Utah Admin. Code R657-5-2 - Definitions
(1) Terms used in this rule are defined in
Section 23A-1-101.
(2) In addition:
(a) "Antlerless deer" means a deer without
antlers or with antlers five inches or shorter.
(b) "Antlerless elk" means an elk without
antlers or with antlers five inches or shorter.
(c) "Antlerless elk control permit" means a
permit allowing an individual to harvest an antlerless elk on an antlerless elk
control unit.
(d) "Antlerless
moose" means a moose with antlers shorter than its ears.
(e) "Antler Point Restriction" or "APR" means
"a restriction of hunt to a minimum of antler points required for a buck deer
to be legally harvested."
(f)
"Arrow quiver" means a portable arrow case that completely encases all edges of
the broadheads.
(g) "Buck deer"
means a deer with antlers longer than five inches.
(h) "Buck pronghorn" means a pronghorn with
horns longer than five inches.
(i)
"Bull elk" means an elk with antlers longer than five inches.
(j) "Commercial Antler Buyer" means an
individual or entity that buys antlers or horns for reselling for financial
gain.
(k) "Bull moose" means a
moose with antlers longer than its ears.
(l) "Cow bison" means a female
bison.
(m) "Doe pronghorn" means a
pronghorn without horns or with horns five inches or shorter.
(n) "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
and safety attached to the device.
(o) "Drone" means an autonomously controlled,
aerial vehicle of any size or configuration that is capable of controlled
flight without a human pilot aboard.
(p)
(i)
"Night Vision Device" means any device that enhances visible or non-visible
light, including: night vision, thermal imaging, infrared imaging, or
electronics that enhance the visible or non-visible light spectrum.
(ii) "Night Vision Device" does not include
trail cameras as defined in Subsection (x).
(q) "Ewe" means a female bighorn sheep or any
bighorn sheep younger than one year of age.
(r) "Hunter's choice" means either sex may be
taken.
(s) "Immediate family
member" means the 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, grandchild, grandfather, and
grandmother.
(t) "Limited entry
hunt" means any hunt published in the hunt tables of the guidebook of the
Wildlife Board for taking big game, which is identified as limited entry and
does not include general or once-in-a-lifetime hunts.
(u) "Limited entry permit" means any permit
obtained for a limited entry hunt by any means, including conservation permits,
wildlife expo permits, sportsman permits, cooperative wildlife management unit
permits and limited entry landowner permits.
(v) "Once-in-a-lifetime hunt" means any hunt
published in the hunt tables of the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking
big game, which is identified as once-in-a-lifetime, and does not include
general or limited entry hunts.
(w)
"Once-in-a-lifetime permit" means any permit obtained for a once-in-a-lifetime
hunt by any means, including conservation permits, wildlife expo permits,
sportsman permits, cooperative wildlife management unit permits and limited
entry landowner permits.
(x) "Ram"
means a male desert bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep older than
one year of age.
(i) "Point" means "a
projection longer than one inch, measured from its base to its tip."
(ii) The eye guard is not counted as a
point.
(y) "Shed antler"
means an antler that:
(i) has been dropped
naturally from a big game animal as part of the big game animal's annual life
cycle; and
(ii) has a rounded base
commonly known as the antler button or burr attached which signifies a natural
life cycle process.
(z)
"Shed horn" means:
(i) the sheath from a
pronghorn that has been dropped naturally as part of the animal's annual life
cycle; or
(ii) a bighorn sheep,
mountain goat, or bison horn naturally detached from the horn core.
(aa) "Spike bull" means a bull elk
which has at least one antler beam with no branching above the ears. Branched
means a projection on an antler longer than one inch, measured from its base to
its tip.
(bb) "Stalking" means when
game has been located and the hunter engages in deliberate movements, on foot,
in an effort to harvest the located game.
(cc) "Trail camera" means a device that is
not held or manually operated by a person and is capable of capturing images,
video, or location data of wildlife using heat, or motion to trigger the
device.
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