. Youth deer hunting weekend
§ 4745. Taking big game out of season prohibited; time
§ 4747. Big game taken by illegal means
§ 4748. Dogs pursuing deer or moose
§ 4782. Possession in cold storage of big game
§ 4783. Purchase and sale of big game
§ 4784. Transportation of big game
§ 4826. Taking deer damaging crops
§ 4827. Black bear doing damage
§ 4827a. Feeding bear; prohibition
§ 4828. Taking of rabbit or fur-bearing animals by landowner; selectboard; certificate; penalty
§ 4829. Person suffering damage by deer or black bear
§ 4833. Coyote Control Program
§ 4861. Fur bearing animals; taking; possession
§ 4864. Transporting beaver skins; confiscation
§ 4902. Wild birds generally; no open season; exception
§ 4904. Use of light, snares, traps
§ 4905. Birds’ nests and eggs; destroying or robbing
§ 4908. Youth turkey hunting weekend
§ 4909. Connecticut River zone
§ 4910. Enforcement discretion
§ 4922. Retrieval of covered wild animals