Originally Posted By: 49er
Originally Posted By: augustus_65
The new regulation does not apply to any species other than deer and hogs so there will be no rebuttable presumption for other game and section 9-11-244 applies. So you could not hunt turkeys in an area where a supplemental deer feeding program is in place. The area definition in 220-2.157 does not apply.


That leaves two standards for enforcement of the law in place at the same time depending on the species of game being hunted.

If a hunter hunts both deer and turkey at the same time during the fall season (where it is allowed), it would be OK to hunt deer where supplemental feeding is taking place, but he could not hunt turkeys there.

Same law ... different enforcement standards.

Is this new legislation or purely administration of the existing law? The words of the law have not changed. The affected area referred to in the statute is still not defined.


We don't have a fall turkey season so luckily I wont have to address that issue, but game laws are full of contradictions and different enforcement standards. If I am duck hunting, I am precluded by law from carrying lead buckshot even though I may want to be able to shoot a hog or a deer if I see one while I am duck hunting. We will just do the best we can to be consistent in our interpretation.