California Fish and Game Code 4304 – (a) No person shall capture or destroy any deer and detach or …
(a) No person shall capture or destroy any deer and detach or remove from the carcass only the head, hide, antlers, or horns.
(b) No person shall through carelessness or neglect leave any game mammal or game bird that is in that person’s possession, or any of the flesh of that animal usually eaten by humans, to go needlessly to waste.
Terms Used In California Fish and Game Code 4304
- Bird: means a wild bird or part of a wild bird. See California Fish and Game Code 22
- Mammal: means a wild or feral mammal or part of a wild or feral animal, but not a wild, feral, or undomesticated burro. See California Fish and Game Code 54
- Person: means any natural person or any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, or other type of association. See California Fish and Game Code 67
(c) The provisions of this section do not apply to game mammals taken pursuant to Section 4152.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 469, Sec. 20) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 132, Sec. 91. (AB 1760) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of July 1, 2024, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 92 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 132.)