170.4 - REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING WHITETAIL -- FENCE CERTIFICATION.
170.4 REQUIREMENTS FOR KEEPING WHITETAIL -- FENCE
CERTIFICATION.
A landowner shall not keep whitetail as farm deer, unless the
whitetail is kept on land which is enclosed by a fence. The fence
must be constructed and maintained as prescribed by rules adopted by
the department. A landowner shall not keep the whitetail unless the
fence is certified in a manner and according to procedures required
by the department. The fence shall be constructed and maintained to
ensure that whitetail are kept in the enclosure and that other deer
are excluded from the enclosure. A fence that is constructed on or
after May 23, 2003, shall be at least eight feet in height above
ground level. The department of agriculture and land stewardship may
require that the fence is inspected and approved prior to
certification. The department of natural resources may periodically
inspect the fence according to appointment with the enclosure's
landowner. Section History: Recent Form
2003 Acts, ch 149, §7, 23
Referred to in § 170.1, 170.5, 170.6, 170.8