Sec. 26-49. Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially propagated birds.
Sec. 26-49. Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially
propagated birds. (a) Any person holding a valid hunting license issued as provided
for under section 26-27 is authorized to train hunting dogs in the field during any closed
season, except during any period when the woods and fields are closed by proclamation
issued by the commissioner because of forest fire hazard, under regulations issued by
the commissioner.
(b) Said commissioner may authorize the establishment and operation of regulated
hunting dog-training areas and may issue to any person holding a private shooting preserve permit, as provided for under section 26-48, or to any established game breeder
holding a game breeder's license, as provided for under section 26-40, or to any person
holding a commercial kennel license, as provided for under section 22-342, a permit,
which shall expire on June thirtieth next after issuance and for which a fee of fourteen
dollars shall be charged, authorizing the liberation of artificially propagated game birds
and pigeons, legally possessed and suitably tagged with tags furnished by the commissioner, for which a reasonable fee may be charged, and the subsequent shooting of such
game birds and pigeons by persons authorized by any such permittee, in connection with
the training of hunting dogs only, at any time, including Sunday; provided permission to
shoot on Sunday on the area specified in the permit shall have the approval of the proper
authorities of the town or towns in which such dog-training area is located and shall
apply only to the period from sunrise to sunset.
(c) A hunting license shall be required of all persons authorized by any such permittee to train any dog on any such regulated dog-training area, whether or not birds are
to be shot.
(d) The commissioner may, by regulation, govern and prescribe the size and the
location of any such dog-training area, the number of birds that may be released in
ratio to the number of participants or the number of dogs being trained, the method of
liberation and retrapping of pen-raised birds, the species, sex and condition of such birds
that may be liberated and shot, the method of tagging such birds, the posting of such
area and the method of reporting all such activities.
(e) Any such permit may be revoked at any time by the commissioner for a violation
of any provision of this section or any regulation issued by the commissioner under the
provisions of this section, for a period of not more than one year.
(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation issued
by the commissioner hereunder shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than
one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4857; 1957, P.A. 487, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 398, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 245; P.A. 73-21, S. 1, 2; Nov. Sp.
Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 5, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 93.)
History: 1959 act required that fees be deposited in general fund rather than game fund in Subsec. (b); 1971 act transferred
power to close woods and fields because of forest fire hazard from governor to environmental protection commissioner
and replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to commissioner; P.A. 73-21 specified that commissioner has power to regulate "retrapping of pen raised birds" under Subsec. (d); Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec.
(b) to increase the permit fee for hunting dog training from $5 to $10 and to delete a provision requiring fees received
under this section to be deposited in the general fund; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased permit fee to $14 in Subsec.
(b), effective January 1, 2003.
See chapter 54 re uniform administrative procedure.