Post by jrbhunter on Jan 30, 2013 8:39:13 GMT -5
It looks like spotlighting will become illegal between October 1st & January 15th. There is a clause in there that allows the harvest of furbearers but I don't feel they did a good job of defining the allowable actions of a person pursuing furbearers.
There is a lot of light used to walk in, cross fences, shine critters, shoot, blood trail and such. These adjustments to the law basically say it's illegal to shine a living creature with a light. Period.
Then in sub-section d it says furbearers can be harvested with light. So.... I guess we just need to be careful to make sure we never scan across a deer again!
www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&request=getBill&docno=1511
DIGEST OF HB 1511 (Updated January 28, 2013 2:37 pm - DI 77)
Spotlighting wildlife. Defines "spotlight" as a projected spot of light used to direct a narrow, intense beam on a person, animal, or object. Provides that a person who, between October 1 and January 15, shines a spotlight, searchlight, or other artificial light upon wildlife for the purpose of locating wildlife commits a Class C infraction. Establishes certain exceptions. Requires a court to suspend for two years the hunting, fishing, and trapping license privileges of a person who has a prior unrelated conviction or judgment for shining a light on wildlife. Provides that certain violations of fish and wildlife law result in suspension of the violator's fish and wildlife license privileges. (Current law provides for the revocation of the license.) Allows a court to suspend certain fish and wildlife license privileges for two years for a violation of a wildlife protection law.
There is a lot of light used to walk in, cross fences, shine critters, shoot, blood trail and such. These adjustments to the law basically say it's illegal to shine a living creature with a light. Period.
Then in sub-section d it says furbearers can be harvested with light. So.... I guess we just need to be careful to make sure we never scan across a deer again!
www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2013&request=getBill&docno=1511
DIGEST OF HB 1511 (Updated January 28, 2013 2:37 pm - DI 77)
Spotlighting wildlife. Defines "spotlight" as a projected spot of light used to direct a narrow, intense beam on a person, animal, or object. Provides that a person who, between October 1 and January 15, shines a spotlight, searchlight, or other artificial light upon wildlife for the purpose of locating wildlife commits a Class C infraction. Establishes certain exceptions. Requires a court to suspend for two years the hunting, fishing, and trapping license privileges of a person who has a prior unrelated conviction or judgment for shining a light on wildlife. Provides that certain violations of fish and wildlife law result in suspension of the violator's fish and wildlife license privileges. (Current law provides for the revocation of the license.) Allows a court to suspend certain fish and wildlife license privileges for two years for a violation of a wildlife protection law.
