Kan. Admin. Regs. § 115-4-2 - Big game and wild turkey; general provisions
(a) Possession.
(1) Each permittee shall meet either of the
following requirements:
(A) Nonelectronic
carcass tags. The permittee shall sign, record the county, the date, and the
time of kill, and attach the carcass tag to the carcass in a visible manner
immediately following the kill and before moving the carcass from the site of
the kill. The carcass tag shall remain attached to the carcass or in the
possession of the permittee if transporting a quartered or deboned animal until
the animal reaches the permittee's residence or a commercial place of
processing or preservation and is processed for consumption. The permittee
shall retain the carcass tag until the animal is consumed, given to another, or
otherwise disposed of.
(B)
Electronic carcass tags. Using the department's electronic carcass tag system,
the permittee shall record the county, the date, and the time of kill and enter
a photograph of the entire carcass, with sufficient clarity to display the
species and the antlered or antlerless condition of the big game animal or the
beard of the wild turkey, immediately following the kill and before moving the
carcass from the site of the kill. The permittee shall possess the confirmation
number until the animal reaches the permittee's residence or a commercial place
of processing or preservation and is processed for consumption. The permittee
shall retain the confirmation number until the animal is consumed, given to
another, or otherwise disposed of.
(2) Except for a wild turkey or big game
animal taken with an "either sex" permit, the beard of the wild turkey shall
remain naturally attached to the breast and the visible sex organs of the big
game animal shall remain naturally attached to the carcass, or a quartered
portion of the carcass, while in transit from the site of the kill to the
permittee's residence or to a commercial place of processing or preservation,
unless the carcass has been tagged with a department check station tag, the
permittee is using the department's electronic carcass tag system and has
submitted the information required in paragraph (a)(1)(B), the permittee has
obtained a transportation confirmation number after electronically registering
the permittee's big game animal or wild turkey on the department's electronic
registration site, or the permittee retains photographs necessary for
electronic registration until registration occurs. "Electronically registering"
shall mean submitting any necessary and relevant information and digital
photographs of the big game head or turkey breast and of the completed carcass
tag of sufficient clarity to display the species and the antlered or antlerless
condition of the big game animal, the beard of the wild turkey, and the
transaction number and signature on a completed carcass tag.
(3) Any legally acquired big game or wild
turkey meat may be given to and possessed by another, if a dated written notice
that includes the donor's printed name, signature, address, and permit number
accompanies the meat. The person receiving the meat shall retain the notice
until the meat is consumed, given to another, or otherwise disposed
of.
(4) Any person may possess a
salvaged big game or wild turkey carcass if a department salvage tag issued to
the person obtaining the carcass is affixed to the carcass. The salvage tag
shall be retained as provided in paragraph (a)(1). Big game or wild turkey meat
may be donated as specified in paragraph (a)(3) using the salvage tag number.
Each salvage tag report prepared by the department agent issuing the tag shall
be signed by the individual receiving the salvaged big game or wild turkey
carcass. Each salvage tag shall include the following information :
(A) The name and address of the person to
whom the tag is issued;
(B) the
salvage tag number;
(C) the species
and sex of each animal for which the tag is issued;
(D) the location and the date, time, and
cause of death of each animal; and
(E) the date of issuance and the signature of
the department agent issuing the salvage tag.
(b) Big game and wild turkey permits and game
tags..
(1) Big game and wild turkey permits
and game tags shall not be transferred to another person, unless otherwise
authorized by law or regulation
(2)
In addition to other penalties prescribed by law, each big game and wild turkey
permit or game tag shall be invalid from the date of issuance if obtained by an
individual under any of these conditions:
(A)
Through false representation;
(B)
through misrepresentation; or
(C)
in excess of the number of permits or game tags authorized by regulations for
that big game species or wild turkey.
(3) No individual shall copy, reproduce, or
possess any copy or reproduction of a big game or wild turkey permit or carcass
tag.
(c) Hunting
assistance. Subject to the hunting license requirements of
K.S.A.
32-919 and amendments thereto, the license
requirements of the implementing regulations, and the provisions of paragraphs
(c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(3), any individual may assist any holder of a big game
or wild turkey permit or game tag during the permitee's big game or wild turkey
hunting activity. This assistance may include herding, driving, or calling.
(1) An individual assisting the holder of a
big game or wild turkey permit or game tag shall not perform the actual
shooting of big game or wild turkey for the permittee. However, a permitee who
is, because of disability, unable to pursue a wounded big game animal or wild
turkey may designate any individual to assist in pursuing and dispatching a big
game animal or wild turkey wounded by the disabled permitee..
(2) The designated individual shall carry the
disabled permitee's big game or wild turkey permit or game tag and shall
utilize the applicable procedure specified in subsection (a).
(3) The designated individual shall use only
the type of equipment authorized for use by the disabled permitee.
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