Section 137-17-03 - Definitions1.Bait: means animal matter including meat, skin, bones, feathers, hair or any other solid substance that used to be part of an animal. This includes live or dead fish. For the purposes of this chapter bait does not include animal droppings (scat), urine or animals, dead or alive, held in a trap as the result of lawful trapping activity. 2.Beaver Dam: means a dam built by a beaver to provide a pond as protection against predators and to provide easy access to food during winter. For the purposes of this chapter, the remains of an inactive or breached beaver dam that is in disrepair and is no longer being maintained by beaver are not considered to be beaver dams. See section 17.06 for additional information on legal measurement of trap location from a beaver dam.3.Beaver House: means any cavity in the bank which is capped by beaver with mud and sticks. For the purposes of this chapter holes in the bank not capped with mud and sticks are not considered to be beaver houses. See section 17.06 for additional information on legal measurement of trap location from a beaver house.4.Blind Set: means any set designed to catch a wild animal, without the use of bait, lure or visible attractor, by intercepting the animal as it moves naturally through its habitat. Bait, lure and visible attractors do not include animal droppings (scat) or urine.5.Built-up Portion of a Town: is defined within Title 12 M.R.S. §23. 6.Cage-Type Live Trap: means a type of restraining trap that fully encloses a captured animal within wood, wire, plastic, or metal. This includes culvert-type traps used primarily for bear (see section 17.06 for specific trap construction for bear) and suitcase-type live traps, such as Hancock traps, that may be utilized in certain circumstances for live trapping of beaver (see section 17.06 for specific use requirements in certain areas).7.Catch Circle: means the area that can be circumscribed by the outer edge of a trap when the trap and trap chain or cable are fully extended and moved in a circle (360°) around the anchoring point.8.Colony Trap: is an enclosure-type device (often a wire rectangular cage) that allows for the capture of one or more muskrats in a single set. The trap design functions with one or more one-way entrances that allow muskrats to push through and enter, but prevents exiting by the mechanics and/or design of the door or opening. These traps may also be called by other names, but will be referred to as colony traps for purposes of this chapter. 9.Covered Float: means a float completely covered on the sides and top with solid material; or hardware cloth, screen, or other similar material having a mesh size no greater than 1/2-inch square. Covered floats must be completely surrounded by water when set, placed, and tended.10.Drowning Set: is defined within Title 12 M.R.S. §10001 subsection 15. 11.Enclosed Foothold Trap: is designed to eliminate incidental catch of non-target species. Brand examples including but not limited to Duffer, Egg, Coon Cuff and dog proof type traps. Any trap that has similar specifications is considered an Enclosed Foothold Trap, regardless of brand or source of modification.12.Killer-type Trap: is a device designed to capture and kill an animal when two rotating jaws close on either side of the animal's neck or chest. These devices are commonly known as body-gripping traps, or ConibearT traps. There are various manufacturers, but all have a similar design and operational characteristics, two rotating jaws powered by one or two sets of springs.13.Muskrat Den: A muskrat den is any cavity which is capped by muskrats with vegetative matter, including but not limited to hollow stumps and bank cavities. Holes in the bank not capped with vegetative matter are not considered to be muskrat dens. See section 17.06 for additional information on legal measurement of trap location from a muskrat den.14.Pelt: means the raw, untanned skin of the animal, whether removed from or attached to the carcass.15.Steel Foothold Trap: is a device with two jaws designed to capture and restrain an animal by gripping the toes or foot. Foothold traps typically have two metal jaws attached to a base plate with a pan triggering device. When the animal steps on the pan of the trap, it triggers the springs to close the jaws. Foothold traps typically are categorized by the type of spring (e.g. coil or long spring) and are made in varying sizes appropriate for specific animals. 16.Wildlife Management District (WMD): WMDs are delineated, geographical sections of the State that have similarities in biological and geophysical characteristics and are utilized to manage wildlife species' populations on a more localized scale. See Rule Chapter 16 for WMD boundary descriptions.17.Visible Attractor: means an object hung or placed at a trap site location that serves as a visual cue to attract an animal to the trap. Visible attractor includes, but is not limited to, CD-disc, tin can cover, foil, tinsel, feathers, bones, fur, mechanical devices, or any like items. Fruits or vegetables used for muskrat trapping, urine, and animal droppings (scat) are not considered a visible attractor. Small pieces of flagging can be used to mark trap site locations.09-137 C.M.R. ch. 17, § 03