NAC503.440. Hacking of raptors.

     1. A general or master falconry licensee may hack a raptor that the falconry licensee is authorized to possess.

     2. A falconry licensee shall not release for hacking a raptor which is of a species not indigenous to this State or which is a hybrid raptor unless the falconry licensee has attached to the raptor at least two functioning radio transmitters that can be used to locate the raptor.

     3. A falconry licensee shall not hack a raptor at a location from which the raptor is likely to disturb, kill or otherwise harm any species of wildlife that has been classified as protected and further classified as threatened or endangered by the Commission or as threatened or endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

     4. A raptor that a falconry licensee is hacking counts toward the number of raptors that the falconry licensee may possess pursuant to NAC 503.250.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm’rs by R047-11, eff. 4-5-2013)