New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 19 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE › Chapter 31 - HUNTING AND FISHING › Part 10 - HUNTING AND FISHING - MANNER AND METHOD OF TAKING › Section 19.31.10.7 - DEFINITIONS

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
A.
"Angling"
shall mean taking or attempting to take fish by angling
				hook and line, with the line held in the hand or attached to a pole or rod or
				other device that is held in the hand or closely attended.
B.
"Angling hook"
shall mean a
				single, double, or treble (triple) point attached to a single shank.
C.
"Any sporting arm"
shall mean
				any firearm, muzzle-loader, compressed air gun, shotgun, bow or crossbow. All
				firearms, except handguns, must be designed to be fired from the
				shoulder.
D.
"Arrow" or
				"Bolt"
shall mean only those arrows or bolts having broadheads with
				cutting edges except that "judo", "blunt" or similar small game points may be
				used for upland game and migratory game bird hunting and arrows for bow fishing
				must have barbs to prevent the loss of fish.
E.
"Bag limit"
shall mean the
				protected species, qualified by species, number, sex, age, antler/horn
				requirement, or size allowed by state game commission rule that a legally
				licensed person may attempt to take or take.
F.
"Bait"
as used in
				19.31.10.15
				NMAC shall mean the flesh, hide, fur or viscera of any animal. Bones free of
				flesh are not considered bait.
G.
"Bait"
as used in
				19.31.10.12
				NMAC and
				19.31.10.13
				NMAC shall mean any salt, mineral, grain, feed, commercially produced game
				attractant or any other organic material which is attractive to
				wildlife.
H.
"Baiting"
shall mean the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of
				any bait on or over areas where any person is attempting to take protected game
				mammals or game birds as defined in Section
				17-2-3
				NMSA 1978.
I.
"Bait
				fish"
is defined as those nongame fish which are not otherwise protected
				by statute or regulation.
J.
"Barbless lure or fly"
shall mean an artificial lure made of wood,
				metal, or plastic or an artificial fly made from fur, feathers, other animal or
				man-made materials to resemble or simulate insects, bait fish, or other foods.
				A barbless fly or lure may only bear a single hook, from which any or all barbs
				must be removed or bent completely closed, or which are manufactured without
				barbs. Living or dead arthropods and annelids or other foods are not considered
				barbless lures or flies.
K.
"Big-game species"
shall mean Barbary sheep, bear, bighorn sheep,
				cougar, deer, elk, javelina, oryx Persian ibex, and pronghorn.
L.
"Big-game sporting arms"
shall mean any centerfire firearm at least .22 caliber or larger, any
				muzzle-loading firearm at least .45 caliber or larger, any shotgun .410 caliber
				or larger firing a single slug (including muzzle-loading shotguns), any bow or
				any crossbow. All firearms, except handguns, must be designed to be fired from
				the shoulder.
M.
"Body-grip
				trap"
shall mean a rotating jaw trap designed to capture a furbearer by
				the body.
N.
"Bow"
shall mean compound, recurve, or long bow, which is not equipped with a
				mechanical device (draw lock) which locks the bow string at full draw. Sights
				on bows shall not project light, however, illuminated pins/reticles and scopes
				of any magnification are allowed.
O.
"Bow fishing"
shall mean
				taking or attempting to take game fish with arrows/bolts that are discharged
				above the surface of the water by a bow or crossbow. Arrows/bolts must be
				attached by string, line, or rope to facilitate fish retrieval.
P.
"Bullet"
shall mean a single
				projectile fired from a firearm which is designed to expand or fragment upon
				impact. Tracer or full metal jacket ammunition is not legal for the take or
				attempted take of any big game species.
Q.
"Cellular", "Wi-Fi" or "satellite
				camera"
shall mean any remote camera which transmits or is capable of
				transmitting images or video wirelessly via a cellular, Wi-Fi or satellite
				connection.
R.
"Chumming"
is defined as a means of attracting fish by placing
				organic materials, non-injurious to aquatic life, into the water.
S.
"Compressed air gun"
shall
				mean any kind of gun that launches a single non-spherical projectile,
				pneumatically with compressed air or other gases that are pressurized
				mechanically without involving any chemical reaction.
T.
"Crossbow"
shall mean a
				device with a bow limb or band of flexible material that is attached
				horizontally to a stock and has a mechanism to hold the string in a cocked
				position. Sights on crossbows shall not project light, however, illuminated
				pins/reticles and scopes of any magnification are allowed.
U.
"Department"
shall mean the
				New Mexico department of game and fish.
V.
"Director"
shall mean the
				director of the New Mexico department of game and fish.
W.
"Drainage"
shall mean all
				waters within a watershed including tributaries, headwaters, lakes, ponds, and
				other water bodies.
X.
"Drone"
is defined as any device used or designed for navigation
				or flight in the air that is unmanned and guided remotely or by an onboard
				computer or onboard control system. Drones may also be referred to as "unmanned
				aerial vehicle (UAV)" or "unmanned aerial vehicle systems (UAVS)".
Y.
"Established road"
is defined
				as follows:
(1) a road, built or maintained by
				equipment, which shows no evidence of ever being closed to vehicular traffic by
				such means as berms, ripping, scarification, reseeding, fencing, gates,
				barricades or posted closures; or
(2) a two-track road which shows use prior to
				hunting seasons for other purposes such as recreation, mining, logging, and
				ranching and which shows no evidence of ever being closed to vehicular traffic
				by such means as berms, ripping, scarification, reseeding, fencing, gates,
				barricades or posted closures.