SECTION 35:48-3-14. Prohibited activities  


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  • (a)   A permit holder or pilot shall not:
    (1)   Hunt, shoot, shoot at, kill, or attempt to kill any wildlife, domesticated animal, or livestock from an air- craft other than the animals authorized by the aerial management permit;
    (2)   Intentionally disturb, haze, or buzz any wildlife, domesticated animal, or livestock from an aircraft other than the animals authorized by the aerial management permit;
    (3)   Take or attempt to take any depredating animal for any purpose other than is necessary for the protection of land, water, wildlife, livestock, domesticated animals, human life, or crops;
    (4)   Manage depredating animals from an unsuitable aircraft;
    (5)   Manage depredating animals from an unmanned aerial vehicle;
    (6)   Manage depredating animals with a firearm using pellet ammunition or soft point or hollow ammunition;
    (7)   Manage depredating animals using incendiary ammunition or any similar hunting method that poses a substantial wildfire risk;
    (8)   Manage depredating animals during hazardous weather, low visibility or nighttime hours;
    (9)   Manage depredating animals during designated deer hunting seasons as designated by Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry and Department of Wildlife Conservation; or
    (10)   Herd animals from one property to another without the permission of all landowners or lessees affected.
    (b)   A permit holder may engage in trial flights allowing pilots and passengers to practice the aerial management activity, however, trial flights shall be subject to all the restrictions and notification requirements as an actual aerial management flight.
[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 143, eff 11-1-13 (emergency); Added at 31 Ok Reg 744, eff 9-12-14; Amended at 34 Ok Reg 545, eff 3-3-17 (emergency); Amended at 35 Ok Reg 203, eff 11-16-17 (emergency); Amended at 35 Ok Reg 779, eff 9-14-18; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1378, eff 9-14-19]