Nevada Code § 503.010

Manner of hunting or trapping: Unlawful use of certain modes of transportation; information and equipment; exceptions
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1. Except as otherwise provided in this
section or subsection 2 of NRS 503.005 ,
it is unlawful to harass any game mammals or game birds by any means,
including, without limitation, with a manned or unmanned aircraft, firearm,
helicopter, horse, power-driven vessel, motor-driven vehicle, noisemaker or
sailboat.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, it is unlawful to shoot at any game mammals or game birds with a
weapon from a manned or unmanned aircraft, helicopter or motor-driven vehicle.
A person who is a paraplegic, has had one or both legs amputated or has
suffered a paralysis of one or both legs which severely impedes the persons
walking may shoot from a stopped motor vehicle which is not parked on the
traveled portion of a public highway, but the person may not shoot from, over
or across a highway or road specified in NRS
503.175 .
3. It is unlawful to spot or locate game
mammals or game birds with any kind of manned or unmanned aircraft or
helicopter and communicate that information, within 24 hours after the aircraft
or helicopter has landed or in violation of a regulation of the Commission, by
any means to a person on the ground for the purpose of hunting or trapping. The
provisions of this subsection do not prohibit an employee or agent of the
Department from providing general information to the public concerning the
location of game birds or game mammals.
4. It is unlawful to use any information
obtained in violation of the provisions of subsection 3 to hunt or kill game
mammals or game birds.
5. It is unlawful to use a helicopter to
transport game, hunters or hunting equipment, except when:
(a) The cargo or passengers, or both, are loaded
and unloaded at airports, airplane landing fields or heliports, which have been
established by a department or agency of the Federal or State Government or by
a county or municipal government and which are accessible by a public road; or
(b) The loading or unloading is done in the
course of an emergency or search and rescue operation.
6. It is unlawful to:
(a) Use any information obtained from a radio
signal or other transmission received from any transmitting device;
(b) Make use of equipment designed to receive a
radio signal or other transmission from a transmitting device; or
(c) Use any location information obtained from
records maintained by the Department within 1 year after the date on which the
information was collected, including, without limitation, records of
information received from a transmitting device,
to harass or
take any game mammal, game bird or other wildlife.
7. It is unlawful to make use of equipment
designed to receive a radio signal or other transmission from a transmitting
device for any purpose without written authorization of the Department.
8. The provisions of subsection 1 do not
apply to an employee or agent of the Department who, while carrying out his or
her duties, conducts a survey of wildlife with the use of an aircraft.
9. As used in this section:
(a) Aircraft includes, without limitation, any
unmanned aerial vehicle, as defined in NRS
493.020 , or any other device that is used for navigation of, or flight in,
the air.
(b) Game bird does not include a raven, even if
classified as a game bird pursuant to NRS
501.110 .
(c) Harass means to molest, chase, rally,
concentrate, herd, intercept, torment or drive.
(d) Transmitting device means any collar or
other device which is attached to any game mammal, game bird or other wildlife
or which is placed for the express purpose of detecting any game mammal, game bird
or other wildlife and emits an electronic signal or uses radio telemetry or a
satellite transmission to determine the location of the game mammal, game bird
or other wildlife.

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