California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 2 - Game, Furbearers, Nongame, and Depredators
Chapter 1 - General Provisions and Definitions
Section 251.7 - Possession, Transportation and Importation of Game Birds
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) No person may possess any birds taken in this state in excess of the daily bag and possession limits. The exception to this is for the purpose of transportation, cleaning, storage (including temporary storage), shipment, or taxidermy services, where an individual may possess game birds taken by another hunter provided that they are tagged by the hunter who has lawfully taken them. The tag must contain the hunter's name, address, hunting license number, kinds and numbers of game birds taken, date and location of kill, and signature.
(b) All birds, including migratory game birds, possessed or transported within California must have a fully feathered wing or head attached until placed into a personal abode or commercial preservation facility or being prepared for immediate consumption. Doves must have a fully feathered wing attached.
(c) Migratory game birds imported into California shall be accompanied by a declaration of entry as prescribed in Section 2353 of the Fish and Game Code.
(d) Only one possession limit of migratory game birds may be possessed per individual after the close of the season for that species.
1. New
section filed 10-12-95; operative 10-12-95 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 95, No. 41).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
subsection (d) filed 10-31-96 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 96, No. 44).
3. Amendment of subsections (a)
and (b) filed 8-29-2007; operative 9-1-2007 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2007, No. 35).
4. Change without regulatory effect
amending NOTE filed 8-8-2019 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 265 and 355, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 265, 355 and 356, Fish and Game Code.
