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Committee favors narrow owner-only exemption for nuisance quadrupeds after debate on enforcement and federal match
Summary
House Bill 5-08 was reported favorably (12–2) after debate on whether landowners should be exempt from hunting licenses when taking outlaw quadrupeds on their own property; department officials flagged federal matching and enforcement concerns and suggested limiting an exemption to the dwelling curtilage.
House Bill 5-08, presented April 28 by Representative McCormick, would exempt landowners from having to purchase a hunting license to take designated "outlaw quadrupeds" (committee discussion identified armadillo, feral hogs and coyotes) on property they own. The committee reported the bill favorably on a roll-call vote of 12 yeas and 2 nays.
McCormick said the exemption addresses nuisance and property-protection concerns…
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