California · Fish and Game Code - FGC

FGC §3009: Every person who while taking any bird or mammal kills or injures another person by the use of any firearm, bow and arrow, spear, slingshot, or other weapon or device used in such taking and who knowi

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who kills or injures another while hunting using any weapon and then knowingly abandons that person or fails to provide necessary aid is guilty of a felony.

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Every person who while taking any bird or mammal kills or injures another person by the use of any firearm, bow and arrow, spear, slingshot, or other weapon or device used in such taking and who knowingly either abandons such person or fails to render to such injured person all necessary aid possible under the circumstances is guilty of a felony.

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