Nev. Admin. Code § 503.145 - Sight attached to firearm, bow or crossbow

The Commission hereby establishes the following exception to paragraph (f) of subsection 1 of NRS NRS NRS 503.150. Except as otherwise provided by paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NAC 503.142, a sight attached to a firearm or bow that is used to hunt a game mammal or game bird, or a sight attached to a crossbow that is used to hunt a big game mammal, may be illuminated or powered by:

1. A battery contained within the sight;

2. Light-gathering fiber optics;

3. A radioactive isotope such as tritium; or

4. Iridescent or fluorescent paint.

It is unlawful for a person to hunt a big game mammal, a game mammal or a game bird with a weapon that is equipped with a sight that is capable of casting or projecting a beam of light that is visible to the unaided human eye from the sight to the animal.

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Nev. Admin. Code § 503.145

Added to NAC by Bd. of Wildlife Comm'rs by R176-03, eff. 4-8-2004; A by R093-05, 10-31-2005; R152-06, 5-21-2007; R151-12, 12-20-2012; A by R107-14, eff. 12/22/2014

NRS 501.105, 501.181, 503.150