Utah Admin. Code R657-33-2 - Definitions
(1) Terms used in
this rule are defined in Section
23A-1-101.
(2) In addition:
(a) "Accompany" means at a distance within
which visual contact and verbal communication are maintained without the
assistance of any electronic device.
(b) "Bait" means any lure containing animal,
mineral or plant materials.
(c)
"Baiting" means the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing or scattering
of bait to lure, attract or entice bear on or over any area.
(d) "Bear" means Ursus americanus, commonly
known as black bear.
(e) "Canned
hunt" means that a bear is treed, cornered, held at bay or its ability to
escape is otherwise restricted to allow a person who was not a member of the
initial hunting party to arrive and take the bear.
(f) "Compensation" means anything of economic
value in excess of $100 that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or
transferred to a dog handler for or in consideration of pursuing bear for any
purpose.
(g) "Control permit" means
a permit issued in response to bear depredation to commercial crops pursuant to
Subsection R657-33-23(4).
(h) "Cub" means a bear less than one year of
age.
(i) "Draw-lock" means a
mechanical device used to hold and support the draw weight of a conventional or
compound bow at any increment of draw until released by the archer using a
trigger mechanism attached to the device.
(j) "Dog handler" means the person in the
field that is responsible for transporting, releasing, tracking, controlling,
managing, training, commanding and retrieving the dogs involved in the pursuit.
The owner of the dogs is presumed the dog handler when the owner is in the
field during pursuit.
(k) "Evidence
of sex" means the teats, and sex organs of a bear, including a penis, scrotum
or vulva.
(l) "Green pelt" means
the untanned hide or skin of a bear.
(m) "Harvest-objective hunt" means any hunt
that is identified as harvest-objective in the hunt table of the guidebook for
taking bear.
(n) "Harvest-objective
permit" means any permit valid on harvest-objective units.
(o) "Harvest-objective unit" means any unit
designated as harvest-objective in the hunt table of the guidebook for taking
bear.
(p) "Immediate family member"
means a landowner's or lessee's spouse, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law,
father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law,
sister-in-law, stepchild, and grandchild.
(q)
(i)
"Limited entry hunt" means any hunt listed in the hunt table, published in the
guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking bear, which is identified as a
limited entry hunt for bear.
(ii)
The Wildlife Board may authorize certain limited entry hunts that span multiple
seasons, identified in the guidebook for taking bear as multi-season limited
entry hunts.
(iii) "Limited entry
hunt" does not include harvest objective hunts or pursuit only.
(r) "Limited entry permit" means
any permit obtained for a limited entry hunt, including conservation permits,
expo permits, and sportsman permits.
(s) "Private lands" means any lands that are
not public lands, excluding Indian trust lands.
(t) "Public lands" means any lands owned by
the state, a political subdivision or independent entity of the state, or the
United States, excluding Indian trust lands, that are open to the public for
purposes of engaging in pursuit.
(u) "Pursue" means to chase, tree, corner or
hold a bear at bay with dogs.
(v)
"Restricted pursuit unit" means a bear pursuit unit where pursuit is allowed
only by a dog handler who:
(i) possesses a
pursuit permit issued for that particular pursuit unit;
(ii) possesses or is accompanied by a person
who possesses a limited entry bear permit for the unit, and the pursuit occurs
within the area and during the season established for the limited entry bear
permit; or
(iii) is engaged in
pursuit for compensation as provided in Subsection
R657-33-26(2).
(w) "Spot-and-stalk hunt" means a
hunt prohibiting the use of bait or dogs to pursue or harvest a bear.
(x) "Spot-and-stalk permit" means a bear
permit available over the counter for seasons and units designated by the
Director under Section
23A-11-302. A hunter who obtains
this permit may not use bait or dogs to take a bear.
(y) "Trail Camera" means a device that is not
held or manually operated by a person and is used to capture images, video, or
location data of wildlife using heat or motion to trigger the device.
(z)
(i)
"Valid application" means:
(A) it is for a
species for which the applicant is eligible to possess a permit;
(B) there is a hunt for that species
regardless of estimated permit numbers; and
(C) there is sufficient information on the
application to process the application, including personal information, hunt
information, and sufficient payment.
(ii) Applications missing any of the items in
Subsection (i) may still be considered valid if the application is corrected
before the deadline through the application correction process.
(aa) "Waiting period" means a
specified period that a person who has obtained a bear permit must wait before
applying for any other bear permit.
(bb) "Written permission" means written
authorization from the owner or person in charge to enter upon private lands
and must include:
(i) the name and signature
of the owner or person in charge;
(ii) the address and phone number of the
owner or person in charge;
(iii)
the name of the dog handler given permission to enter the private
lands;
(iv) a brief description of
the pursuit activity authorized;
(v) the appropriate dates; and
(vi) a general description of the
property.
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