Definitions

As used in this chapter: (1) "Big game" includes deer, elk, bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goats, pronghorn, or bison. (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.