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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-11 - Campsites and camping

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 11.
(a) A
				person must not place or maintain a camp, tent, or trailer except during
				periods and at sites authorized by the department for camping. Between 11 p.m.
				and 7 a.m., a person must not occupy a site other than a designated campsite,
				cabin, or inn room unless otherwise authorized by a written permit.
(b) No more than six (6) individuals may
				lawfully occupy one (1) campsite in a family campground unless otherwise
				approved by an authorized representative.
(c) An individual at least eighteen (18)
				years of age must register at a campground on behalf of the persons in a group.
				The responsible person registering for a campsite must remain with the group
				during the camping period. Campers under eighteen (18) years of age must be
				accompanied by a person at least eighteen (18) years of age.
(d) A camping fee shall be paid in advance
				and entitles a group or family to occupy one (1) campsite for one (1) overnight
				period. The department may provide, on the written fee receipt, restrictions on
				use of the campsite that supplement the restrictions contained in this
				article.
(e) Campground occupancy
				is limited to fourteen (14) consecutive nights unless another period is
				designated by the department. The property manager or another designated
				representative of the department may extend the duration of the occupancy for a
				period not to exceed sixty (60) days where a medical need is established. At
				the end of the camping period, a camping family or group must vacate the
				property and remove all equipment for at least forty-eight (48)
				hours.
(f) A person must not lease
				or sublease a campsite or equipment on-site to another person.
(g) A person must not:
(1) bathe; or
(2) wash a:
(A) pet;
(B) dish or other cooking utensil;
				or
(C) other personal property; at
				a drinking fountain, lavatory, or laundry tub. Dishwater must be disposed
				through proper sanitary facilities and must not be discharged on the ground. A
				boat or a vehicle must not be washed in a camping area.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-12 - Other personal activities

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 12.
(a) A
				person must leave a recreation area by 11 p.m. unless the person is:
(1) lawfully using a camp, cabin, trailer, or
				inn; or
(2) otherwise engaged in an
				authorized activity.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-13 - Marinas and wastewater holding facilities for boats

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 13.
(a) As used
				in this section, "marina" means a structure that:
(1) services simultaneously at least five (5)
				boats; and
(2) provides, for a fee,
				one (1) or more of the following:
(A) Boat
				engine fuel.
(B) Boat
				repair.
(C) Boat sales or
				rental.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-14 - Advertisements and solicitations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 14.
(a) A person
				must not post a private notice or advertisement, except as approved by an
				authorized representative.
(b) A
				person must not solicit or engage in business, except as approved by an
				authorized representative.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-15 - Use by private organizations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14
Sec. 15.
(a) This
				section governs the use of an area within a DNR property that is open to the
				public by a person to conduct a public meeting, parade, demonstration,
				ceremony, contest, competition, sporting activity, or other special event. For
				the purposes of this section, an area is not open to the public if the director
				or an authorized representative determines that the proposed activity would
				unduly disturb the environmental, biological, ecological, archeological, or
				historic characteristics of the area.
(b) An area open to the public may not be
				used by a person to conduct a public meeting, parade, demonstration, or
				ceremony unless the person has obtained a license for the use under this
				section.
(c) An application for a
				license designated in subsection (b) shall be delivered to the department at
				least thirty (30) days in advance of the proposed event and shall set forth
				each of the following:
(1) The name, address,
				and telephone number of the applicant.
(2) The date, time, and duration of the
				proposed activity.
(3) An estimate
				of the number of individuals expected to attend and to participate in the
				activity.
(4) A statement of any
				equipment or facilities to be used in connection with the activity.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-16 - Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area entry

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-1;
				  IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 14; IC
				  35-46-3-11.5
Sec. 16.
(a) A
				person must obtain a permit card from the check-in station before entering
				Goose Pond Fish and Wildlife Area in Greene County.
(b) The person must do the following:
(1) Retain the permit card while in the field
				for the authorized date.
(2) As
				directed, return the permit card to the department.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 2 - General Restrictions on the Use of DNR Properties › Section 2-17 - Redbird State Recreation Area and Interlake State Recreation Area

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 9-18-1; IC 14-16-1
Sec. 17.
(a) This
				section establishes requirements that supplement or modify requirements
				otherwise applicable to a DNR property for both of the following:
(1) Redbird State Recreation Area in Greene
				County and Sullivan County.
(2)
				Interlake State Recreation Area in Pike County and Warrick County.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 4 - Group Boat Docks › Section 4-1 - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC
				  14-22-11-1
Sec. 1.
(a) This
				rule governs the placement of a group boat dock on Monroe Lake or Mississinewa
				Lake.
(b) No group boat dock may be
				placed on Monroe Lake or Mississinewa Lake, except as provided under this
				rule.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 4 - Group Boat Docks › Section 4-2 - Participation in a group boat dock; minimum requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-19-1-1
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 2.
(a) To
				qualify for a group boat dock, one (1) of the following must be satisfied:
(1) Each person who has a boat slip must own
				real estate adjoining federal project land.
(2) Each person who has a boat slip must own
				a lot in an incorporated subdivision composed of contiguous lots where at least
				twenty-five percent (25%) of the lots adjoin project land. The person who owns
				one (1) of these lots is eligible for a slip in the group boat dock.
(3) Each person who has a boat slip must be a
				joint owner in property managed by a corporation where the corporation has
				managed the property continuously since December 31, 1968. This subdivision
				does not apply if the corporation becomes dissolved, merged, or transferred to
				another entity.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 4 - Group Boat Docks › Section 4-3 - Installation and maintenance of a group boat dock

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC
				  14-22-11-1
Sec. 3.
A group boat dock must be installed and maintained as
				  follows:
(1) The person who holds a
				license under this rule must be a corporation, association, partnership, or
				other group with at least six (6) separate parcels of land and landowners. An
				affidavit of land ownership must be filed for each member of the permit
				application or license holder. A license applicant must submit a copy of the
				articles of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, or other similar
				document.
(2) A surety bond and
				insurance must be maintained for the group boat dock in an amount determined by
				the department.
(3) A license for a
				group boat dock must be renewed annually with a service fee due upon
				renewal.
(4) Dock construction must
				be approved by the department.
(5)
				Boat slips shall be located as close to the edge of the water as
				practicable.
(6) A dock shall be
				securely moored or anchored to prevent drifting during high wind, waves, and
				fluctuation of the pool elevation of Lake Monroe.
(7) A group boat dock and any adjacent area
				must be kept free from trash, garbage, floating debris, and other materials
				that may pose a hazard to safety or the environment.
(8) The license holder shall supply a
				responsible person to provide uninterrupted operation and surveillance of the
				group boat dock.
(9) No sign shall
				be placed on the group boat dock or an adjacent area that indicates the site is
				private property.
(10) A group boat
				dock shall display its license number so that the number can be easily read
				from passing boats. The number shall be:
(A)
				at least two (2) feet high;
(B)
				black on white background; and
(C)
				three (3) feet above the deck of the dock.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 4 - Group Boat Docks › Section 4-4 - Locations where group boat docks may be placed

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-19-1-1
Affected: IC 14
Sec. 4.
The following are the sites on Lake Monroe where group boat
				  docks may be placed if those docks otherwise satisfy the requirements of this
				  rule:
Dock Site
Maximum Number of Boats
Location
A-1
10
Wisely Farm
A-2
30
Cove West of Dam
A-3
30
Three Fingers Cove
C-6
21
Hardin Ridge
C-7
15
West of Mouth of Ramp
							 Creek
D-8
15
Persimmon Ridge
D-9
12
Sugarcamp Hollow
E-10
15
Boy Scout Bay
I-14
10
I.U. Bay
J-15
50
Bay Northeast of the
							 Causeway
K-17
40
Hooks Point
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 4 - Group Boat Docks › Section 4-5 - Inspections and revocations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-11-2-1; IC 14-19-1-1
Affected: IC 4-21.5-3-8; IC 14-10-2-6
Sec. 5.
(a) The
				department may perform, at any reasonable time, an inspection of a group boat
				dock and its records to determine whether the requirements of this rule are
				satisfied.
(b) If the department
				determines that the holder of a license for a group boat dock has violated this
				rule, in addition to the sanctions provided in
				312
				IAC 8-5:
(1) the
				deputy director for the bureau of lands and cultural resources may issue a
				complaint for the issuance of a notice of violation under IC
				14-10-2-6;
(2) the director of the
				division of state parks and reservoirs may issue a complaint under IC
				4-21.5-3-8
				to revoke the license; or
(3) the
				director of the department may authorize any other lawful enforcement
				action.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 5 - Enforcement, Penalties, and Other Administrative Actions › Section 5-1 - Infraction

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC
				  14-10-2-6
Sec. 1.
(a) A person
				who violates this article commits a Class C infraction.
(b) A violation of this article may be
				enforced by a prosecuting attorney or through the initiation of a commission
				complaint for a notice of violation under IC
				14-10-2-6.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 5 - Enforcement, Penalties, and Other Administrative Actions › Section 5-2 - License sanctions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC
				  4-21.5-3-8;
				  IC 4-21.5-4; IC 14
Sec. 2.
The department may file a complaint under IC
				  4-21.5-3-8,
				  or seek emergency relief under IC 4-21.5-4, to revoke or suspend the license of
				  a person who violates a term of the license, this article, or another
				  law.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 8 - PUBLIC USE OF NATURAL AND RECREATIONAL AREAS › Rule 5 - Enforcement, Penalties, and Other Administrative Actions › Section 5-3 - Ejection from a DNR property

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14
Sec. 3.
(a) A
				property manager or another authorized representative may require a person to
				leave a DNR property or may otherwise restrict a person's use of a DNR
				property.
(b) An ejection or
				restriction imposed under subsection (a) is effective immediately and applies
				for twenty-four (24) hours unless the property manager or other authorized
				representative specifies a shorter duration.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a
				property manager or another authorized representative may designate in writing
				that the ejection or restriction shall remain in effect for not more than one
				(1) year. An ejection or restriction under this subsection is subject to
				administrative review to the commission under IC 4-21.5.
(d) An ejection or restriction imposed under
				this section may be made applicable to all or a portion of particular DNR
				property, to multiple DNR properties, or to all DNR
				properties.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-1 - General application of definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 1.
The definitions provided in this rule apply throughout this
				  article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-1.2 - "Air gun" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 1.2.
"Air gun" means any gun that propels a single projectile by
				  means of non-ignited compressed air or other gas charged by an external high
				  compression power source as follows:
(1) A .40 caliber or larger bullet or ball at
				a single discharge that generates at least four hundred (400) foot pounds of
				muzzle energy.
(2) An arrow or bolt
				with a sharpened metal or metal-edged broadhead with metal points with a
				minimum speed of three hundred (300) feet per second at release.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-1.5 - "Amphibian" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6; IC
				  14-22-26-3;
				  IC
				  14-22-34-17
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 1.5.
"Amphibian" means the following:
(1) A frog, toad, salamander, caecilian, or
				other animal of the class Amphibia.
(2) The parts, eggs, or offspring of a
				species of the class Amphibia.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-2 - "Antlered deer" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 2.
"Antlered deer" means a deer with an antler at least three
				  (3) inches long.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-3 - "Antlerless deer" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 3.
"Antlerless deer" means a deer other than an antlered
				  deer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-3.2 - "Aquatic life" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 3.2.
"Aquatic life" means all fish, reptiles, amphibians,
				  mollusks, crustaceans, and any other animal that the department identifies
				  after consultation with a biologist, zoologist, or other wildlife
				  expert.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-5 - "Bird" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 5.
"Bird" means the class of warm blooded vertebrate wild
				  animals distinguished by having the body more or less covered with feathers and
				  the forelimbs modified as wings, and includes the eggs of the
				  animal.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-5.3 - "Crossbow" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 5.3.
"Crossbow" means a device for propelling an arrow by means
				  of limbs mounted on a stock and a string and having a working safety that may
				  be drawn, held, and released by a mechanical device and has the
				  following:
(1) At least one hundred
				twenty-five (125) pounds pull.
(2)
				A mechanical safety.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-5.5 - "Disability" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 5.5.
"Disability" means a physical impairment to an individual
				  resulting from an injury or disease, but excludes an impairment that is
				  attributable to the normal aging process.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-6 - "Exempted wild animal" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 6.
"Exempted wild animal" means a wild animal, which is
				  unprotected and may be taken or possessed at any time.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-7 - "Falconry" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 7.
"Falconry" includes:
(1) taking;
(2) possessing;
(3) caring for;
(4) training; and
(5) transporting;
raptors for the purpose of pursuing, hunting, and taking wild
				  animals with raptors.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-7.5 - "Game bird" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 7.5.
"Game bird" means the following:
(1) Pheasant.
(2) Quail.
(3) Grouse.
(4) Wild turkey.
(5) Mourning dove.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-7.6 - "Ground blind" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 7.6.
"Ground blind" means a structure or visual screen of any
				  type that is located on or within four (4) feet of the ground that includes
				  manmade or synthetic materials and results in concealing a hunter so that the
				  hunter orange worn by the hunter may not be visible from one (1) or more
				  directions.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-9.5 - "Ice fishing shelter" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 9.5.
"Ice fishing shelter" means a rigid or collapsible ice
				  fishing house, shanty, or other fully enclosed structure.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-9.6 - "Immediate family" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6; IC
				  14-22-11-1
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 9.6.
"Immediate family" means a husband, wife, son, or daughter.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-9.7 - "Inland water" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 9.7.
"Inland water" means the:
(1) water of the state; and
(2) boundary waters of the state, except Lake
				Michigan and the Ohio River.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-10 - "Motor driven conveyance" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 10.
"Motor driven conveyance" means:
(1) an automobile;
(2) a truck;
(3) a tractor;
(4) a combine;
(5) a wagon;
(6) a bus;
(7) an off-road vehicle;
(8) a recreational vehicle;
(9) a motorcycle;
(10) a moped;
(11) a dune buggy;
(12) a go-cart;
(13) a motorboat;
(14) an airplane; or
(15) other motorized conveyance capable of
				transporting an individual.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-12 - "Possession" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 12.
"Possession" means to:
(1) have direct physical control or knowingly
				have the power and the intention to exercise dominion or control over wild
				animals that are not alive; or
(2)
				knowingly have the power and intention of keeping a live wild animal in
				captivity where it cannot escape into the wild.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-12.1 - "Possession limit" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 12.1.
"Possession limit" means twice the daily bag limit of a wild
				  animal.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-12.5 - "Primary residence" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 12.5.
"Primary residence" means an individual's principal or
				  ordinary habitation used as a home or dwelling for a fixed or indefinite period
				  of time. The term does not include temporary or transient lodging used during
				  a:
(1) hunting;
(2) fishing;
(3) pleasure;
(4) recreation; or
(5) business;
trip or other temporary purpose.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-12.6 - "Processed" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 12.6.
"Processed" means wild animals that have been:
(1) cut, wrapped, and frozen;
(2) dried;
(3) smoked;
(4) canned (in tins or jars);
(5) vacuum packed; or
(6) otherwise preserved for long term storage
				and later consumption.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-13.2 - "Relaxing snare lock" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 13.2.
Effective October 1, 2021, "relaxing snare lock" means a
				  snare lock that allows the snare loop to release constriction pressure on the
				  captured animal when the cable is not taut.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-13.3 - "Reptile" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6; IC
				  14-22-26-3;
				  IC
				  14-22-34-17
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 13.3.
"Reptile" means the following:
(1) A turtle, snake, lizard, amphisbaenian,
				crocodilian, tuatara, or other animal of the class Reptilia.
(2) The parts, eggs, or offspring of a
				species of the class Reptilia.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-13.5 - "Seine" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 13.5.
"Seine" means a net that is constantly attended and pulled
				  through the water for the entrapment of fish.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-13.7 - "Snare lock" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 13.7.
Effective October 1, 2021, "snare lock" means a device that
				  creates and maintains a snare loop and prevents the loop after closure upon an
				  animal from reopening to a diameter that allows the animal to
				  escape.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-14.5 - "Venomous reptile" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6; IC
				  14-22-26-3;
				  IC
				  14-22-34-17
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 14.5.
"Venomous reptile" means a reptile that is normally
				  considered a venomous or poisonous species where found in its native habitat
				  and that can inflict serious bodily injury (as defined by IC
				  35-31.5-2-292
				  ) or death upon a human being, regardless of whether an individual animal has
				  been surgically altered.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 1 - Definitions › Section 1-16 - "Waterfowl" defined

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 16.
"Waterfowl" means a:
(1) wild goose;
(2) brant;
(3) swan; or
(4) wild duck.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-2 - Prohibition against motor driven conveyances

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 2.
(a) An
				individual must not take or chase a wild mammal or bird from, by the use of, or
				with the aid of a motor driven conveyance, except:
(1) as authorized for an individual with a
				special hunting permit for a person with a disability under
				312 IAC
				9-10-10; and
(2) as provided in subsection (b).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-3 - Application of this article to wild animal parts

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 3.
(a) Except
				as provided in subsection (b), a prohibition against the:
(1) possession;
(2) sale;
(3) offer for sale;
(4) purchase;
(5) offer for purchase;
(6) shipment;
(7) transportation;
(8) delivery; or
(9) receipt;
of a wild animal also applies to any part or portion of that
				  wild animal.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-4 - Restrictions on the placement of traps

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 4.
(a) An
				individual must not set or place a stake, a chain, a drag, a trap, any other
				portion of a trap, or a net that is designed to take a wild animal except:
(1) during a season established for trapping
				that wild animal;
(2) for coyotes,
				during any time of year by a person who possesses that land or has permission
				from the person who possesses that land;
(3) for wild animals that are damaging
				property and taken by a resident landowner or tenant under
				312
				IAC 9-3-15;
(4) for raptors with a falconry license in
				accordance with
				312 IAC
				9-10-13.1;
(5) with a scientific purposes license in
				accordance with
				312 IAC
				9-10-6; or
(6) with a nuisance wild animal control
				permit in accordance with
				312 IAC
				9-10-11.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-6 - Prohibitions applicable at fish hatcheries

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 6.
(a) An
				individual must not take a wild animal in a fish hatchery or fish rearing unit
				owned, controlled, or supervised by the state or the United States except with
				a:
(1) scientific purposes license issued by
				the department under
				312 IAC
				9-10-6; or
(2) nuisance wild animal control permit
				issued by the department under
				312 IAC
				9-10-11.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-8 - Possession restrictions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 8.
(a) An
				individual must not take more than the daily bag limit of a wild animal in a
				calendar day.
(b) An individual may
				carry the carcass of a wild animal for another individual while in the field or
				transporting from the field if the individual who took the wild animal is
				present.
(c) An individual must
				not:
(1) possess;
(2) ship;
(3) carry; or
(4) transport;
more than the possession limit of a wild animal after the
				  beginning of the second day of the season established to take that wild animal
				  unless the wild animal is tagged in accordance with subsection (f) or
				  (g).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-9 - Chasing; use of dogs

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 9.
(a) Except
				as otherwise provided in this article, an individual may use dogs to chase a
				wild animal at any time.
(b) An
				individual who uses dogs to chase wild animals during a taking or hunting
				season for the species being chased must comply with the restrictions
				established in this article for the taking or hunting
				season.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-10 - Violations of law or license terms; revocations

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC
				  14-22-6-1
Sec. 10.
(a) The
				director may suspend, revoke, or deny a license for failure by a license holder
				to comply with the law or a term of the license under IC 4-21.5.
(b) A violation of a license issued under
				this article is a violation of this article and IC
				14-22-6-1.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-11 - State parks and state historic sites

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC 14-22-6-1
Sec. 11.
(a) An
				individual must not take or chase a wild animal, other than a fish, in a state
				park or a state historic site except for employees of the department that are
				authorized to take a nonendangered:
(1)
				nonmigratory bird;
(2) mute
				swan;
(3) mammal; or
(4) reptile;
on a state park that is causing damage or threatening to
				  cause damage or creating a public safety or health threat.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-12 - Hunting, fishing, and the discharge of firearms and bow and arrows within 200 feet of a property administered by the department

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-11-2-1; IC
				  14-22-2-6; IC
				  14-29-1-8
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 14-29-1
Sec. 12.
(a) A
				restriction which applies to taking or chasing a wild animal on a property
				owned or administered by the department also applies to the portion of a
				navigable waterway located within two hundred (200) feet of the property.
				However, exempted from this subsection is any area of the navigable waterway
				which is immediately adjacent to and within one hundred (100) feet of land
				owned by a person other than the department.
(b) On a navigable waterway which is located
				within two hundred (200) feet of a property owned or administered by the
				division of state parks, the division of state museums and historic sites, or
				the division of nature preserves (other than a nature preserve administered by
				the division of fish and wildlife) of the department, a person must not
				discharge:
(1) a firearm; or
(2) an arrow.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-13 - Administration of chemical to nondomestic animals, to animals held on a game breeder license, to animals held on a wild animal possession permit, or to animals held under a rehabilitation permit

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-20; IC 14-22-23
Sec. 13.
(a) A
				person must not administer any drug, vaccine, steroid, microorganism, poison,
				or other chemical to any:
(1) noncaptive wild
				bird or mammal; or
(2) animal held
				under a:
(A) game breeder license under IC
				14-22-20 and
				312 IAC
				9-10-4;
(B) wild animal possession permit under 312
				IAC 9-11; or
(C) rehabilitation
				permit under
				312 IAC
				9-10-9;
without a permit for such administration issued by the
				  director of the division of fish and wildlife.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-14 - Fishing, hunting, and trapping without a license by owners and lessees of farmland

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-6-1;
				  IC
				  14-22-11-1
Affected: IC 14-22; IC
				  29-1-1-3;
				  IC
				  30-4-1-2
Sec. 1.
(a) An owner
				or a lessee of farmland, and immediate family members that live with the owner
				or lessee, if exempted under IC
				14-22-11-1,
				may:
(1) fish;
(2) hunt; or
(3) trap;
on the farmland without obtaining a license under this
				  article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-15 - General requirements for hunter orange on ground blinds

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-38-7
Sec. 15.
An occupied ground blind must have at least one hundred
				  forty-four (144) square inches of hunter orange that is visible on each side of
				  the blind from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after
				  sunset when the hunter is required to wear hunter orange in accordance with IC
				  14-22-38-7 or
				  312 IAC
				  9-3-2(t).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 2 - Restrictions and Standards Applicable to Wild Animals › Section 2-16 - Release of captive-bred mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and mussels

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 4-21.5; IC
				  14-22-6-1
Sec. 16.
An individual must not release a captive-bred species of
				  mammal, reptile, amphibian, or mussel into the wild except as authorized under
				  this article.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-2 - General requirements and licenses for hunting deer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47
Sec. 2.
(a) This
				section and sections 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10 of this rule govern the:
(1) hunting;
(2) transportation; and
(3) disposal; of deer.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-3 - Equipment for deer hunting

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47-1-6
Sec. 3.
(a) During
				the youth special deer season established in section 4(b) of this rule, a youth
				hunter must hunt deer only with the following equipment:
(1) A bow and arrow as described in
				subsection (b)(1) through (b)(5).
(2) A crossbow as defined in
				312 IAC
				9-1-5.3.
(3) A shotgun as described in subsection
				(d)(1).
(4) A muzzleloading long
				gun as described in subsection (d)(3) and (d)(5).
(5) A rifle, with the use of cartridges
				described in subsection (d)(4).
(6)
				An air gun as defined in
				312 IAC
				9-1-1.2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-4 - Season dates and bag limits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47-2
Sec. 4.
(a) An
				individual must not take more than one (1) deer with each deer
				license.
(b) The special youth deer
				season is two (2) consecutive days beginning on the Saturday immediately before
				October 1 or as approved annually by the director as follows:
(1) The seasonal limit for hunting deer under
				this subsection is one (1) antlered deer and the number of antlerless deer
				established under subsection (g) for the county being hunted. If the county
				being hunted is designated as an "A" county under subsection (g), the youth
				hunter may take no more than one (1) antlerless deer under this
				subsection.
(2) A youth hunter who
				takes an antlered deer under this subsection may not take another antlered deer
				during the:
(A) archery seasons established in
				subsection (c);
(B) firearm season
				established in subsection (e); or
(C) muzzleloader season established in
				subsection (f).
(3) As
				used in this section, "youth" means an individual who is less than eighteen
				(18) years of age by the date of the hunt.
(4) A youth who hunts a deer under this
				subsection must be accompanied by an adult of at least eighteen (18) years of
				age who:
(A) does not possess a firearm, bow
				and arrow, or crossbow while in the field, except for a handgun carried
				lawfully in accordance with IC 35-47-2;
(B) possesses a valid hunting license of any
				type that is not an apprentice license unless exempt from needing a hunting
				license under IC 14-22-11-1 and
				312
				IAC 9-2-14;
(C) must not accompany more than two (2)
				youth hunters at any one (1) time; and
(D) must be in close proximity and able to
				communicate with the youth hunter at all times.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-8 - Hunting deer on designated military reserves and national wildlife refuges with additional deer hunting licenses

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC
				  14-22-11-10;
				  IC 14-22-12
Sec. 8.
(a) This
				section governs the activities of an individual who is hunting deer on military
				reserves and national wildlife refuges.
(b) If selected by drawing or invitation, an
				individual may hunt deer under this section on a military reserve or national
				wildlife refuge as follows:
(1) By firearms
				from October 1 through December 31.
(2) By bow and arrows from October 1 through
				December 31.
The specific hunting dates and equipment will be determined
				  annually by the department in conjunction with the management staff of the
				  military reserve or national wildlife refuge.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-9 - Wild animals killed by other means; disposition

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 9.
(a) This
				section governs the following species of wild animals that die following a
				collision with a motor vehicle or are found dead:
(1) White-tailed deer.
(2) Fox or gray squirrel.
(3) Eastern cottontail rabbit.
(4) Furbearing mammal.
(5) River otter.
(6) Wild turkey.
(7) Bobwhite quail.
(8) Ring-necked pheasant.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-10 - Commercial processing of deer

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 15-17; IC
				  32-30-6-6
Sec. 10.
(a) A
				person who receives deer for processing and charges a fee must maintain
				accurate daily records of the following:
(1)
				The dates deer are received and disposed of.
(2) The name and address of the owner of the
				deer.
(3) The state or province
				from which the deer was taken.
(4)
				The official tag and seal number, certificate of ownership or game breeder
				license number, or the department's electronic harvest confirmation
				number.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-11 - Beavers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 11.
An individual may take beavers (Castor canadensis) from
				  November 15 until March 15 of the following year.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-12 - Foxes, coyotes, and skunks

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 12.
(a) An
				individual may hunt:
(1) red foxes (Vulpes
				vulpes); and
(2) gray foxes
				(Urocyon cinereoargenteus);
from October 15 through February 28 of the following
				  year.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-13 - Minks, muskrats, and long-tailed weasels

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 13.
An individual may take:
(1) minks (Mustela vison);
(2) muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus);
				and
(3) long-tailed weasels
				(Mustela frenata);
from November 15 through January 31 of the following year.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-14 - Opossums and raccoons

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22; IC 35-47-2
Sec. 14.
(a) An
				individual may do the following:
(1) Take
				raccoons and Virginia opossums from November 8 through January 31 of the
				following year.
(2) Chase raccoons
				and Virginia opossums from February 1 through October 25.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-14.5 - Possession of furbearing mammals

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22-20
Sec. 14.5.
(a) An
				individual must not possess the untanned hide or unprocessed carcass of any of
				the following species that have been lawfully taken except as authorized under
				subsection (d):
(1) Red fox (Vulpes
				vulpes).
(2) Gray fox (Urocyon
				cinereoargenteus).
(3) Striped
				skunk (Mephitis mephitis).
(4)
				Beaver (Castor canadensis).
(5)
				Mink (Mustela vison).
(6) Muskrat
				(Ondatra zibethicus).
(7)
				Long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata).
(8) Virginia opossum (Didelphis
				marsupialis).
(9) Raccoon (Procyon
				lotor).
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-15 - Taking beavers, minks, muskrats, long-tailed weasels, red foxes, gray foxes, opossums, skunks, raccoons, squirrels, or mute swans on private property

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  14-10-2-4; IC
				  14-22-2-6
Affected: IC
				  14-8-2-202; IC
				  14-22
Sec. 15.
(a)
				Notwithstanding the requirements of this rule, a resident landowner or a tenant
				may take the following species of wild animals, without a permit at any time,
				if the wild animal is causing damage or threatening to cause damage to property
				or is posing a health or safety threat to persons or domestic animals:
(1) A beaver.
(2) A mink.
(3) A muskrat.
(4) A long-tailed weasel.
(5) A red fox.
(6) A gray fox.
(7) An opossum.
(8) A skunk.
(9) A raccoon.
(10) A fox squirrel.
(11) A gray squirrel.
(12) A mute swan.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 312 - NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION › Article 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Rule 3 - Mammals › Section 3-16 - Cottontail rabbits

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 16.
(a) An
				individual may take eastern cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus) from
				November 1 through February 28 of the following year.
(b) An individual may take not more than five
				(5) eastern cottontail rabbits per day.
(c) An individual must not do the following:
(1) Hunt rabbits unless that person wears
				hunter orange.
(2) Remove,
				dislodge, or attempt to remove or dislodge a rabbit from a hole, den, cavity,
				or tree hollow with the aid of any of the following:
(A) A ferret or other small animal.
(B) A mechanical device.
(C) A chemical.
(D) Smoke.
(E) Fire.
(F) A fume.
(3) Hunt rabbits during the month of February
				on a department fish and wildlife area, Salamonie Lake, Mississinewa Lake, or
				Patoka Lake except from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2)
				hour before sunset.