HRS §183D-31
Game birds: what the department can do
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗This section lets the department decide which introduced birds count as game birds for hunting. It also says you cannot hunt, chase, or kill game birds that are domesticated, in someone's legal control, or protected by other laws or rules.
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The statute, as written — Game birds, declaration by department
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
(a) The department may declare, by rule adopted pursuant to chapter 91, any bird which has been or may be introduced into the State to be propagated for hunting purposes, to be a game bird within the meaning of this chapter. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as permitting the taking, stalking, pursuing, or killing of any game bird under domestication or in the legal possession or control of any person, or where otherwise prohibited by law or rule of the department.
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