Current through December 10, 2024
Rule 40-4-4.1 - SALE OF GAME BIRDS, ANIMALS OR FISH PROHIBITED Public Notice WL 3816 is hereby amended.
A. It is unlawful for any person to buy or sell or to offer for sale, exchange for merchandise, or other consideration, within this state, any game birds, game animals, or game fish, or parts thereof, whether taken within or coming from without the state, except as stated below.B. It is lawful for the following items to be bought and sold:1. The skins and sinew of deer and products crafted, fashioned or made from deer bones or antlers not in velvet;2. Any part of a wild turkey, except the meat or a mounted turkey; and3. Any parts of nuisance animals.C. Mounted game animals, birds and fish may not be sold, purchased or leased.D. Any person who buys, sells, offers for sale, exchange for merchandise, or other consideration, any wild bird, wild animal or fish that has been taken illegally, is guilty of a Class I violation and punished as provided in Miss. Code Ann. § 49-7-141.E. A violation of this public notice is a Class I violation and is punishable as provided in Miss. Code Ann. § 49-7-141.Miss. Code Ann. §§ 49-1-29, 49-4-4, and 49-7-51.