NC Register Volume 21 Issue 09 - Office of Administrative Hearings

APPROVED RULES
(c) Agricultural and horticultural water users that depend on the
water storage of a privately or publicly owned impoundment or
withdraw water under a contract issued by the owner of an
impoundment shall have a written plan for responding to water
shortages that is consistent with the provisions of the contract
and with any Water Shortage Response Plan provisions
established by the owner of the impoundment.
History Note: Authority S.L. 2002-167;
Eff. Pending Legislative Review.
15A NCAC 10D .0103 HUNTING ON GAME LANDS
(a) Safety Requirements. No person while hunting on any
designated game land shall be under the influence of alcohol or
any narcotic drug, or fail to comply with restrictions enacted by
the National Park Service regarding the use of the Blue Ridge
Parkway where it adjoins game lands listed in this Rule.
(b) Traffic Requirements. No person shall park a vehicle on
game lands in such a manner as to block traffic, gates or
otherwise prevent vehicles from using any roadway.
(c) Tree Stands. It is unlawful to erect or to occupy, for the
purpose of hunting, any tree stand or platform attached by nails,
screws, bolts or wire to a tree on any game land designated
herein. This prohibition shall not apply to lag-screw steps or
portable stands that are removed after use with no metal left
remaining in or attached to the tree.
(d) Time and Manner of Taking. Except where closed to
hunting or limited to specific dates by this Chapter, hunting on
game lands is permitted during the open season for the game or
furbearing species being hunted. On managed waterfowl
impoundments, hunters shall not enter the posted impoundment
areas earlier than 4:00 a.m. on the permitted hunting dates, and
hunting is prohibited after 1:00 p.m. on such hunting dates;
decoys shall not be set out prior to 4:00 a.m. and must be
removed by 3:00 p.m. each day. No person shall operate any
vessel or vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine on a
managed waterfowl impoundment. No person shall attempt to
obscure the sex or age of any bird or animal taken by severing
the head or any other part thereof, or possess any bird or animal
which has been so mutilated. No person shall place, or cause to
be placed on any game land, salt, grain, fruit, or other foods
without prior written authorization of the commission or its
agent. A decision to grant or deny authorization shall be made
based on the best management practices for the wildlife species
in question. No person shall take or attempt to take any game
birds or game animals attracted to such foods. No live wild
animals or wild birds shall be removed from any game land.
(e) Definitions:
(1) For purposes of this Section "Eastern" season
refers to seasons set for those counties or parts
of counties listed in 15A NCAC 10B
.0203(b)(1)(A); "Central" season refers to
seasons set for those counties or parts of
counties listed in 15A NCAC 10B
.0203(b)(1)(D); "Northwestern" season refers
to seasons set for those counties or parts of
counties listed in 15A NCAC 10B
.0203(b)(1)(B); "Western" season refers to
seasons set for those counties or parts of
counties listed in 15A NCAC 10B
.0203(b)(1)(C).
(2) For purposes of this Section, "Dove Only
Area" refers to a Game Land on which doves
may be taken and dove hunting is limited to
Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and to
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's
Days within the federally-announced season.
(3) For purposes of this Section, "Three Days per
Week Area" refers to a Game Land on which
any game may be taken during the open
seasons and hunting is limited to Mondays,
Wednesdays, Saturdays and Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Year's Days. These "open
days" also apply to either-sex hunting seasons
listed under each game land. Raccoon and
opossum hunting may continue until 7:00 a.m.
on Tuesdays, until 7:00 a.m. on Thursdays,
and until midnight on Saturdays.
(4) For purposes of this Section, "Six Days per
Week Area" refers to a Game Land on which
any game may be taken during the open
seasons, except that:
(A) Bears shall not be taken on lands
designated and posted as bear
sanctuaries;
(B) Wild boar shall not be taken with the
use of dogs on such bear sanctuaries,
and wild boar may be hunted only
during the bow and arrow seasons,
the muzzle-loading deer season and
the regular gun season on deer on
bear sanctuaries;
(C) On game lands open to deer hunting
located in or west of the counties of
Rockingham, Guilford, Randolph,
Montgomery and Anson, the
following rules apply to the use of
dogs during the regular season for
(D)
hunting deer with guns:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Except for the counties of
Cherokee, Clay, Graham,
Jackson, Macon, Madison,
Polk, and Swain, game birds
may be hunted with dogs.
In the counties of Cherokee,
Clay, Graham, Jackson,
Macon, Madison, Polk, and
Swain, small game in season
may be hunted with dogs on
all game lands except on
bear sanctuaries.
Raccoon and opossum may
be hunted when in season on
Uwharrie Game Lands;
On bear sanctuaries in and west of
Madison, Buncombe, Henderson and
Polk counties dogs shall not be
trained or allowed to run unleashed
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