Section 17-2-8 - Waste of game.
17-2-8. Waste of game.
It is unlawful for any person:
A. who hunts or fishes and takes any game mammal designated in Paragraphs (2), (3) or (4) of Subsection A of Section 17-2-3 NMSA 1978, any game bird or any game fish to fail to transport the edible portions of the meat obtained to his home for human consumption or to provide for the human consumption thereof under any commission regulations pertaining to exportation, transportation and donation of game; or
B. who wounds or may have wounded any game mammal designated in Paragraphs (2), (3) or (4) of Subsection A of Section 17-2-3 NMSA 1978 to fail to go to the place where the mammal sustained or may have sustained the wound and make a reasonable attempt to track the mammal and reduce it to possession.