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The Vermont Statutes Online
Title
10
:
Conservation and Development
Chapter
113
:
GAME
Subchapter
001
:
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§
4715. Remote-control hunting
(a) As used in
this section:
(1)
"Captive animal" includes an animal which has been brought into and
kept in captivity for the purpose of taking it, and any increase of such
animal.
(2)
"Remote-control hunting" means the use of a computer, any device
which uses the Internet, or any other technology to control remotely the aiming
and discharge of any device such as a firearm, bow, or spear to take a wild
animal or captive animal.
(b) Except as
provided in subsection (e) of this section, no person shall take a wild animal
or captive animal using a remote-control hunting device. This subsection shall
apply to any person who is in Vermont while using a remote-control hunting
device regardless of the location of the animal taken.
(c) No person
shall establish or operate a remote-control hunting site in Vermont.
(d) No person
shall import, export, or possess a wild animal or captive animal, or part
thereof, taken by a remote-control hunting device, except that a person
operating under a permit pursuant to subsection (e) of this section may possess
an animal carcass, or part thereof, taken by that person using a remote-control
hunting device.
(e) A person who
is physically disabled to the degree that he or she cannot operate a device
allowed for taking of game under Vermont law may obtain a permit to take game
in Vermont with a device which is in the immediate vicinity of the permittee
and which the permittee operates using remote-control technology other than the
Internet. A person applying for this permit shall personally appear before the
Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee and submit certification from a
licensed physician describing the person's limitations. The Commissioner may
obtain a second medical opinion to verify the disability. Upon satisfactory
proof of the disability, the Commissioner may issue a permit describing the
device and method the person may use to take game. The Commissioner shall
require that the permittee be accompanied while hunting by a person who is
licensed to hunt in Vermont unless the permittee can demonstrate that he or she
is able to track injured game and to retrieve and care for a carcass. If the
permit is not intended to be a permanent permit, it shall state the date on
which the permit expires. The permit shall be attached to the hunting license,
and the holder shall carry it at all times while hunting and produce it on
demand for inspection by any fish and wildlife warden or other law enforcement
officer. (Added 2005, No. 47, § 1, eff. June 7, 2005; amended 2013, No. 96
(Adj. Sess.), § 39.)