Section Fis 301.07 - Moose Season(a) "Antlered moose" means a moose which has at least one antler 6 inches long measured from the tip of the main beam along the distal edge of the antler to the base of the antler burr at the skull.(b) For purposes of this section the state shall be divided into wildlife management units, as described in Fis 301.02.(c) The moose season shall be 9 consecutive days and shall open on the third Saturday in October.(d) No moose shall be taken with the aid and use of dogs.(e) No moose shall be taken with the aid and use of bait.(f) No person other than the permittee and subpermittee shall participate in a joint hunt to take moose except that the permittee may employ one licensed guide. The licensed guide may direct, aid, assist, or instruct the permittee and subpermittee but shall not shoot a moose. (g) No person shall use an unmanned aerial vehicle as defined in Fis 312, or a person in any other aircraft to locate moose or communicate the location of moose to a permittee, subpermittee, or licensed guide between September 1 and December 31 of any year, or during the open moose season.(h) No person shall use radio telemetry equipment, electronic calls, cell phones, radio transceivers, pagers, or other communication devices to collect and thereafter provide information to a permittee, subpermittee, or licensed guide for the purpose of attracting or taking moose after September 1 of any year or during the open moose season.(i) No moose shall be taken within 300 feet of a class I, II, III, IV, or V highway, as classified pursuant to RSA 229:5. For purposes of this section both the hunter and the moose shall be not less than 300 feet from a class I, II, III, IV, or V highway.(j) No moose shall be taken with rimfire firearms or with shotguns using shot loads including buckshot. In towns restricted to weapon types pursuant to RSA 207:3-b, 208:3, 208:3-a, 208:3-b, and 208:3-c, only shotguns loaded with a single ball, muzzle-loading rifle, pistols as specified in RSA 208:3-d, crossbow or bow and arrow shall be permitted for the taking of moose, except pistols shall not be used in the town of Bow pursuant to RSA 207:3-b.(k) A person holding a current moose permit or subpermittee's permit may hunt moose with a muzzleloading firearm of not less than .45 caliber.(l) Not withstanding (f) above, a permittee taking moose under the provisions of RSA 208:1-aa may use additional guides to assist in carrying out such hunt as necessary for the safe and successful completion of the hunt.(m) Only one moose shall be taken per permittee and subpermittee combination.(n) Moose may be taken in the water.(o) The permittee or the subpermittee may shoot the moose, but it shall be the responsibility of the permittee to tag the moose immediately upon killing, remove the moose, and transport it to the biological check station as required by Fis 301.08.(p) The moose tag shall contain the following:(1) The shooter's signature;(2) The date and time of kill;(4) Specific location of kill; and(5) The assigned wildlife management unit.(q) The permittee shall remain with the moose during transportation to the biological check station. If the moose is shot by the subpermittee, both the permittee and subpermittee shall go to the check station to check the moose.(r) The permittee and subpermittee shall only hunt in the wildlife management unit to which they are assigned by the department.(s) The subpermittee shall always be accompanied by the permittee while hunting moose. All subpermittees shall be within sight and hearing, excluding electronic devices, when actual physical direction and control can be effected pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXX. All subpermittees under the age of 16 shall be accompanied by a permittee 18 years of age or older.(t) The moose tag shall remain with the moose at all times until the moose is sealed at the biological check station, pursuant to RSA 208:9.(u) Once the moose has been sealed as provided in Fis 301.08(h), a moose may be transported during the open season, and for 10 days after provided the registration seal remains firmly affixed to the moose at all times.(v) The permittee, subpermittee, or both if requested, shall return with or without fish and game department personnel to the kill site, the site of evisceration, or both for purposes such as, but not limited to, verification of kill site or to obtain ovaries or other biological samples left behind.(w) Each permittee or subpermittee shall carry a moose permit and each permittee and subpermittee 16 years of age or older shall carry a hunting license at all times when hunting for moose and registering the moose at the check station.(x) Any person leaving moose parts in the field shall place parts out of sight of roads traveled by conventional vehicles.N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 301.07
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