Limitation on taking

(a) Permits issued by the department shall authorize the hunting of legally propagated pheasants, quail, chukar partridge and/or ducks, without regard to sex or daily and seasonal bag limits during the period specified in Section 26-48-3a. (b) The number of pheasants, quail, chukar partridge and/or ducks harvested on the area included in the permit shall not exceed the total number of each species liberated by the permittee. (c) The hunting of all other wildlife species not authorized under the permit shall be in accordance with state-wide regulations governing the season, and daily and season bag limits for each particular species. (d) The permittee shall be required to liberate a minimum number of each species authorized under the permit. Minimum liberation shall be: (1) Pheasants. Not less than one pheasant for each two acres included in the permit, with a minimum liberation requirement of two hundred fifty birds. (2) Quail. Not less than fifty quail if the permittee is also authorized to liberate and hunt pheasants, or one hundred quail if the permittee is not authorized to liberate and hunt pheasants. (3) Chukar Partridge. Not less than fifty chukar partridge if the permittee is authorized to liberate and hunt pheasants, or one hundred chukar partridge if the permittee is not authorized to liberate and hunt pheasants. (4) Ducks. Not less than fifty ducks shall be liberated for pass shooting if the permittee is also authorized to liberate and hunt pheasants or one hundred ducks if the permittee is not authorized to liberate and hunt pheasants. The shooting of ducks is restricted to pass shooting while the birds are in flight. (e) Liberations authorized and required under the permit are not restricted to the time frame of the permit and may be made at any time during the calendar year.