Regulations regarding escaped exotics

[.45Guy]

The story out of Zanesville has me thinking. What exactly would the rules be if one were to suddenly find a Cheetah in the hen house?

 

[kyle1974]

I don't know about a cheetah. There are some animals that have specific protections from state to state. In texas, exotics are common here... there are only a few that need specific permits to harvest, but common animals like Axis, Sika, Oryx, blackbuck, etc can be shot without any type of tag. You just need a hunting license.

 

[627PCFan]

Maryland had some escaped Emu(s) south of Annapolis a year or so ago. A deer hunter took one down with a slug gun. No harm no foul, not a regulated species. I assume that would apply elsewhere.

 

[TwoWheelFiend]

In the state of Vermont if it is not a native species....... you can kill it....

 

[buck460XVR]

In the state of Vermont if it is not a native species....... you can kill it....

What about ring-neck pheasant? Altho not a native species anywhere in the U.S., it is considered a game species and regulated in most states.

Wisconsin has a similar law pertaining to Exotics, but it can get tricky when it comes down to killing something you know is your neighbors property. Big cats and dangerous game is a no-brainer for SD, but other animals can be considered domesticated livestock and is treated the same as if you shot your neighbors escaped cow.

 

[kyle1974]

there is some rule about asiatic bears being protected, regardless of where you see them...

there is also some sort of deer.. perhaps a pere david deer that requires a special permit.

 

[TNboy]

It would vary from state to state. Here in Tennessee you can shoot it because it is a non-native species and there is no season for it. I found this out the hard way last season when I passed up a huge fallow deer that had gotten loose. The local game warden let me have it for not shooting it, but in hindsight I'd rather let a trophy go as to have gotten into a bunch of trouble. A friend of mine also in TN killed a Red Stag several years ago that had escaped an enclosure.

 

[ritepath]

Several years back a local guy tried to have a "exotic" hunting farm that bordered my neighbors farm. He had 7 or 8 different species that escaped...all non native and thus no season. I know of 5 or 6 of the larger racked "deer" that showed up at the taxidermist closest by. The game warden said fair game since they were non protected, non native animals. He lost about 40 animals...His hunting preserve/petting zoo went bust. It was fun because we'd ride the ATV down and glass the backside of the farm from across the lake, looking at all the animals he'd stocked.

 

[jmr40]

Guess it depends on the state laws. Several years ago a truck pulling a stock trailer with elk inside was involved in an accident a few miles from here during deer season. Several elk escaped and one was killed the next morning by a deer hunter. They couldn't find a law to charge the guy with so he got to keep it.

 

[Grumulkin]

A cow elk was killed in Ohio a couple of years ago that is surmised to have come up from Kentucky. No tag needed and no penalty.

 

[Gunnerboy]

In Washington there is the catorgory of "Non game animals" which is critters that dont need a tag just any sort of hunting license. These include possums, nutria, elephants,tigers, etc.

 

[rem22long40x]

I live in East Texas and I opprate DS Reptile Rescue,Removal & Rehabilitation and the only reg.s for extoics are on snake , the 8 largest constricters you have to have a license for threw Texas Parks and Wildlife . and nonendigenous venomous the samething .I have to keep the license for the rescue as I never know what I'm going to get a call out on .