A. When authorized
by Commission Order, the Department shall conduct a hunt to harvest bison from
the state's bison herds.
B. A
hunter with a bison permit-tag, valid nonpermit-tag, or electronic tag for the
House Rock Wildlife Area or Raymond Wildlife Area herd shall:
1. Attend a hunter orientation meeting, which
may include requiring the hunter to:
2.a. Hunt in the order
scheduled.
b. Hunt in the assigned
hunt area.
3.2. Allow a Department
employee to:
a. Designate the bison to be
harvested to achieve management objectives, and
b. Assist in taking the bison if the hunter
fails to dispatch a wounded bison within a reasonable period of time.
4. Take only the bison designated
by the Department employee.
3. Provide a signed written acknowledgment
that the hunter received, read, understands, and agrees to comply with the
requirements of this Section.
C. Failure to comply with the requirements of
subsection (B) shall result in the invalidation of the hunter's permit-tag,
nonpermit-tag, or electronic tag, consistent with the written acknowledgment
signed and agreed to by the hunter.
C.D.
A hunter issued a bison permit-tag, valid nonpermit-tag, or electronic tag
shall check out using the Department's online hunter questionnaire no more than
three days after the end of the hunt, regardless of whether the hunter
harvested a bison or did not participate in the bison hunt.
1. House Rock Herd (Units 12A,
12B, and 13A): a hunter may check out either in person, electronically, or by
telephone with the Department's Flagstaff regional office or Jacob Lake Check
station, when open during deer season.
2. Raymond Herd (Units 5A and
5B):
a. A hunter may check out either
in person, electronically, or by telephone with the Department's Flagstaff
regional office, or when required, with the Raymond Wildlife Area
headquarters.
b. A hunter may be required to
present the harvested bison to the Department for the purpose of gathering
biological data when the bison was taken in Units 5A or 5B and a Department
employee did not accompany the hunter during the bison hunt.
3. At the time of check out, the
hunter shall provide all of the following information:
a. Hunter's name,
b. Hunter's contact
number,
c. Tag number,
d. Sex of bison
taken,
e. Age of the bison taken: adult
or yearling,
f. Number of days hunted,
and
g. Number of bison seen while
hunting.
4. An shall conduct the check out
at the end of the hunt.
D.E. A hunter who
harvests a bison may be required to submit a biological sample, such as teeth,
blood samples, or parts of the carcass when required by Commission
Order.
Notes
Ariz. Admin. Code §
R12-4-306
Former Section
R12-4-55 renumbered as Section
R12-4-306 without change effective August 13, 1981 (Supp. 81-4). Amended subsections (A),
(B), and (D) effective May 12, 1982 (Supp. 82-3). Amended effective December
30, 1988 (Supp. 88-4). Correction, former Historical Note should read "Amended
effective January 1, 1989, filed December 30, 1988" (Supp. 89-2). Amended by
final rulemaking at 10 A.A.R. 850, effective April 3, 2004 (Supp. 04-1).
Amended by final rulemaking at 19 A.A.R. 826, effective July 1, 2013 (Supp.
13-2). Amended by final rulemaking at
25
A.A.R. 1048, effective 6/1/2019. Amended by final rulemaking at
30
A.A.R. 2308, effective
8/10/2024.
