Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22-28-2; IC 14-10-2-4
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-22
Sec. 25.
(a) This
section governs the issuance of a deer control permit to control a white-tailed
deer.
(b) A deer control permit may
be issued under this section to take a white-tailed deer that is doing the
following:
(1) Causing or threatening to cause
economic damage to property in excess of five hundred dollars ($500) annually.
Damage to the following may be considered in computing economic impact to
property:
(A) A building or dwelling and
related improvements to real property.
(B) Agricultural row crop.
(C) Hay, stored grain, or livestock
food.
(D) Cover crop.
(E) A vineyard.
(F) An orchard.
(G) Landscape vegetation.
(H) Truck crop.
(I) A tree nursery.
(J) A tree.
(K) A food garden of one (1) acre or greater
in size.
(L) Ornamental
vegetation.
(M) Other commercial
vegetation established by humans.
Browsing or antler rubbing to naturally occurring vegetation
or vegetation not planted by humans shall not be considered in computing
economic damage.
(2) Posing an immediate health or safety
threat to persons or domestic animals.
(3) Affecting the management of free-ranging
white-tailed deer on a city, community, or federal property evidenced by:
(A) deer vehicle collisions;
(B) economic damage to property in excess of
five hundred dollars ($500) annually evidenced in accordance with subdivision
(1); or
(C) ecological damage to
vegetation that would result in the incidental take of a state or federally
threatened or endangered species.
(c) An application for a deer control permit
must be completed on a departmental form and filed with the division of fish
and wildlife.
(d) The methods for
taking and number of deer that may be taken shall be set forth in the
permit.
(e) The permit holder may
designate up to ten (10) unpermitted individuals to assist the permit holder in
taking the deer under the following conditions:
(1) The permit holder must directly supervise
and coordinate the activities of the unpermitted individuals.
(2) The unpermitted individuals must:
(A) be identified on the permit;
(B) be in compliance with the hunter
education requirement set forth at IC 14-22-11-5; and
(C) possess a copy of the permit when
conducting any authorized activities.
(f) For each deer killed, the permit holder
must:
(1) cause the removal of all antlers
and dispose of them in accordance with subsection (j)(2);
(2) dispose of the carcass, including the
meat, hide, and any other part of the white-tailed deer, except for any
antlers, by:
(A) burial;
(B) incineration;
(C) rendering;
(D) processing of the meat at a deer
processing facility;
(E) gifting
the meat to another person or organization; or
(F) storing the meat for human consumption;
and
(3) maintain a true
and accurate record of the:
(A) date and time
killed;
(B) sex of each
white-tailed deer killed;
(C)
disposition of the carcass;
(D)
equipment used to take each white-tailed deer; and
(E) name and address of the person in
possession of the carcass of any white-tailed deer kept or gifted under
subdivision (2)(C) through (2)(F).
(g) The meat of a deer taken under this
section must not be sold, traded, or bartered.
(h) A permit issued under this section may be
issued only as follows:
(1) To take
white-tailed deer outside the hunting season for white-tailed deer established
at
312 IAC
9-3-4 for a duration of no more than ninety (90)
days.
(2) To take white-tailed deer
during the hunting seasons for white-tailed deer established at
312 IAC
9-3-4 only:
(A) if
an immediate health or safety threat exists; or
(B) as authorized in subsection (b)(3);
for a duration of no more than ninety (90) days or other
duration established by the director.
(3) A permit may be renewed for no more than
ninety (90) additional days in one (1) calendar year.
(i) If meat from white-tailed deer taken
under a permit issued under this section will be donated or used for human
consumption, a department form must accompany the meat or carcass at all times
until processing of the deer is completed.
(j) Within fourteen (14) days of the
expiration of the permit issued under this section, the permit holder must:
(1) cause the delivery of the records
described in subsection (f)(3) to the address on the form; and
(2) destroy the antlers by burial or
incineration or deliver the antlers to a designated department property office
during its established business hours or to a division of fish and wildlife
representative.
(k) The
permit holder and all unpermitted individuals identified under subsection (e)
and listed on the permit issued under this section must carry this permit when
taking deer authorized under this permit.
(l) The permit holder and all unpermitted
individuals identified under subsection (e) and listed on the permit issued
under this section shall not advertise the availability or use of deer or a
deer control permit through any printed or electronic media format.
(m) A deer control permit application may be
denied or a deer control permit issued under this section may be suspended or
revoked in accordance with IC 4-21.5 if the permit holder or any unpermitted
individuals identified under subsection (e) and listed on the permit issued
under this section does the following:
(1)
Fails to comply with any of the following:
(A) This section.
(B) IC 14-22.
(C) A term of the permit.
(2) Provides false information to
obtain a permit under this section.
