R657-51-5. Cougar Poaching-Reported Reward Permits

  (1) Limited-entry and harvest objective cougar units are eligible for poaching-reported reward permits.

  (2) Only one poaching-reported reward permit may be issued for each limited-entry cougar unit per year.

  (3) Poaching-reported reward permits for cougar may be issued on units or hunts.

  (4) Meeting the general permit availability requirements as follows:

  (a) if the animal was illegally taken on a harvest objective unit, a permit may be issued for a limited entry unit closest in proximity to that harvest objective unit;

  (b) if the animal was illegally taken on a limited entry unit, a permit may be issued on the same limited entry unit; or

  (c) if a permit described in Subsections (a) and (b) is unavailable, a permit may be issued on the limited-entry unit that is closest in proximity to where the animal was illegally taken.