ND SB2332

Hunters on big game preserves are exempt from hunting license requirements but must obtain a manifest from the state board of animal health for each harvested animal, which serves as a bill of sale.

Big game preserves must contain adequate cover for animals to escape hunters, be fenced per state regulations, consist of a single body of land not dissected by public roads, and be at least 160 acres in size (80 acres minimum for preserves operating before January 1, 2011).

Harvesting is limited to guns, bows and arrows, or crossbows between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset; computer-assisted remote hunting is prohibited.

Annual big game preserve permits cost $300, with fees deposited in the agriculture commissioner's operating fund and appropriated on a continuing basis to the state board of animal health for enforcement.

Cervidae livestock operations are classified as agricultural enterprises entitled to all rights and protections of other agricultural businesses, and cervidae products are the exclusive private property of the owner.

Violations are classified as infractions.