(1) A resident 12 years old or older may obtain a certificate of registration to hold falcons and engage in the sport of falconry on nongame wildlife species upon application to the division.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 23A-4-801

  • Certificate of registration: means a paper-based or electronic document issued under this title, or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit, or tag. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Division: means the Division of Wildlife Resources. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Game: means wildlife normally pursued, caught, or taken by sporting means for human use. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Hunting: means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird, or mammal by any means. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Nonresident: means a person who does not qualify as a resident. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Person: means an individual, association, partnership, government agency, corporation, or an agent of the individual, association, partnership, government agency, or corporation. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • resident: means a person who:
         (47)(a) has been domiciled in the state for six consecutive months immediately preceding the purchase of a license; and
         (47)(b) does not claim residency for hunting, fishing, or trapping in another state or country. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Small game: means species of protected wildlife:
         (50)(a) commonly pursued for sporting purposes;
         (50)(b) not classified as big game, aquatic wildlife, or furbearers; and
         (50)(c) excluding turkey, cougar, and bear. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Take: means to:
         (54)(a) hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, gather, angle, seine, trap, or kill protected wildlife; or
         (54)(b) attempt an action referred to in Subsection (54)(a). See Utah Code 23A-1-101
  • Wildlife: means :
         (61)(a) crustaceans, including brine shrimp and crayfish;
         (61)(b) mollusks; and
         (61)(c) vertebrate animals living in nature, except feral animals. See Utah Code 23A-1-101
(2) A nonresident entering Utah to participate in the sport of falconry at an organized meet shall obtain a license as provided in Section 23A-4-802.
(3) Organizers of a falconry meet shall apply to and receive approval from the Wildlife Board to conduct an organized falconry meet.
(4)

     (4)(a) A person engaging in the sport of falconry on protected small game species shall possess, in addition to the falconry certificate of registration, a hunting license.
     (4)(b) A nonresident who has been issued a license pursuant to Section 23A-4-802 is not required to possess a hunting license to take small game during the five-day period of the license.