Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§715h Operation of State Game Laws
Title 16 › CHAPTER 7 — PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › SUBCHAPTER III — MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION › § 715h
Summary
States can run their own migratory bird hunting laws so long as those laws do not allow things that federal law bans.
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Title 16, §715h
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Nothing in this subchapter is intended to interfere with the operation of the game laws of the several States applying to migratory game birds insofar as they do not permit what is forbidden by Federal law.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 715h
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102