N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 6 § 186.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024

Section 186.2 - Definitions

For the purposes of this Part, the following terms have the indicated meanings:

(a) Automated feeding devices" are devices that dispense food mate- rial, such as corn, and dispense 4-Poster TM Tickicide (Environmental Protection Agency Registration No. 39039-12, Special Local Need Registration SLN NY-120001) onto deer to kill ticks.

(b) "Commercial deer foods" means food or food products labeled or packaged as a product to be used for feeding or attracting deer or moose, including those in packages that depict hunters, hunting, live or dead deer or moose, or antlers, use camouflage or bright orange coloration, or include words related to hunting, harvesting, or attracting deer or moose.

(c) "Deer or moose" means any free-ranging animal of Genus Cervus, Genus Odocoileus, or Genus Alces.

(d) "Feed or feeding of deer or moose" means to intentionally place or distribute food or food products, or any act to maintain the availability of such material, resulting in the attraction of deer or moose to a particular site or location and the consumption by deer or moose of such material or the substrate on which it is distributed. Placing or distributing commercial deer foods such that they are accessible to deer or moose is presumptive evidence of intent to feed deer or moose.

(e) "Food or food products" means any material including but not limited to any powders, liquids, fruits, vegetables, grains, minerals, or commercially produced foods made for consumption by humans or domes- tic or wild animals.

(f) "Incidental or indirect feeding" means using, placing, giving, ex- posing, depositing, distributing or scattering any food or food products for a different purpose than feeding or attracting deer or moose but that results in the attraction of one or more deer or moose. This in cludes the use and storage of birdseed in a manner that is accessible to deer or moose. This does not include normal agricultural or horticultural practices.

(g) "Municipality" is a State, County, Town or Village government official or agency

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 186.2

Adopted New York State Register December 24, 2019/Volume XLI, Issue 52, eff. 12/24/2019