N.M. Admin. Code § 19.31.14.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Antlerless elk" or "A" shall mean any one elk without antlers.

B. "Antler point restricted elk" or "APRE/6" shall mean any bull elk with a minimum of six antler points on one side. A brow tine or eye guard constitutes a point; a burr at the base does not.

C. "Department" shall mean the New Mexico department of game and fish.

D. "Director" shall mean the director of the New Mexico department of game and fish.

E. "Elk" shall mean any wild cervid of the genus Cervus.

F. "Elk enhancement program" shall mean the department activity that allows the issuance of not more than two authorizations for the taking of one bull elk per license, with the purpose of raising funds for programs and projects to benefit elk.

G. "Elk region" shall mean a portion of the state designated by the department to administer elk management activities. An elk region describes an assemblage of one or more herd units and encompasses one or more GMUs.

H. "Either sex" or "ES" shall mean any one elk.

I. "Game management unit", "GMU", "hunt area", "Cerro portion" or "management area" shall mean those areas as described in 19.30.4 NMAC Boundary Descriptions for Game Management Units.

J. "High-demand hunt" shall mean a special draw hunt where the total number of non-resident applicants for an elk hunt exceeds twenty-two percent of the total applicants based on data for the two immediately preceding years.

K. "Mature bull" or "MB" shall mean a male elk with at least one brow tine extending six or more inches from the main beam or at least one forked antler with both branches six or more inches long.

L. "Primary management zone" shall mean designated areas of the state upon which elk management goals and subsequent harvest objectives are based.

M. "Private land authorization" shall mean the document generated by the department and issued to a private landowner that authorizes the holder to purchase a specified license to hunt elk.

N. "Quality hunt" shall mean a hunt designed to provide a hunter with an opportunity to achieve one or more of the following: an enhanced experience based on timing and length of hunt season; lower hunter density; or an increased opportunity for success.

O. "Secondary management zone" shall mean areas of the state that are not part of the primary management zone or special management zone.

P. "Special management zone" shall mean areas of the state not within the primary management zone or secondary management zone and where private land authorization issuance includes eligibility requirements or restrictions.

Q. "Wildlife management area" or "WMA" shall mean those areas as described in 19.34.5 NMAC Wildlife Management Areas.

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N.M. Admin. Code § 19.31.14.7

Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVII, Issue 05, March 15, 2016, eff. 4/1/2016, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXVIII, Issue 20, October 31, 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