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An Act To Increase Opportunities for Hunters, Anglers and Sporting Camps by Extending the Seasons on Upland Game
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  12 MRSA §10954  is enacted to read:
§ 10954. Upland game seasons extended
The commissioner shall extend the open seasons on upland game by one additional day, the last Saturday of September, annually.
As used in this section, "upland game" means snowshoe hare, gray squirrel, ring-necked pheasant, ruffed grouse and bobwhite quail.
 
SUMMARY
This bill amends the general hunting season provisions to direct the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to extend the open seasons on upland game by one additional day, the last Saturday of September, annually. It defines the term "upland game" as snowshoe hare, gray squirrel, ring-necked pheasant, ruffed grouse and bobwhite quail.