R657-10-2. Definitions

  (1) Terms used in this rule are defined in Section 23-13-2.

  (2) In addition:

  (a) "Canned hunt" means that a cougar is treed, cornered, held at bay or its ability to escape is otherwise restricted for the purpose of allowing a person who was not a member of the initial hunting party to arrive and take the cougar.

  (b) "Compensation" means anything of economic value in excess of $100 that is paid, loaned, granted, given, donated, or transferred to a dog handler for or in consideration of pursuing cougar for any purpose.

  (c) "Cougar" means Puma concolor, commonly known as mountain lion, lion, puma, panther or catamount.

  (d) "Cougar control permit" means a harvest objective permit that authorizes a person to take a second cougar on harvest objective units that have an unlimited quota.

  (e) "Cougar pursuit permit" means a permit that authorizes a person to pursue cougar during designated seasons.

  (f) "Dog handler" means the person in the field that is responsible for transporting, releasing, tracking, controlling, managing, training, commanding and retrieving the dogs involved in the pursuit. The owner of the dogs is presumed the dog handler when the owner is in the field during pursuit.

  (g) "Evidence of sex" means the sex organs of a cougar, including a penis, scrotum or vulva.

  (h) "Green pelt" means the untanned hide or skin of any cougar.

  (i) "Harvest objective hunt" means any hunt that is identified as harvest objective in the hunt table of the guidebook for taking cougar.

  (j) "Harvest objective permit" means any permit valid on harvest objective units, including limited-entry permits for split units after the split-unit transition date.

  (k) "Immediate family member" means a livestock owner's spouse, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepchild and grandchild.

  (l) "Kitten" means a cougar less than one year of age.

  (m) "Kitten with spots" means a cougar that has obvious spots on its sides or its back.

  (n) "Limited entry hunt" means any hunt listed in the hunt tables of the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar, which is identified as limited entry and does not include harvest objective hunts.

  (o) "Limited entry permit" means any permit obtained for a limited entry hunt by any means, including conservation permits and sportsman permits.

  (p) "Private lands" means any lands that are not public lands, excluding Indian trust lands.

  (q) "Public lands" means any lands owned by the state, a political subdivision or independent entity of the state, or the United States, excluding Indian trust lands, that are open to the public for purposes of engaging in pursuit.

  (r) "Pursue" means to chase, tree, corner or hold a cougar at bay.

  (s) "Split unit" means a cougar hunting unit that begins as a limited entry unit then transitions into a harvest objective unit.

  (t) "Unlimited quota unit" means a harvest objective unit that does not have a limit on the number of cougar that may be harvested during the open season.

  (u) "Waiting period" means a specified period of time that a person who has obtained a cougar permit must wait before applying for any other cougar permit.

  (v) "Written permission" means written authorization from the owner or person in charge to enter upon private lands and must include:

  (i) the name and signature of the owner or person in charge;

  (ii) the address and phone number of the owner or person in charge;

  (iii) the name of the dog handler given permission to enter the private lands;

  (iv) a brief description of the pursuit activity authorized;

  (v) the appropriate dates; and

  (vi) a general description of the property.