New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE
Chapter 31 - HUNTING AND FISHING
Part 5 - UPLAND GAME
Section 19.31.5.8 - MANNER AND METHODS FOR UPLAND GAME
Universal Citation: 19 NM Admin Code 19.31.5.8
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Season and hours: Upland game may be hunted or taken only during open seasons and only during the period from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, unless otherwise allowed or restricted by rule.
(1) On
Bernardo, Casa Colorada, La Joya, and W.S. Huey WMAs, hunting hours shall be
from one-half hour before sunrise to 1:00 p.m.
(2) For the special permit pheasant hunts on
W.S. Huey WMA, hunting hours shall be from one-half hour before sunrise to
one-half hour after sunset.
B. State WMAs open, species that can be hunted, and days open for hunting:
(1)
The W.S. Huey WMA shall be open for quail hunting on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Saturdays during established quail seasons.
(2) Bernardo, Casa Colorada, La Joya, and
W.S. Huey WMAs shall be open to pheasant hunting by special draw permit
only.
(3) The Edward Sargent, W.A.
Humphries, Rio Chama, Urraca, Colin Neblett, and Elliot S. Barker WMAs shall be
open for upland game hunting during established tree squirrel and dusky grouse
seasons.
(4) The Water canyon,
Marquez, prairie-chicken areas, and Socorro-Escondida WMAs shall be open for
upland game hunting during established quail seasons.
(5) Eurasian collared-dove hunting shall be
open during established mourning and white-winged dove seasons as defined in
19.31.6 NMAC Migratory Game Bird, and during established quail, tree squirrel,
and dusky grouse seasons.
C. All Eurasian collared-dove must have an identifiable feathered wing attached until the bird has arrived at the person's residence, processor, or place of final storage.
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