23A-11-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Big game" includes deer, elk, bighorn sheep, moose, mountain goats, pronghorn, or bison.
(2) "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): bones with less than 1/2 inch of attached muscle tissue; fat, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, and silverskin with less than 1/2 inch attached muscle tissue; muscle tissue damaged by wound channels and within one inch of damaged tissue; head; rib and neck meat on deer, pronghorn, mountain goat, and bighorn sheep; antlers and horns; legs below the knee and hock; internal organs; and hide. Notwithstanding Subsection (2)(a), "big game byproduct" does not include: brain or brain tissue; spine or any part of the spinal column; any portion of the carcass of an animal testing positive for chronic wasting disease; 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 spoiled product.
(3) "Centerfire rifle hunt" means a hunt for which a hunter may use a centerfire rifle, except as provided in Subsection (3)(b). "Centerfire rifle hunt" does not include: a bighorn sheep hunt; a mountain goat hunt; a bison hunt; a moose hunt; a hunt requiring the hunter to possess a statewide conservation permit; or a hunt requiring the hunter to possess a statewide sportsman permit.
(4) "Cultivated crops" means: annual or perennial crops harvested from or on cleared and planted land; perennial orchard trees on cleared and planted land; crop residues that have forage value for livestock; and 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: has been dropped naturally from a big game animal as part of the big game animal's annual life cycle; and has a rounded base commonly known as the antler button or burr attached which signifies a natural life cycle process.
(9) "Shed horn" means: the sheath from a pronghorn that has been dropped naturally as part of the animal's annual life cycle; or 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: issued by the division; distributed through a nonprofit organization founded for the purpose of promoting wildlife conservation; and valid: on open hunting units statewide; and for the species of big game and time period designated by the Wildlife Board.
(12) "Statewide sportsman permit" means a permit: issued by the division through a public draw; and valid: on open hunting units statewide; and for the species of big game and time period designated by the Wildlife Board.