31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.3 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. All other words and terms in this chapter shall have the meanings assigned in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code.
(1) Arrow gun--A device that fires an arrow
or bolt solely by the use of unignited compressed gas as the
propellant.
(2) Air gun--A device
that fires a bullet solely by the use of unignited compressed gas as the
propellant.
(3) Alligator gig--A
pole or staff equipped with at least one of the following:
(A) immovable prongs;
(B) two or more spring-loaded grasping arms;
or
(C) a detachable head.
(4) Alligator hide tag (hide
tag)--A department-issued tag required by federal law pursuant to the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) to be affixed
to all alligators taken in the state. All alligator hide tags issued by the
department are CITES tags.
(5)
Annual bag limit--The quantity of a species of a wildlife resource that may be
taken from September 1 of one year to August 31 of the following
year.
(6) Antlerless deer--
(A) A deer having no antler point protruding
through the skin; or
(B) a deer
that has no antlers.
(7)
Antler point--A projection that extends at least one inch from the edge of a
main beam or another tine. The tip of a main beam is also a point.
(8) Bait--Something used to lure any wildlife
resource.
(9) Baited area--Any area
where minerals, vegetative material or any other food substances are placed so
as to lure a wildlife resource to, on, or over that area.
(10) Bearded hen--A female turkey possessing
a clearly visible beard protruding through the feathers of the
breast.
(11) Buck deer--
(A) A deer having an antler point protruding
through the skin; or
(B) a deer
having antler growth in velvet of greater than one inch.
(12) Buck pronghorn--A pronghorn with black
cheek patches below the ears.
(13)
Commercial cold storage or processing facility--A cold storage or processing
facility as defined in Parks and Wildlife Code, §
42.001, that
is made available for use by individuals other than the owner, the owner's
nonpaying family members, or the owner's nonpaying guests in exchange for a fee
or other consideration.
(A) A Type 1
commercial cold storage or processing facility is a facility that is a place of
business open to the public for the purpose of storing or processing game
animals or game birds upon demand on a for-profit basis or in exchange for
anything of value.
(B) A Type 2
commercial cold storage processing facility is a facility:
(i) that is not open to the public on an
on-demand basis; and
(ii) is
utilized to store or process game taken by persons on properties where hunting
by individuals in return for pay or other consideration occurs.
(14) Daily bag
limit--The quantity of a species of a wildlife resource that may be lawfully
taken in one day.
(15) Day--A
24-hour period of time that begins at midnight and ends at midnight.
(16) Deer population data--Results derived
from deer population surveys and/or from systematic data analysis of density or
herd health indicators, such as browse surveys or other scientifically
acceptable data, that function as direct or indirect indicators of population
density.
(17) Final destination for
deer--for a deer carcass or any part of a deer carcass, a final destination is
any of the following:
(A) the permanent
residence of the hunter;
(B) the
permanent residence of any other person receiving the carcass or part of a
carcass; or
(C) a Type 1 commercial
cold storage or processing facility.
(18) Final processing--The cleaning of a dead
wildlife resource for cooking or storage purposes. For a deer or pronghorn
carcass, the term includes the processing of the animal more than by
quartering.
(19) Fully automatic
firearm--Any firearm that is capable of firing more than one cartridge in
succession by a single function of the trigger.
(20) Gig--Any hand-held shaft with single or
multiple points.
(21) Herd unit--A
discrete geographical area designated by the department for the purpose of
population monitoring and permit issuance with respect to pronghorn.
(22) Landowner--Any person who has an
ownership interest in a tract of land, and includes a person authorized by the
landowner to act on behalf of the landowner as the landowner's agent.
(23) Lawful archery equipment--Longbow,
recurved bow, compound bow, and crossbow.
(24) License year--The period of time for
which an annual hunting license is valid.
(25) Muzzleloader--Any firearm designed such
that the propellant and bullet or projectile can be loaded only through the
muzzle.
(26) Permanent
residence--One's domicile. This does not include a temporary abode or dwelling
such as a hunting/fishing club, or any club house, cabin, tent, or trailer
house used as a hunting/fishing club, or any hotel, motel, or rooming house
used during a hunting, fishing, pleasure, or business trip.
(27) Possession limit--The maximum number of
a wildlife resource that may be lawfully possessed at one time.
(28) Pre-charged pneumatic--An air gun or
arrow gun for which the propellant is supplied or introduced by means of a
source that is physically separate from the air gun or arrow gun.
(29) Pronghorn--A pronghorn antelope
(Antilocapra americana).
(30)
Silencer or sound-suppressing device--Any device that reduces the normal noise
level created when the firearm is discharged or fired.
(31) Spike-buck deer--A buck deer with no
antler having more than one point.
(32) Unbranched antler--An antler having no
more than one antler point.
(33)
Unbranched antlered deer--A buck deer having at least one unbranched
antler.
(34) Upper-limb
disability--A permanent loss of the use of fingers, hand or arm in a manner
that renders a person incapable of using a longbow, compound bow or recurved
bow.
(35) Wildlife
resources--Alligators, all game animals, and all game birds.
(36) Wounded deer--A deer leaving a blood
trail.
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