312 IAC 9-4-2 - General requirements for migratory birds and waterfowl
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47-2
Sec. 2.
(a) The
restrictions in this rule supplement state statutes and federal laws that
protect migratory birds and waterfowl.
(b) The:
(1)
annual seasons;
(2) bag
limits;
(3) hunting restrictions;
and
(4) shooting hours; for
migratory birds and waterfowl are as determined under 50 CFR 20.
(c) An individual must not hunt:
(1) ducks;
(2) geese;
(3) mourning doves;
(4) woodcock;
(5) coots;
(6) snipe;
(7) rails; or
(8) gallinules; unless the individual is
registered with and possesses an identification number issued through the
Harvest Information Program.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), a
resident youth hunter participating in a free hunting day for youth hunters as
designated by the director is exempt from:
(1) registration with; and
(2) possession of an identification number
issued through; the Harvest Information Program.
(e) For purposes of youth free hunting days
under IC 14-22-11-18, a youth hunter means an individual who is less than
eighteen (18) years of age on the date of the hunt. For purposes of the youth
waterfowl season as established in
50
CFR 20.105, the age of a youth hunter is
determined under
50
CFR 20.105.
(f) An individual must not take a migratory
bird listed as an endangered species in this rule unless the individual
possesses a scientific purposes license under
312 IAC
9-10-6.
(g) An individual must not hunt American
woodcock (Scolopax minor) unless that person wears hunter orange.
(h) An individual must not hunt waterfowl
while possessing shot, other than steel shot or another nontoxic
shot.
(i) An individual must not
construct a hunting blind on the water of the state unless the name and address
of the individual who constructs the blind is legibly indicated on the
blind.
(j) An individual who
constructs a hunting blind must cause the removal of the blind from the water
of the state from April 1 through August 15.
(k) An individual must not:
(1) construct or place a permanent blind;
or
(2) leave a portable blind
overnight; on property owned or leased by the department.
(l) In order to hunt waterfowl, an individual
must satisfy all of the following requirements:
(1) Possess one (1) of the following valid
Indiana hunting licenses or be exempt from needing a license as authorized in
IC 14-22-11-1:
(A) A resident yearly hunting
license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(2).
(B) A resident yearly hunting and fishing
license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(3).
(C) A nonresident yearly hunting license
under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(6).
(D) A
nonresident five-day hunting license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(10).
(E) A nonresident youth yearly hunting
license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(25).
(F) A resident youth consolidated hunting,
trapping, and fishing license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(24) or IC
14-22-11-10(b).
(G) A disabled
American veteran's hunting license under IC 14-22-12-1.5.
(H) An apprentice hunting license of the
types identified in clauses (A) through (G) under IC 14-22-12-1.7.
(I) A lifetime basic hunting license under IC
14-22-12-7(a)(2) before its repeal.
(J) A lifetime comprehensive hunting license
under IC 14-22-12-7(a)(4) before its repeal.
(K) A lifetime comprehensive hunting and
fishing license under IC 14-22-12-7(a)(5) before its repeal.
(2) Possess a valid Indiana
waterfowl stamp privilege issued under IC 14-22-7-4.
(m) An individual must not possess lead shot
while hunting mourning doves on a department property.
(n) An individual may take Eurasian collared
doves during the season for hunting mourning doves in accordance with 50 CFR
20. The bag limit for mourning doves does not apply to Eurasian collared doves
that are taken as long as the head and a feathered wing are attached. The bag
limit for mourning doves does include Eurasian collared doves if the head and
feathered wing are not attached.
(o) An individual may take a raptor from the
wild only with a:
(1) wild animal
rehabilitation permit issued under
312 IAC
9-10-9;
(2) scientific purposes license issued under
312 IAC
9-10-6;
(3) falconry license issued under
312 IAC
9-10-13.1; or
(4) migratory bird depredation permit under
IC 14-22-6-3.
(p) An
individual may take a live migratory bird, other than a raptor, from the wild
only:
(1) with a wild animal rehabilitation
permit issued under
312 IAC
9-10-9;
(2) with a scientific purposes license issued
under
312 IAC
9-10-6;
(3) with a migratory bird depredation permit
under IC 14-22-6-3;
(4) during a
hunting season as authorized in this section and 50 CFR 20;
(5) as authorized in section 7.2 of this rule
and
50
CFR 21.43 for brown-headed cowbird, common
grackle, red-winged blackbird, Brewer's blackbird, or American crow taken in
accordance with section 7.2 of this rule and
50
CFR 21.43;
(6) as authorized in subsections (t) and (u)
for a Canada goose; or
(7) as
authorized by a public use airport under IC
14-22-11-1(b)(5).
(q) An
individual may possess, breed, and sell raptors with a raptor propagation
permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance with
50 CFR
21.30 without a permit from the
department.
(r) A migratory bird
that is taken from the wild may be possessed live only with a:
(1) wild animal rehabilitation permit issued
under
312 IAC
9-10-9;
(2) special purpose educational permit issued
under
312 IAC
9-10-9.5;
(3) scientific purposes license issued under
312 IAC
9-10-6; or
(4) falconry license issued under
312 IAC
9-10-13.1.
(s) An individual may possess, breed, and
sell captive-bred waterfowl in accordance with 50 CFR 21 without a permit from
the department.
(t) An individual
may take the nest and eggs of Canada geese between March 1 and June 30 in
accordance with
50 CFR
21.50 without a permit from the
department.
(u) An individual may
take a live Canada goose that is causing damage or threatening to cause damage
to property or causing a health or safety threat to persons or domestic animals
with a permit from the department.
(v) An individual may take a migratory bird
that is causing damage to property or posing a health or safety threat to
persons or domestic animals with a migratory bird depredation permit issued
under IC 14-22-6-3. Exempted from this section is a:
(1) Canada goose, or the nests and eggs
thereof, taken in accordance with a hunting season authorized under 50 CFR 20
or subsections (t) and (u);
(2)
migratory bird taken during a hunting season in accordance with this section
and 50 CFR 20; or
(3) brown-headed
cowbird, common grackle, red-winged blackbird, Brewer's blackbird, or American
crow taken in accordance with section 7.2 of this rule and
50
CFR 21.43.
(w) The nest of a migratory bird may be taken
only:
(1) in accordance with subsection (t) or
(v);
(2) with a special purpose
salvage permit under
312 IAC
9-10-13.5;
(3) with a scientific purposes license issued
under
312 IAC
9-10-6; or
(4) if unoccupied by a bird or egg and
destroyed or relocated.
(x) An individual may capture and humanely
remove a trapped live migratory bird that is not an endangered species from the
interior of a building or enclosure/structure and release it immediately
outside the building or enclosure or give it to an individual with a wild
animal rehabilitation permit issued under
312 IAC
9-10-9 in accordance with
50 CFR
21.12.
(y) A youth who hunts waterfowl during the
youth waterfowl season authorized under 50 CFR 20 must:
(1) possess a valid nonresident youth yearly
hunting license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(25);
(2) possess a valid resident youth
consolidated hunting, trapping, and fishing license under IC 14-22-12-1(a)(24)
or IC 14-22-11-10(b); or
(3) be
exempt from needing a license as authorized in IC 14-22-11-1 and
312
IAC 9-2-14.
(z) A youth who hunts waterfowl during the
youth waterfowl season authorized under 50 CFR 20 must be accompanied by an
adult of at least eighteen (18) years of age who:
(1) does not possess a firearm, crossbow, or
bow and arrow while in the field, except for a handgun carried lawfully in
accordance with IC 35-47-2;
(2)
possesses a valid hunting license of any type that is not an apprentice license
unless exempt from needing a hunting license under IC 14-22-11-1 and
312
IAC 9-2-14;
(3) must not accompany more than two (2)
youth hunters at any one (1) time; and
(4) must be in close proximity and able to
communicate with the youth hunter at all times.
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