Question on proper license for Upland Preserve

[HighCotton]

What is the proper license requirement for an Indiana resident to hunt a privately owned Indiana Upland Preserve (pheasant, chukar, quail)?

Through the years, I've had varied responses from the places I guide. Some owners say a hunting license along with the game bird habitat stamp. Other owners say simply a hunting or small game license with no game bird habitat stamp is required as they get nothing from the state "habitat" stamp fees.

I would like to see a link to the "black and white" answer so I can assure my customers they are abiding by the law.

[morrison]

I have posted two different Indiana Statutes below. The first Statute staes that type of license required to hunt on a shooting preserve. The second statute explains the game bird habitat stamp requirement. I was not able to find an exception for a shooting preserve not to require a stamp. Therefore, a stamp and license is required.

If you have any further questions, let me know.

www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title14/ar22/ch31.html


IC 14-22-31-8
Hunting license or special license required
Sec. 8. (a) A person may not take game birds and exotic mammals on a shooting preserve unless the person has a hunting license required under this article, except nonresidents of Indiana who must possess a special license to shoot on licensed shooting preserves.
(b) The department:
(1) shall issue special licenses; and
(2) may appoint owners or managers of shooting preserves as agents to sell special licenses.
(c) A special license expires December 31 of the year issued.
(d) The fee for a special license is eight dollars and seventy-five cents ($8.75). All fees shall be deposited in the fish and wildlife fund.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15.

www.in.gov/legislative/ic/code/title14/ar22/ch8.html

IC 14-22-8-4
Stamps; requirement; form
Sec. 4. (a) A person may not hunt or take a game bird within Indiana without having a game bird habitat restoration stamp issued by the department. The stamp must be in the possession of each person hunting or taking a game bird. The licensee shall validate the stamp with the signature of the licensee on the hunting license on which the electronically generated form of the stamp is attached.
(b) The department shall do the following:
(1) Determine the form of the stamp and may create and sell commemorative game bird habitat restoration stamps.
(2) Furnish the commemorative stamps or the electronically generated form of the stamps to a clerk of the circuit court or the clerk's designated depositories for issuance or sale in the same manner as hunting licenses are issued or sold under IC 14-22-11.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.225-2005, SEC.18.