Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-5 - Taking Big Game
Section R657-5-2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-5-2

Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024

(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) "Arrow quiver" means a portable arrow case that completely encases all edges of the broadheads.

(f) "Buck deer" means a deer with antlers longer than five inches.

(g) "Buck pronghorn" means a pronghorn with horns longer than five inches.

(h) "Bull elk" means an elk with antlers longer than five inches.

(i) "Commercial Antler Buyer" means an individual or entity that buys antlers or horns for reselling for financial gain.

(j) "Bull moose" means a moose with antlers longer than its ears.

(k) "Cow bison" means a female bison.

(l) "Doe pronghorn" means a pronghorn without horns or with horns five inches or shorter.

(m) "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.

(n) "Drone" means an autonomously controlled, aerial vehicle of any size or configuration that is capable of controlled flight without a human pilot aboard.

(o)
(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).

(p) "Ewe" means a female bighorn sheep or any bighorn sheep younger than one year of age.

(q) "Hunter's choice" means either sex may be taken.

(r) "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.

(s) "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.

(t) "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.

(u) "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.

(v) "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.

(w) "Ram" means a male desert bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep older than one year of age.

(x) "Shed antler" means an antler that:
(a) has been dropped naturally from a big game animal as part of the big game animal's annual life cycle; and

(b) has a rounded base commonly known as the antler button or burr attached which signifies a natural life cycle process.

(y) "Shed horn" means:
(a) the sheath from a pronghorn that has been dropped naturally as part of the animal's annual life cycle; or

(b) a bighorn sheep, mountain goat, or bison horn naturally detached from the horn core.

(z) "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.

(aa) "Stalking" means when game has been located and the hunter engages in deliberate movements, on foot, in an effort to harvest the located game.

(bb) "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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