The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. All other words and terms shall have the meanings assigned in Subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Statewide Hunting and Fishing Proclamation).

1. (1) Baited area--Any area where shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat, or other grain, salt, or other feed capable of luring, attracting, or enticing such birds is directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered; and the area shall remain a baited area for ten days following complete removal of all such corn, wheat, or other grain, salt or other feed.
2. (2) Baiting--The placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat, or other grain, salt, or other feed so as to constitute for migratory game birds a lure, attraction, or enticement to, on, or over areas when hunters are attempting to take such birds.
3. (3) Dark geese--Canada, white-fronted, and all other geese except light geese.
4. (4) Harvest Information Program (HIP)--A mandatory certification process for all persons who hunt or intend to hunt migratory game birds. To be certified, a person must answer a series of questions about their migratory game-bird hunting habits.
5. (5) Legal shotgun--A shotgun not larger than 10 gauge, fired from the shoulder, and incapable of holding more than three shells. (Guns capable of holding more than three shells must be plugged with a one-piece filler which is incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so the gun's total capacity does not exceed three shells.)
6. (6) Light geese--Snow, blue, and Ross' geese.
7. (7) Nontoxic shot--Any shot approved by the director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
8. (8) Personal residence--One's principal or ordinary home or dwelling place. The term does not include a temporary or transient place of residence or dwelling such as a hunting club, or any club house, cabin, tent, or trailer house used as a hunting club, or any hotel, motel, or rooming house used during a hunting, pleasure, or business trip.
9. (9) Sinkbox--Any type of low floating device having a depression which affords the hunter a means of concealing himself below the surface of water.
10. (10) Wildlife resource--For the purposes of this subchapter, wildlife resource includes all migratory birds.

Source Note:The provisions of this §65.309 adopted to be effective August 26, 1997, 22 TexReg 7896; amended to be effective August 20, 1998, 23 TexReg 8461.