Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 43, October 25, 2024
Section 58-58-2 - Definitions2.1. "Aggregate" means the total bag or possession limit of similar kinds of waterfowl. 2.2. "Bait" means shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, any other feed or edible enticement, or any non-edible facsimile of an edible enticement. 2.3. "Baited Area" means any area where baiting occurs. 2.4. "Baiting" means the direct or indirect placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of bait so as to constitute for waterfowl a lure, attraction, or enticement to or on any areas where hunters are attempting to take them. An area is considered baited for 10 days after the removal of the bait. 2.5. "Blind Area" means the area within 75 yards of the hunter's assigned blind. 2.6. "Prevailing Time" means either Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time as established by the United States Congress. 2.7. "Sinkbox" means a low floating device having a depression affording the hunter a means of concealment beneath the surface of the water. 2.8. "Waterfowl" means members of the family Anatidae (ducks, geese, mergansers, and swans) and members of the family Rallidae (coots and gallinules) for which open seasons are prescribed in Section 4 of the W. Va. Code of State Rules, Title 58 Series 57, Waterfowl Hunting Rule. 2.9. "Wildlife Management Area" means any public access area, public hunting area, public fishing area, public hunting and fishing area, public shooting ground, or public wildlife management area that is administered, leased, or owned by the State of West Virginia.