LAST EDITED ON May-06-09 AT 01:24PM (MST)[p]Don, you ARE RIGHT!!
This topic is addressed in FOUR different places in the current booklet, and in two places, the bit about the parent/guardian going afield is omitted! See the part below the ***
So, I just got off the phone with someone on the G&F rules committee and explained how screwed up they now have the regs on this. It is noted to make sure the RULE gets changed, which doesn't require legislative action. BUT...because of the moratorium on any rule changes put in place by the governor, the soonest it can be addressed is July.
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If you look on pg. 13 of the 2009-2010 Deer booklet, you see:
Tag Transfers
? The minor child is 10 to 17 years old on the
date of transfer;
? The minor child has a vaild hunting or combination
license on the date of transfer;
? A minor child less than 14 years old has satisfactorily
completed a department-approved
hunter education course by the beginning
date of the hunt;
? The parent or guardian must accompany the
child in the field or, if a grandparent allows
a minor grandchild to use the grandparent's
permit or tag, the grandparent, parent or the
child?s guardian must accompany the child
in the field. In either case, the adult must be
within 50 yards of the child when the animal
is taken.
Once a tag is transferred, the original permittee
may no longer use it.
A person may transfer his or her game tag for
use by a child with a life threatening medical
condition. Consult A.R.S. 17-332 for more information,
or visit
www.azgfd.gov.
Then if you look on pg. 30, you see:
Transfer Tags
PAREN TS
Under Arizona Revised Statutes and Arizona Game and Fish Commission
Rules there are ways people can transfer big game tags to children.
A parent, guardian or grandparent to whom a big game permit or tag
is issued may transfer the unused permit or tag to the parent's, guardian?s
or grandparent's minor child if:
? The minor child is between 10 to 17 years old on the date of
transfer;
? The minor child has a valid hunting or combination license on the
date of the transfer; and
? A minor child less than 14 years old has satisfactorily completed a Department-
approved hunter education course by date of transfer.
See R12-4-121 on page 109 for more information.
A person may transfer his or her big game tag for use by a child with
a life threatening medical condition. Consult A.R.S. 17-332 on page 99.
Should you be unable to use your big game permit, the Department is
unable to reimburse you for your fees or reinstate your bonus points.
However, you may donate your tag to a nonprofit organization that
provides hunting opportunities to children with life-threatening medical
conditions. You may contact the following organizations to arrange
for a donation.
? Hunt of a Lifetime at
www.hoalarizona.org.
? Catch-A-Dream at
http://catchadream.org.
? United Special Sportsmen Alliance at
www.childswish.com.
Then if you look at the RULE which on pg. 109, whichI posted earlier you see:
R12-4-121
Big Game Permit or Tag Transfer
A. A parent or guardian to whom a big game hunt permittag
is issued may transfer the unused permit or tag to
the parent's or guardian?s minor child, if:
1. The minor child is from 10 to 17 years old on the
date of transfer,
2. The minor child has a valid hunting license on the
date of transfer, and
3. A minor child less than 14 years old satisfactorily
completes a Department-approved hunter education
course by the beginning date of the hunt.
B. A parent or guardian may obtain a transfer, in person, at
any Department office. To obtain a transfer, a parent or
guardian shall provide the following:
1. Proof of ownership of the big game permit or tag to
be transferred;
2. The minor?s valid hunting license; and
3. The unused big game permit or tag.
Then if you look on pg. 99 at the referenced STATUTE A.R.S. 17-332 under D, you see:
D. No license or permit is transferable, nor shall such
license or permit be used by anyone except the person
to whom such license or permit was issued, except that:
1. A person may transfer the person?s big game permit
or tag to a qualified organization for use by a minor
child who has a life threatening medical condition or
by a minor child who has a permanent physical disability.
The commission may prescribe the manner
and conditions of transferring and using permits and
tags under this paragraph. If a physically disabled
child is under fourteen years of age, the child must
satisfactorily complete the Arizona hunter education
course or another comparable hunter education
course that is approved by the director. For the purposes
of this paragraph:
(a) ?Disability? means a permanent physical impairment
that substantially limits one or more of the
child?s major life activities requiring the assistance
of another person or a mechanical device
for physical mobility.
(b) ?Qualified organization? means a nonprofit
organization that is qualified under section
501(c)(3) of the United States internal revenue
code and that affords opportunities and experiences
to children with life threatening medical
conditions or with physical disabilities.
2. A parent, grandparent or legal guardian may allow
the parent's, grandparent's or guardian?s minor
child or minor grandchild to use the parent's, grandparent's
or guardian?s big game permit or tag to take
big game pursuant to the following requirements:
(a) The parent, grandparent or guardian must
transfer the permit or tag to the child in a manner
prescribed by the commission.
(b) The parent or guardian must accompany the
child in the field or, if a grandparent allows a
minor grandchild to use the grandparent's permit
or tag, the grandparent, the parent or the
child?s guardian must accompany the child in
the field. In either case, the adult must be within
fifty yards of the child when the animal is taken.
(c) The child must possess a class F, class G, class
K, class M or class N license and, if under fourteen
years of age, must satisfactorily complete
the Arizona hunter education course or another
comparable hunter education course that is
approved by the director.
(d) Any big game that is taken counts toward the
child?s bag limit.
TONY MANDILE
How To Hunt Coues Deer
