R657-65-5. Urban Deer Control Plan

  (1) Upon receipt of an urban deer control plan COR, the city must prepare an urban deer control plan consistent with this Subsection and the COR prior to undertaking any deer removal activities.

  (2) The urban deer control plan will address and prescribe, at a minimum, the:

  (a) lethal methods of take that may be used to remove deer and the conditions under which each may be employed;

  (b) conditions and restrictions under which baiting and spotlighting may be used to facilitate deer removal;

  (c) persons eligible to perform deer removal activities and the requirements imposed on them;

  (d) locations and time periods where specified types of deer removal activities may be employed or authorized;

  (e) requirements for tagging deer carcasses;

  (f) protocols for carcass removal and disposal;

  (g) procedures for promptly returning to the Division all antlers of lethally removed deer;

  (h) procedures for obtaining Division input and approval on live capture and relocation projects; and

  (i) the estimated population of resident deer in the city and the final target population number the city seeks to achieve through deer removal.

  (3) All aspects of the plan must be consistent with the authorizations and limitations imposed in this rule and the COR.

  (4) If the city desires to capture and relocate resident deer, it must petition the Division to include a capture and relocation component in its urban deer control plan.

  (a) The Division shall have sole discretion to authorize or prohibit capture and relocation as part of an urban deer control plan.

  (5)(a) The city will solicit and consider input in the formulation and development of the urban deer control plan from:

  (i) the Division;

  (ii) the public;

  (iii) interested businesses and organizations; and

  (iv) local, state, and federal governments.

  (b) The Division may provide technical assistance to the city in preparing the urban deer control plan.

  (c) After formulating a draft plan, the city will hold a public meeting to take and consider input on the draft before finalizing or implementing it.

  (6) The city will assume full responsibility for:

  (a) all costs associated with designing, establishing, implementing, and operating the urban deer control plan and all its associated activities; and

  (b) for the acts and omissions of its officers, employees, agents, contractors, and licensees in designing, preparing, and implementing its urban deer control plan and undertaking the activities authorized thereunder.