New Mexico Big Game Hunting Proclamation Highlights

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New Mexico now has a law prohibiting "hunter harassment" or in-terfering with another person who is lawfully hunting, trapping, or fishing in an area where those activities are permitted.

The first offense is a petty misdemeanor; the second, a misdemeanor.

If a person who commits interference possesses a license, certificate, or permit issued to him by the State Game Commission, the license, certificate, or permit will be subject to revocation.

Interference means:

(1) intentionally placing yourself in a location where a human presence may affect the behavior of a game animal, bird, or fish or the feasibility of killing or taking a game animal, bird, or fish, with the intent of interfering with or harassing another person who is lawfully hunting, trapping, or fishing;

(2) intentionally creating a visual, aural, olfactory, or physical stimulus for the purpose of affecting the behavior of a game animal, bird, or fish, with the intent of interfering with or harassing another person who is lawfully hunting, fishing, or trapping;

(3) intentionally affecting the condition or altering the placement of a personal property used for the purpose of killing or taking a game animal, bird, or fish.

NMSA 1995, Chapter 17-2-7.1 Law Prohibits Harassing Legal Hunters