2013-14 Arizona Hunting Regulations - Arizona Game and Fish ...

Arizona Revised Statute — Title 17 LawsA.R.S. 17-101DefinitionsA. In this title, unless the context otherwise requires:1. “Angling” means the taking of fish by one line andnot to exceed two hooks, by one line and one artificiallure, which may have attached more than onehook, or by one line and not to exceed two artificialflies or lures.2. “Bag limit” means the maximum limit, in numberor amount, of wildlife that may lawfully be taken byany one person during a specified period of time.3. “Closed season” means the time during which wildlifemay not be lawfully taken.4. “Commission” means the Arizona game and fishcommission.5. “Department” means the Arizona game and fishdepartment.6. “Device” means any net, trap, snare, salt lick, scaffold,deadfall, pit, explosive, poison or stupefyingsubstance, crossbow, firearm, bow and arrow, orother implement used for taking wildlife. Devicedoes not include a raptor or any equipment used inthe sport of falconry.7. “Domicile” means a person’s true, fixed and permanenthome and principal residence. Proof ofdomicile in this state may be shown as prescribedby rule by the commission.8. “Falconry” means the sport of hunting or takingquarry with a trained raptor.9. “Fishing” means to lure, attract or pursue aquaticwildlife in such a manner that the wildlife may becaptured or killed.10. “Fur dealer” means any person engaged in the businessof buying for resale the raw pelts or furs ofwild mammals.11. “Guide” means a person who does any of the following:(a) Advertises for guiding services.(b) Holds himself out to the public for hire as aguide.(c) Is employed by a commercial enterprise as aguide.(d) Accepts compensation in any form commensuratewith the market value in this state forguiding services in exchange for aiding, assisting,directing, leading or instructing a person inthe field to locate and take wildlife.(e) Is not a landowner or lessee who, without fullfair market compensation, allows access to thelandowner’s or lessee’s property and directsand advises a person in taking wildlife.12. “License year” means the twelvemonth periodbetween January 1 and December 31, inclusive.13. “Nonresident”, for the purposes of applying for alicense, permit, tag or stamp, means a citizen of theUnited States or an alien who is not a resident.14. “Open season” means the time during which wildlifemay be lawfully taken.15. “Possession limit” means the maximum limit, innumber or amount of wildlife, which may be possessedat one time by any one person.16. “Resident”, for the purposes of applying for alicense, permit, tag or stamp, means a person whois:(a) A member of the armed forces of the UnitedStates on active duty and stationed in:(i) This state for a period of thirty days immediatelypreceding the date of applying fora license, permit, tag or stamp.(ii) Another state or country but who lists thisstate as their home of record at the timeof applying for a license, permit, tag orstamp.(b) Domiciled in this state for six months immediatelypreceding the date of applying for alicense, permit, tag or stamp and who does notclaim residency privileges for any purpose inany other state or jurisdiction.17. “Road” means any maintained rightofway for publicconveyance.18. “Statewide” means all lands except those areas lyingwithin the boundaries of state and federal refuges,parks and monuments, unless specifically provideddifferently by commission order.19. “Take” means pursuing, shooting, hunting, fishing,trapping, killing, capturing, snaring or netting wildlifeor the placing or using of any net or other deviceor trap in a manner that may result in the capturingor killing of wildlife.20. “Taxidermist” means any person who engages forhire in the mounting, refurbishing, maintaining,restoring or preserving of any display specimen.21. “Traps” or “trapping” means taking wildlife in anymanner except with a gun or other implement inhand.22. “Wild” means, in reference to mammals and birds,those species that are normally found in a state ofnature.23. “Wildlife” means all wild mammals, wild birds andthe nests or eggs thereof, reptiles, amphibians, mollusks,crustaceans and fish, including their eggs orspawn.24. “Zoo” means a commercial facility open to the publicwhere the principal business is holding wildlife incaptivity for exhibition purposes.B. The following definitions of wildlife shall apply:1. Aquatic wildlife are all fish, amphibians, mollusks,crustaceans and softshelled turtles.2. Game mammals are deer, elk, bear, pronghorn(antelope), bighorn sheep, bison (buffalo), peccary(javelina), mountain lion, tree squirrel and cottontailrabbit.3. Big game are wild turkey, deer, elk, pronghorn(antelope), bighorn sheep, bison (buffalo), peccary(javelina), bear and mountain lion.4. “Trophy” means:(a) A mule deer buck with at least four points onone antler, not including the eye-guard point.(b) A whitetail deer buck with at least three pointson one antler, not including the eye-guard point.(c) A bull elk with at least six points on one antler,including the eyeguard point and the brow tinepoint.(d) A pronghorn (antelope) buck with at least onehorn exceeding or equal to fourteen inches intotal length.(e) Any bighorn sheep.(f) Any bison (buffalo).5. Small game are cottontail rabbits, tree squirrels,upland game birds and migratory game birds.6. Fur-bearing animals are muskrats, raccoons, otters,weasels, bobcats, beavers, badgers and ringtail cats.7. Predatory animals are foxes, skunks, coyotes andbobcats.8. Nongame animals are all wildlife except game mammals,game birds, fur-bearing animals, predatoryanimals and aquatic wildlife.9. Upland game birds are quail, partridge, grouse andpheasants.10. Migratory game birds are wild waterfowl, includingducks, geese and swans; sandhill cranes; all coots,all gallinules, common snipe, wild doves and bandtailpigeons.11. Nongame birds are all birds except upland gamebirds and migratory game birds.12. Raptors are birds that are members of the order offalconiformes or strigiformes and include falcons,hawks, owls, eagles and other birds that the commissionmay classify as raptors.13. Game fish are trout of all species, bass of all species,catfish of all species, sunfish of all species, northernpike, walleye and yellow perch.14. Nongame fish are all the species of fish except gamefish.15. Trout means all species of the family salmonidae,including grayling.A.R.S. 17-231General powers and duties of thecommissionA. The commission shall:3. Establish hunting, trapping and fishing rules andprescribe the manner and methods that may beused in taking wildlife, but the commission shall notlimit or restrict the magazine capacity of any authorizedfirearm.A.R.S. 17-251Possession or use of a firearm silencer ormuffler while hunting; definitionA. The commission shall not adopt or enforce any rulethat prohibits the lawful possession or use of a firearmsilencer or muffler, including for the taking of wildlife orwhile hunting.B. This section does not limit the authority of the commissionto prescribe the type and caliber of firearm orammunition that may be used for taking wildlife.C. For the purposes of this section, “firearm silencer ormuffler” means any device that is designed, made oradapted to muffle the report of a firearm.A.R.S. 17-301Times when wildlife may be taken; exceptions;methods of takingA. A person may take wildlife, except aquatic wildlife, onlyduring daylight hours unless otherwise prescribed bythe commission. A person shall not take any species ofwildlife by the aid or with the use of a jacklight, otherartificial light, or illegal device, except as provided by thecommission.B. A person shall not take wildlife, except aquatic wildlife,or discharge a firearm or shoot any other device froma motor vehicle, including an automobile, aircraft, trainor powerboat, or from a sailboat, boat under sail, or afloating object towed by powerboat or sailboat exceptas expressly permitted by the commission. No personmay knowingly discharge any firearm or shoot any otherdevice upon, from, across or into a road or railway.C. Fish may be taken only by angling unless otherwise providedby the commission. The line shall be constantlyattended. In every case the hook, fly or lure shall beused in such manner that the fish voluntarily take orattempt to take it in their mouths.D. It shall be unlawful to take wildlife with any leghold trap,any instant kill body gripping design trap, or by a poisonor a snare on any public land, including state ownedor state leased land, lands administered by the UnitedStates forest service, the federal bureau of land management,the national park service, the United Statesdepartment of defense, the state parks board and anycounty or municipality. This subsection shall not prohibit:1. The use of the devices prescribed in this subsectionby federal, state, county, city, or other localdepartments of health which have jurisdiction inthe geographic area of such use, for the purpose ofprotection from or surveillance for threats to humanhealth or safety.2. The taking of wildlife with firearms, with fishingequipment, with archery equipment, or other implementsin hand as may be defined or regulated bythe Arizona game and fish commission, including110 Arizona Game and Fish Department — www.azgfd.gov