N.M. Admin. Code § 19.31.14.10 - CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE (CWD)

The director has the authority to designate possession criteria to any elk hunter where CWD is a concern. It is unlawful to transport dead elk, or their parts, taken from any GMU or area identified by the director in which the presence of, or possibility of, exposure to CWD has been identified, to any location outside that GMU, except for the following:

A. meat that is cut and wrapped (either commercially or privately);

B. quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;

C. meat that has been boned out;

D. hides with no heads attached;

E. clean skull plates with antlers attached; clean is defined as having been immersed in a bath of at least one part chlorine bleach and two parts water with no meat or tissue attached;

F. antlers with no meat or tissue attached;

G. upper canine teeth, also known as "ivories";

H. finished taxidermied heads; or

I. by prior arrangement to a department office.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.31.14.10

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 05, March 15, 2016, eff. 4/1/2016, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 23, December 12, 2017, eff. 4/1/2018, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXIX, Issue 24, December 27, 2018, eff. 4/1/2019, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 21, November 8, 2022, eff. 4/1/2023