Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 13 - DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES › Subtitle 5 - FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE › Part 2 - WILDLIFE › Chapter 123 - RULES REGULATING GAME MAMMAL HUNTING › Subchapter 1 - GAME MAMMAL HUNTING IN GENERAL › Section 13-123-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in these rules unless context requires
						otherwise:
"Archery" means the use of a bow and arrows for the
						purpose of hunting.
"Board" means the board of land and natural
						resources.
"Bow" means a device which consists of flexible material
						having a string connecting its two ends and used to propel an arrow held in a
						firing position by hand only, including long bow, recurve bow, or compound
						bow.
"Closed area" means an area within or adjacent to a
						public hunting area, where entry is prohibited to prevent a hazard to people or
						property.
"Cooperative game management area or cooperative hunting
						area" means any lands, including but not limited to privately-owned or
						state-leased land, where the landowner or lessee has entered into an agreement
						with the State, granting the board authority, subject to landowner review, to
						engage in activities that are mutually agreed upon for the purposes of game
						enhancement or public hunting or both.
"Crossbow" means a device which consists of a bow or
						curved latex material (referred to as linear bow) affixed to a stock that
						utilizes any device attached directly or indirectly to the bow for the purpose
						of keeping a crossbow bolt, an arrow, or the string in a firing
						position."
"Department" means the department of land and natural
						resources.
"Disabled hunter" means a hunter, who has an impairment
						that substantially limits one or more of that person's major life
						activities.
"Division" means the division of forestry and
						wildlife.
"Dog identification" means a license, tag, microchip,
						tattoo, or other documentation of ownership attached to or worn on a dog, which
						is registered with the county of ownership.
"Game mammals" means those mammals designated by law or
						rule for hunting.
"Hunter" means a person who pursues with the means to
						take, kill, or capture wildlife in compliance with this chapter. In public
						hunting areas, a person who has the appropriate hunting license, stamps, tags,
						permits, or permit tags on their person is deemed to be a hunter.
"Hunter assistant" means a person who accompanies a
						hunter and assists by carrying game or unloaded firearms or archery equipment.
						Hunter assistants may not have ammunition or arrows in their possession.
"Hunting" means the act of pursuing with the means to
						take, kill, or capture game mammals in compliance with this chapter.
"Hunting handgun" means a cartridge type pistol or
						revolver or a muzzleloading pistol or revolver, which loads from the discharge
						end of the barrel or cylinder and that employs flint or percussion
						ignition.
"Means of take" refers to any device or set of devices
						capable of killing game animals; also referred to as hunting equipment and
						hunting methods.
"Muzzleloading rifle or shotgun" means a rifle or
						shotgun that must be loaded through the discharge end of the firearm or the
						barrel and that employs flint or percussion ignition. Muzzleloading rifles and
						shotguns must have a shoulder stock and a barrel. The length of the barrel must
						be at least eighteen inches.
"Non-typical ram" means a male sheep whose horns are
						deformed, polled or non-conforming to a normal curled ram. Often times referred
						to as "muumuu".
"Private land" means those lands that are not
						state-owned, where hunting for game mammals occurs.
"Public highway" means any roadway that is under the
						jurisdiction of the Hawaii state department of transportation or any of the
						counties. Access roads in public hunting areas that are maintained by the
						department of land and natural resources are not considered to be public
						highways.
"Public hunting area" means those lands designated by
						the board as public hunting areas where the public may hunt game mammals,
						including:
(1) Game management areas;
(2) Forest reserves and surrendered lands;
(3) Natural area reserves;
(4) Restricted watersheds;
(5) Cooperative game management areas;
(6) Military training areas;
(7) Unencumbered state lands;
(8) Designated sanctuaries; and
(9) Other lands designated by the board.
"Safety zone" means an area within or adjacent to a
						public hunting area, where possession or discharge of loaded archery equipment
						is prohibited to prevent a hazard to people or property.
"Senior citizen" means a person who is sixty-five years
						of age or older.
"Youth hunter" as it pertains to specifically designated
						youth hunts, means a hunter who is fifteen years of age or younger, who
						possesses a valid State of Hawaii hunting license. Youth hunters must be
						accompanied by a non-hunting adult, who also possesses a valid State of Hawaii
						hunting license.