Arizona Administrative Code › Title 12 - NATURAL RESOURCES › Chapter 4 - GAME AND FISH COMMISSION › Article 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R12-4-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
A. In addition to the definitions provided
				under A.R.S. § 17-101, R12-4-301, R12-4-401, and R12-4-501, the following
				definitions apply to this Chapter, unless otherwise specified:
"Arizona Conservation Education" means the conservation
				  education course provided by Arizona Game and Fish Department in hunting
				  safety, responsibility, and conservation.
"Arizona Hunter Education" means the hunter education course
				  provided by Arizona Game and Fish Department in hunting safety, responsibility,
				  and conservation meeting Association of Fish and Wildlife agreed upon
				  reciprocity standards along with Arizona-specific requirements.
"Attach" means to fasten or affix a tag to a legally
				  harvested animal. An electronic tag is considered attached once the validation
				  code is fastened to the legally harvested animal.
"Bobcat seal" means the tag a person is required to attach to
				  the raw pelt or unskinned carcass of any bobcat taken by trapping in Arizona or
				  exported out of Arizona regardless of the method of take.
"Bonus point" means a credit that authorizes the Department
				  to issue an applicant an additional computer-generated random number.
"Bow" means a long bow, flat bow, recurve bow, or compound
				  bow of which the bowstring is drawn and held under tension entirely by the
				  physical power of the shooter through all points of the draw cycle until the
				  shooter purposely acts to release the bowstring either by relaxing the tension
				  of the toes, fingers, or mouth or by triggering the release of a hand-held
				  release aid.
"Certificate of insurance" means an official document, issued
				  by the sponsor's and sponsor's vendors, or subcontractor's insurance carrier,
				  providing insurance against claims for injury to persons or damage to property
				  which may arise from, or in connection with, the solicitation or event as
				  determined by the Department.
"Cervid" means a mammal classified as a Cervidae, which
				  includes but is not limited to caribou, elk, moose, mule deer, reindeer,
				  wapiti, and whitetail deer; as defined in the taxonomic classification from the
				  Integrated Taxonomic Information System, available online at
www.itis.gov
.
"Commission Order" means a document adopted by the Commission
				  that does one or more of the following:
Open, close, or alter seasons,
Open areas for taking wildlife,
Set bag or possession limits for wildlife,
Set the number of permits available for limited hunts,
				  or
Specify wildlife that may or may not be taken.
"Crossbow" means a device consisting of a bow affixed on a
				  stock having a trigger mechanism to release the bowstring.
"Day-long" means the 24-hour period from one midnight to the
				  following midnight.
"Department property" means those buildings or real property
				  and wildlife areas under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Game and Fish
				  Commission.
"Electronic tag" means a tag that is provided by the
				  Department through an electronic device that syncs with the Department's
				  computer systems.
"Export" means to carry, send, or transport wildlife or
				  wildlife parts out of Arizona to another state or country.
"Firearm" means any loaded or unloaded handgun, pistol,
				  revolver, rifle, shotgun, or other weapon that will discharge, is designed to
				  discharge, or may readily be converted to discharge a projectile by the action
				  of an explosion caused by the burning of smokeless powder, black powder, or
				  black powder substitute.
"Hunt area" means a management unit, portion of a management
				  unit, or group of management units, or any portion of Arizona described in a
				  Commission Order and not included in a management unit, opened to
				  hunting.
"Hunt number" means the number assigned by Commission Order
				  to any hunt area where a limited number of hunt permits are available.
"Hunt permits" means the number of hunt permit-tags made
				  available to the public as a result of a Commission Order.
"Hunt permit-tag" means a tag for a hunt for which a
				  Commission Order has assigned a hunt number.
"Identification number" means the number assigned to each
				  applicant or license holder by the Department as established under
				  R12-4-111.
"Import" means to bring, send, receive, or transport wildlife
				  or wildlife parts into Arizona from another state or country. "License dealer"
				  means a business authorized to sell hunting, fishing, and other licenses as
				  established under R12-4-105. "Limited-entry permit-tag" means a permit made
				  available for a limited-entry fishing or hunting season.
"Live baitfish" means any species of live freshwater fish
				  designated by Commission Order as lawful for use in taking aquatic wildlife
				  under R12-4-313 and R12-4-314.
"Management unit" means an area established by the Commission
				  for management purposes.
"Nonpermit-tag" means a tag for a hunt for which a Commission
				  Order does not assign a hunt number and the number of tags is not
				  limited.
"Nonprofit organization" means an organization that is
				  recognized under Section 501(C) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. "Person" has
				  the meaning as provided under A.R.S. §
										1-215.
"Proof of purchase," for the purposes of A.R.S. §
										17-331, means an original, or any authentic and verifiable form of the
				  original, of any Department-issued license, permit, or stamp that establishes
				  proof of actual purchase.
"Pursue" means to chase, tree, corner or hold wildlife at
				  bay.
"Pursuit-only" means a person may pursue, but not kill, a
				  bear, mountain lion, or raccoon on any management unit that is open to
				  pursuit-only season, as defined under R12-4-318, by Commission Order.
"Pursuit-only permit" means a permit for a pursuit-only hunt
				  for which a Commission Order does not assign a hunt number and the number of
				  permits are not limited.
"Restricted nonpermit-tag" means a tag issued for a
				  supplemental hunt as established under R12-4-115.
"Solicitation" means any activity that may be considered or
				  interpreted as promoting, selling, or transferring products, services,
				  memberships, or causes, or participation in an event or activity of any kind,
				  including organizational, educational, public affairs, or protest activities,
				  including the distribution or posting of advertising, handbills, leaflets,
				  circulars, posters, or other printed materials for these purposes.
"Solicitation material" means advertising, circulars, flyers,
				  handbills, leaflets, posters, or other printed information.
"Sponsor" means the person or persons conducting a
				  solicitation or event.
"Stamp" means a form of authorization in addition to a
				  license that authorizes the license holder to take wildlife specified by the
				  stamp.
"Tag" means the Department authorization a person is required
				  to obtain before taking certain wildlife as established under A.R.S. Title 17
				  and 12 A.A.C. 4.
"Validation code" means the unique code provided by the
				  Department and associated with an electronic tag.
"Waterdog" means the larval or metamorphosing stage of a
				  salamander.
"Wildlife area" means an area established under 12 A.A.C. 4,
				  Article 8.
B. If the
				following terms are used in a Commission Order, the following definitions
				apply:
"Antlered" means having an antler fully erupted through the
				  skin and capable of being shed.
"Antlerless" means not having an antler, antlers, or any part
				  of an antler erupted through the skin.
"Bearded turkey" means a turkey with a beard that extends
				  beyond the contour feathers of the breast.
"Buck pronghorn" means a male pronghorn.
"Adult bull bison" means a male bison of any age or any bison
				  designated by a Department employee during an adult bull bison hunt.
"Adult cow bison" means a female bison of any age or any
				  bison designated by a Department employee during an adult cow bison
				  hunt.
"Bull elk" means an antlered elk.
"Designated" means the gender, age, or species of wildlife or
				  the specifically identified wildlife the Department authorizes to be taken and
				  possessed with a valid tag.
"One-horned ram" means any bighorn sheep ram having one horn
				  that is less than one half the length of its other horn.
"Ram" means any male bighorn sheep.
"Rooster" means a male pheasant.
"Yearling bison" means any bison less than three years of age
				  or any bison designated by a Department employee during a yearling bison
				  hunt.