Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) The following area is hereby designated
and established as "Youth Turkey Hunting Area":
(a) "USA Foundation Hunting Area" as
indicated on the attached map.
(2) It shall be unlawful on any area
designated by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as a "Youth
Turkey Hunting Area":
(a) To hunt, trap, use
dogs, possess firearms, traps or bow and arrow, without a valid permit. A
permit is valid only during scheduled area spring turkey season during legal
hunting hours and only with the required hunting license(s) and stamps and only
with weapons and ammunition permitted for hunting turkey. See (4) for limited
exception for certain lawfully authorized handguns possessed for personal
protection.
(b) To have in
possession any firearms, ammunition or bow and arrow except as allowed by law
for the species hunted. See (4) for limited exception for certain lawfully
authorized handguns possessed for personal protection.
(c) For any person to hunt without having in
possession all required hunting licenses.
(d) For any person to carry firearms in or on
vehicle with ammunition in the magazine, breech or clip attached to firearms,
or black powder weapons with primer, cap or flash powder in place.
(e) To camp in the area.
(f) To kill or willfully molest any species
of wildlife except those designated for hunting. However, this regulation shall
not apply to bobcat, coyote, or fox, which maybe killed during all scheduled
area hunts that occur during the dates of the spring turkey season.
(g) To discharge fireworks at any
time.
(h) To discharge firearms for
target practice.
(i) To use fire to
smoke out game.
(j) To transport
turkey killed from the area before recording pertinent data at the designated
checking station.
(k) For any
person except those authorized to operate any motor driven vehicle behind,
under or around any lockedgate, barricaded road or sign which prohibits
vehicular traffic.
(l) For any
person except authorized personnel to block or otherwise stop traffic on any
road or at any gate by parking a vehicle in such a way that passage around the
vehicle is impossible.
(m) To
damage or remove any trees, crops, or other plants, dirt, gravel or sod without
legal authorization.
(n) To hunt
from an elevated platform.
(o) To
hunt without first making a reservation for the particular hunt.
(p) To hunt more often than two days every
week.
Failure to cancel a reservation at least 48 hours prior to the
hunt dates will be considered the same as if the individual hunted in
determining when that person could reserve other dates.
(3) Individuals must follow the
listed rules to participate in the scheduled youth turkey hunts.
(a) Each youth participant must be
accompanied by an adult supervisor. The adult supervisor is to remain within
arms length of the youth at all times.
(b) Youth is defined as those individuals who
have not reached their sixteenth birthday.
Adult is defined as those individuals twenty-five years old or
older who are in possession of all state hunting licenses required to hunt
turkey on a wildlife management area.
(d) Only one firearm will be allowed per
youth. Only the youth hunter will be permitted to utilize the firearm for
hunting. The adult is to review with the youth the rules of firearm safety and
to ensure they are followed.
(e)
The adult-youth pair is to check in and out at the check station as a single
unit.
(f) Hunting hours will be
daylight until 1:00 P.M. on Saturdays and other dates established by the
District Wildlife supervisor of the spring turkey season.
(g) All other rules, laws, and regulations
are in effect.
(4)
Nothing in this regulation prohibits the possession of handguns by lawfully
authorized persons for personal protection, provided the handguns are not used
to hunt or take or to attempt to take wildlife in violation of law.
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