Utah Admin. Code R657-33-13 - Certificate of Registration Required for Bear Baiting
(1) A certificate of registration for baiting
must be obtained before establishing a bait station.
(2) Certificates of registration for bear
baiting are issued only to holders of limited entry permits authorizing the use
of bait, as provided in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking
bear.
(3) A certificate of
registration may be obtained from the division office within the region where
the bait station will be established by applying on the division
website.
(4) A new certificate of
registration must be obtained before moving a bait station. All materials used
as bait must be removed from the old site before the issuing of a new
certificate of registration.
(5)
The following information must be provided to obtain a certificate of
registration for baiting: a 1:24000 USGS quad map with the bait location
marked, or the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) or latitude and longitude
coordinates of the bait station, including the datum, type of bait used and
written permission from the appropriate landowner for private lands.
(6)
(a) Any
person interested in baiting on lands administered by the Bureau of Land
Management must verify that the lands are open to baiting before applying for
and receiving a certificate of registration for bear baiting.
(b) Information on areas that are open to
baiting on National Forests must be obtained from district offices.
(c) Issuance of a certificate of registration
for baiting does not authorize an individual to bait if it is otherwise
unlawful to bait under the regulations of the applicable land management
agency.
(7) A handling
fee must accompany the application.
(8) A person may hunt over a bait station
only if:
(a) the person is listed on the
certificate of registration and possesses the certificate of registration in
the field; or
(b) possesses written
permission from the certificate of registration holder to hunt over the bait
station.
(9) Any person
tending a bait station must be listed on the certificate of registration for
that bait station.
Notes
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