§29-5-101. Hunting, trapping, killing etc., of propagated wildlife or domesticated animals - Licenses - Permits - Invoices - Records - Violations - Penalties.

29 OK Stat § 29-5-101 (2019) (N/A)
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A. Except as otherwise provided for in this title, commercial hunting areas are subject to neither seasons or bag limit. Holders of commercial hunting area licenses may permit properly licensed persons to hunt, use, give away, sell, transport, trap or kill, within the confines of the commercial hunting area, any propagated wildlife or domesticated animals hunted for sport.

B. If said wildlife or domesticated animals or parts thereof are shipped or transported from the confines of the commercial hunting area, the commercial hunting area license holder or his lawfully appointed agent shall sign a written invoice which shall accompany such wildlife or domesticated animal to its final destination. Such invoice shall list:

1. The propagator's permit number;

2. The kind and number of each species killed, sold, given away, transported or shipped;

3. The name and address of the recipient; and

4. The date received from licensee;

and shall state that he has fully complied with the provisions of this section.

C. These invoices shall be evidence of rightful possession and ownership of lawfully taken wildlife.

D. A copy of such invoices must be permanently kept for at least three (3) years from date of expiration of license by the commercial propagator and must also include whether the wildlife was shipped alive or dead.

E. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1974, c. 17, § 5-101, emerg. eff. April 8, 1974; Laws 1992, c. 149, § 2, emerg. eff. April 30, 1992.