Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) Pen-raised,
banded birds may be released and shot outside of established hunting seasons
for that species if authorized by an educational bird hunt permit. An
educational bird hunt permit shall not be required in order to take any species
of bird during established hunting seasons for that species.
(b) Each person who desires to obtain an
educational bird hunt permit shall apply to the secretary. Each applicant shall
provide the following information:
(1) The
name and address of the applicant;
(2) a description of the educational purpose
to be met by the proposed hunt;
(3) the date and location of the proposed
hunt;
(4) the anticipated number
of student participants and instructor participants;
(5) the source, species, and number of birds
to be released; and
(6) any other
information as required by the secretary.
(c) Issuance of an educational bird hunt
permit may be denied by the secretary for any of the following reasons:
(1) The application is incomplete or contains
false information.
(2) The
proposed hunt does not conform to the requirements for and restrictions
governing an educational bird hunt.
(3) The proposed hunt would violate a law or
another regulation.
(4) Issuance
of the permit would pose an inordinate risk to the public or to wildlife
resources.
(d) Each
educational bird hunt shall be subject to the following requirements and
restrictions:
(1) The purpose of the proposed
hunt shall be to educate persons who have not had previous experience hunting
upland birds.
(2) Instructor
participants may shoot and take released birds, but no more than one instructor
participant per student participant shall be permitted.
(3) The number of game birds harvested during
an educational bird hunt shall not exceed the number of game birds released of
the same species. No game bird species may be hunted during the educational
bird hunt until a release of that game bird species has been made.
(4) All pen-raised birds released during an
educational bird hunt shall be banded using leg bands and shall be coded with
the initials "EH."
(5) Within 30
days of the conclusion of an educational bird hunt, the permittee shall report
the following to the department:
(A) The
number of student participants and instructor participants; and
(B) the number of birds released and the
number of birds harvested, for each species released or harvested.
