Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 2 - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 65 - WILDLIFE › Subchapter H - PUBLIC HUNTING PROCLAMATION › Section 65.191 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
					 subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly
					 indicates otherwise. All other words and terms shall have the meanings assigned
					 in §
										65.3
					 of this title (relating to Statewide Hunting and Fishing Proclamation).
(1) Adult--A person 17 years of age or
				  older.
(2) Airboat--A boat
				  propelled mechanically by movement of air, including, but not limited to a fan,
				  propeller, or jet.
(3) All terrain
				  vehicle (ATV)--Any vehicle meeting the definition of an ATV under
				  Transportation Code, §
										663.001.
(4) Annual Public Hunting (APH) Permit--A
				  permit, valid from issuance date through the following August 31, which allows
				  entry to designated public hunting lands at designated times and the taking of
				  wildlife resources as designated.
(5) Application fee--A non-refundable fee
				  that may be required to accompany and validate an individual's application for
				  a special permit.
(6) Authorized
				  supervising adult--A parent, legal guardian, or individual at least 18 years of
				  age who assumes liability responsibility for a youth.
(7) Blind--Any structure assembled of
				  man-made or natural materials for the purpose or having the effect of promoting
				  concealment or increasing the field of vision of a person.
(8) Buckshot--Lead pellets ranging in size
				  from .24-inch to .36-inch in diameter normally loaded in a shotgun (includes,
				  but is not limited to 0 and 00 buckshot).
(9) Camping--The use of public hunting lands
				  for overnight accommodation, which includes sleeping, the storage of unattended
				  personal possessions, or the use of a motor vehicle as a lodging.
(10) Competitive hunting dog event (field
				  trial)--A department-sanctioned contest in which the skills of hunting dogs are
				  tested.
(11) Concurrent hunt--A
				  hunt that maintains the same permit requirements, hunt dates, means and
				  methods, or shooting hours or combinations thereof for more than one species of
				  animal, as designated and subject to any special provisions.
(12) Consumptive user--A person who takes or
				  attempts to take wildlife resources.
(13) Designated campsite--A designated area
				  where camping and camping activities are authorized.
(14) Designated days--Specific days within an
				  established season or period of time as designated by the executive
				  director.
(15) Designated road--A
				  constructed roadway indicated as being open to the public by either signs
				  posted to that effect or by current maps and leaflets distributed at the area.
				  Roads closed to the public may additionally be identified by on-site signing,
				  barricades at entrances, or informational literature made available to the
				  public. Designated roads do not include county or state roads or
				  highways.
(16) Designated target
				  practice area--An area designated by on-site signing or by order of the
				  executive director within which the discharge of firearms for target practice
				  is authorized.
(17) Designated
				  units of the state park system--Specific units of the state park system
				  approved by the commission for application of provisions of this
				  subchapter.
(18) Disabled person--A
				  person who possesses a placard, license plate, or other documentation issued to
				  that person by the State of Texas under the provisions of Transportation Code,
				  Chapter 681.
(19) General Season--A
				  specified time period, or designated days within a specified time period,
				  during which more than one means or methods (as designated) may be used to take
				  designated species.
(20)
				  Headwear--Garment or item of apparel worn on or about the head.
(21) Immediate supervision--Control of a
				  youth by an authorized supervising adult issuing verbal instructions in a
				  normal voice level.
(22) Lands
				  within a desert bighorn sheep cooperative--An aggregation of lands for which
				  the concerned landowners and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have
				  agreed to coordinate efforts to restore, manage, and harvest desert bighorn
				  sheep.
(23) Limited Public Use
				  (LPU) Permit--A permit, valid from issuance date through the following August
				  31, which allows access to designated wildlife management areas and public
				  hunting lands at the same times that access is provided by an APH
				  permit.
(24) Limited use zone--An
				  area designated by order of the executive director and/or by boundary signs on
				  the area, within which public use is prohibited or restricted to specified
				  activities.
(25) Loaded firearm--A
				  firearm containing:
(A) a live round of
				  ammunition within the chamber and/or the magazine; or
(B) a round in the muzzle and a propellant
				  charge or propellant cartridge in the breech; or
(C) if the firearm is a muzzleloader, a cap
				  on the nipple, a priming charge in the pan, or a primer charge in the primer
				  well.