Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-20 - Falconry
Section R657-20-9 - Apprentice Class Falconer
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-20-9
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Apprentice class falconer requirements.
(a)
Applicants for an Apprentice Class falconry COR must be at least 12 years of
age.
(b) Applicants for an
Apprentice Class falconry COR who are under 18 years of age must have a parent
or legal guardian sign their application.
(c) The parents or legal guardian of a minor
Apprentice Class falconer under the age of 18 are legally responsible for the
activities of their child.
(d) An
individual may not take the falconry exam earlier than two (2) months prior to
their 12th birthday.
(e) Applicants
for an Apprentice Class falconry COR must correctly answer at least 80 percent
of the questions on an examination administered by a Division representative.
(f) The examination questions will
cover basic care and handling of falconry raptors, state and Federal laws and
regulations relevant to falconry, raptor biology, diseases and health issues,
raptor identification, trapping, training methods, and other appropriate
subject matter.
(i) An individual may contact
any Division office for information about taking the examination.
(ii) Falconry examinations are administered
at any Division office by appointment only during business hours.
(iii) An individual that fails to correctly
answer at least 80 percent of the questions on the exam may retake the exam
after a minimum 14-day period.
(vi)
An individual that correctly answers at least 80 percent of the questions on
the exam has up to 1 year from the exam date to submit application for a
falconry COR.
(vii) An individual
may only attempt the falconry exam three times in a calendar year.
(g) An applicant's facilities and
equipment must pass inspection by the Division under
R657-20-6 before a falconry COR can be issued.
(2) Possession of Raptors at the Apprentice Class.
(a) An Apprentice Class falconer may
not take or possess:
(i) any raptor taken
from the wild as an eyas;
(ii) any
federally listed threatened or endangered species;
(iii) any wild caught, captive-bred, or
hybrid eagles;
(iv) any
wild-caught species taken in Utah when that bird is listed as a Bird of
Conservation Concern ("BCC") by the Service for the Bird Conservation Region
("BCR") area where it is taken, as depicted on the Division's website at
utah.falconry.gov;
(v) any hybrid
raptor; or
(vi) any imprinted
raptor.
(b) If not
otherwise prohibited by R657-20-9(2)(a), an Apprentice Class falconer may take
or possess any passage age raptor that is wild-caught, captive-bred, or
acquired through legal transfer listed below:
(i) Northern Harrier (Circus
cyaneus);
(ii) Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus);
(iii)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii);
(iv) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter
gentilis);
(v) Harris's Hawk
(Parabuteo unicinctus);
(vi) Common
Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus);
(vii) Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo
jamaicensis);
(viii) Rough-legged
Hawk (Buteo lagopus);
(ix)
Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis);
(x) American Kestrel (Falco
sparverius);
(xi) Merlin (Falco
columbarius);
(xii) Prairie Falcon
(Falco mexicanus);
(xiii) Gyrfalcon
(Falco rusticolus);
(xiv) Peregrine
Falcon (Falco peregrines), except an Apprentice may only possess non-imprint
Peregrine Falcons; and
(xv) Great
Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus).
(c) An Apprentice Class falconer may possess
no more than one (1) raptor for use in falconry.
(c) Another falconry permittee may capture a
wild raptor in compliance with
R657-20-13 and transfer the raptor to an Apprentice Class falconer if the Apprentice Class
falconer may lawfully possess that raptor.
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