Maine Revised Statutes Title 12. Conservation § 12303-A. Time limits for registering bear, deer, moose or wild turkey

A. Bear;

B. Deer;

C. Moose; or

D. Wild turkey.

A. A person may keep a harvested animal in an official registration station for that animal or at the office of a game warden for more than 18 hours;

B. A person may leave an unregistered animal harvested by that person in the woods if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances necessitating leaving that animal in the woods;

C. A person on a hunting trip in an unorganized township and staying at a temporary place of lodging may keep an unregistered harvested animal at the temporary place of lodging for no more than 7 days or until that person leaves the woods, whichever comes first; and

D. A person may keep an unregistered animal harvested by that person if that person notifies a game warden within 18 hours as to the location of that animal and the circumstances preventing the person from registering the animal in accordance with subsection 1.