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Utah Code Title 23A. Wildlife Resources Act § 23A-11-101. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Big game” includes deer, elk, big horn sheep, moose, mountain goats, pronghorn.

(2)(a) “Big game byproduct” means those parts of the carcass of a lawfully taken big game animal that are listed in Subsections (2)(a)(i) through (ix):

(i) bones with less than 1/2 inch of attached muscle tissue;

(ii) fat, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and silverskin with less than 1/2 inch attached muscle tissue;

(iii) muscle tissue damaged by wound channels and within one inch of damaged tissue;

(iv) head;

(v) rib and neck meat on deer, pronghorn, mountain goat, and bighorn sheep;

(vi) antlers and horns;

(vii) legs below the knee and hock;

(viii) internal organs; and

(ix) hide.

(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), “big game byproduct” does not include:

(i) brain or brain tissue;

(ii) spine or any part of the spinal column;

(iii) any portion of the carcass of an animal testing positive for chronic wasting disease;

(iv) any carcass or portion of a carcass that otherwise fails to meet local, state, or federal regulations governing processing, sale, or distribution of wild game; and

(v) spoiled product.

(3)(a) “Centerfire rifle hunt” means a hunt for which a hunter may use a centerfire rifle, except as provided in Subsection (3)(b).

(b) “Centerfire rifle hunt” does not include:

(i) a bighorn sheep hunt;

(ii) a mountain goat hunt;

(iii) a bison hunt;

(iv) a moose hunt;

(v) a hunt requiring the hunter to possess a statewide conservation permit; or

(vi) a hunt requiring the hunter to possess a statewide sportsman permit.

(4) “Cultivated crops” means:

(a) annual or perennial crops harvested from or on cleared and planted land;

(b) perennial orchard trees on cleared and planted land;

(c) crop residues that have forage value for livestock; and

(d) pastures.

(5) “Financial advantage” means an act through which a person in lawful possession of a protected wildlife carcass uses or disposes of that carcass or carcass parts in a transaction for which the person receives consideration or expects to recover associated costs.

(6) “Management unit” means a prescribed area of contiguous land designated by the division for the purpose of managing a species of big game animal.

(7) “Predator” means a cougar, bear, or coyote.

(8) “Shed antler” means any portion of an antler that:

(a) has been dropped naturally from a big game animal as part of the big game animal's annual life cycle; and

(b) has a rounded base commonly known as the antler button or burr attached which signifies a natural life cycle process.

(9) “Shed horn” means:

(a) the sheath from a pronghorn that has been dropped naturally as part of the animal's annual life cycle; or

(b) bighorn sheep, mountain goat, or bison horn naturally detached from the horn core.

(10) “Spoiled product” means any portion of a protected wildlife carcass that is not fit for human or animal consumption due to the presence of parasites, pathogens, or rot.

(11) “Statewide conservation permit” means a permit:

(a) issued by the division;

(b) distributed through a nonprofit organization founded for the purpose of promoting wildlife conservation; and

(c) valid:

(i) on open hunting units statewide; and

(ii) for the species of big game and time period designated by the Wildlife Board.

(12) “Statewide sportsman permit” means a permit:

(a) issued by the division through a public draw; and

(b) valid:

(i) on open hunting units statewide; and

(ii) for the species of big game and time period designated by the Wildlife Board.

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