Current through February 27, 2024
1. An apprentice
falconry licensee:
(a) Shall not possess more
than one raptor nor obtain more than one raptor for replacement during any
calendar year.
(b) May possess a
raptor of any species of the order
Falconiformes or
Strigiformes, including, without limitation, wild,
captive-bred or hybrid raptors, except a raptor of the following species:
(1) Bald eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus);
(2) Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus);
(3) White-tailed kite (Elanus
leucurus);
(4) Golden
eagle (Aquila chrysaetos);
(5) White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus
albicilla);
(6) Steller's
sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus);
(7) Any owl except a great horned owl
(Bubo virginianus); or
(8) Any species listed as endangered or
threatened pursuant to the federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended,
16 U.S.C. §§
1531 et seq.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in
paragraphs (d) and (e), may possess a raptor which was originally taken from
the wild.
(d) Shall not possess a
raptor which was taken from the wild as a nestling.
(e) Shall not possess a raptor that is
imprinted on humans.
2. A
general falconry licensee:
(a) Shall not
possess more than three raptors nor obtain more than two raptors for
replacement during any calendar year.
(b) May possess a raptor of any species of
the order Falconiformes or Strigiformes,
including, without limitation, a wild, captive-bred or hybrid raptor, except a
raptor of a species listed or described in paragraph (b) of subsection
1.
3. A master falconry
licensee:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
paragraphs (b), (c) and (d), shall not possess more than five raptors taken
from the wild nor obtain more than two raptors taken from the wild for
replacement during any calendar year.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
(d), may possess a raptor of any species of the order
Falconiformes or Strigiformes, including,
without limitation, wild, captive-bred or hybrid raptors, except a raptor of a
species listed or described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1.
(c) May possess any number of captive-bred
raptors if the master falconry licensee is actively using the raptors for
hunting or training the raptors in the pursuit of game birds or game
mammals.
(d) If the master falconry
licensee has an eagle permit, except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, may
not possess more than two golden eagles of the five raptors that are authorized
pursuant to paragraph (a).
4. The Department may authorize a master
falconry licensee who has an eagle permit to possess more than two golden
eagles if the master falconry licensee is a raptor rehabilitator and is
rehabilitating any additional golden eagle. Nothing in this subsection
authorizes a master falconry licensee who has an eagle permit to possess more
than five raptors.
Bd. of Fish & Game Comm'rs
Gen. Reg. No. 15 Part §25.21, eff. 6-1-72; A 9-20-75; 12-15-76;
12-30-77-NAC A by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs, 7-1-97; R047-11, 4-5-2013; A by
R160-22A,
eff. 8/1/2023
NRS
501.105,
501.181,
503.582,
503.583,
503.610
