Bowhunting in Arizona Rules of Fair Chase

3. Helpless in a trap.

4. While confined behind fences as on game farms, etc.

5. In defiance of Arizona Game Laws or Regulations.

6. By "jacklighting" or by the shining of any artificial light.

7. From any power vehicle or boat.

8. By the use of any power vehicle for herding or driving animals, including the use of aircraft for landing along side of any animal or herd, or to communicate with or direct the hunter on the ground.

9. By the use of any tranquilizers, poisons, or firearms.

10 .By the use of electronic equipment for attracting, locating, or observing game, or guiding the hunter to such game.

11. Any other method considered by the Bowhunting in Arizona Record Book Committee to be unsportsmanlike.

		Bowhunting in Arizona
			THE RULES OF FAIR CHASE

Bowhunting in Arizona, in its endeavors to establish appropriate rules of fair chase, initially chose to follow the outline presented by the Pope and Young Club. With the permission of the Pope and Young Club, the committee adopted their description of fair chase; however, in an effort to make the rules more applicable to Arizona hunting, several rules were changed. These changes include the clarification of the rules concerning the use of artificial light and electronic equipment while hunting. With today’s technological advances, both Bowhunting in Arizona and the Pope and Young Club have explored possible changes in their respective fair chase rules. In 1989, the Pope and Young Club made some significant changes in their rules of fair chase. Pope and Young no longer accepts applications from individuals who collect trophies using electronic equipment or any bow with greater than sixty-five percent let-off. The committee has always made an effort to remove itself from any controversy involving an individual hunter’s choice of equipment, as long as this preference did not create an unfair advantage. Based upon this premise, the committee did not adopt these rule changes; however, if in the future the committee determines that subsequent advances in technology have created an unfair advantage for some hunters, this situation will be addressed. The stipulations of the following statement will be applicable to all applications for game taken after May 15, 1976. Animals collected prior to this date will be accepted following the Pope and Young Rules of Fair Chase in place at that time. To be eligible for listing in the Bowhunting in Arizona records, trophies must be taken in complete compliance with the game laws of Arizona and according to the rules of Fair Chase. The term "fair chase" shall not include the taking of animals under the following conditions:
	1. Helpless in or because of deep snow, or helpless on ice. 2. While swimming. 3. Helpless in a trap. 4. While confined behind fences as on game farms, etc. 5. In defiance of Arizona Game Laws or Regulations. 6. By "jacklighting" or by the shining of any artificial light. 7. From any power vehicle or boat. 8. By the use of any power vehicle for herding or driving animals, including the use of aircraft for landing along side of any animal or herd, or to communicate with or direct the hunter on the ground. 9. By the use of any tranquilizers, poisons, or firearms. 10 .By the use of electronic equipment for attracting, locating, or observing game, or guiding the hunter to such game. 11. Any other method considered by the Bowhunting in Arizona Record Book Committee to be unsportsmanlike.

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