R657-33-13. Certificate of Registration Required for Bear Baiting

  (1) A certificate of registration for baiting must be obtained before establishing a bait station.

  (2) Certificates of registration for bear baiting are issued only to holders of limited entry permits authorizing the use of bait, as provided in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking bear.

  (3) A certificate of registration may be obtained from the division office within the region where the bait station will be established.

  (4) A new certificate of registration must be obtained prior to moving a bait station. All materials used as bait must be removed from the old site prior to the issuing of a new certificate of registration.

  (5) The following information must be provided to obtain a certificate of registration for baiting: a 1:24000 USGS quad map with the bait location marked, or the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) or latitude and longitude coordinates of the bait station, including the datum, type of bait used and written permission from the appropriate landowner for private lands.

  (6)(a) Any person interested in baiting on lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management must verify that the lands are open to baiting before applying for and receiving a certificate of registration for bear baiting.

  (b) Information on areas that are open to baiting on National Forests must be obtained from district offices.

  (c) Areas generally closed to baiting stations by these federal agencies include:

  (i) designated Wilderness Areas;

  (ii) heavily used drainages or recreation areas; and

  (iii) critical watersheds.

  (d) The division shall send a copy of the certificate of registration to the private landowner or appropriate district office of the land management agency that manages the land where the bait station will be placed, as identified by the hunter on the application for a certificate of registration.

  (e) Issuance of a certificate of registration for baiting does not authorize an individual to bait if it is otherwise unlawful to bait under the regulations of the applicable land management agency.

  (7) A handling fee must accompany the application.

  (8) Only hunters listed on the certificate of registration may hunt over the bait station and the certificate of registration must be in possession while hunting over the bait station.

  (9) Any person tending a bait station must be listed on the certificate of registration.