WILDLIFE & FISHERIES: Authorizes the use of dogs to retrieve mortally wounded deer

HB 802 allows landowners to use dogs to retrieve deer that have been mortally wounded on their private property. The bill clarifies that this permission applies only to private land and specifies that the dogs must be used to recover the animal rather than to hunt it. By adding specific wording, the legislation ensures that the use of dogs is strictly limited to the recovery of already wounded game on the owner's land.