Section 11-1201. Definitions  


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  • For the purposes of this title:
        1. "Hunting" means shooting or killing wildlife, including shooting or
      killing wildlife lawfully trapped or otherwise reduced to possession, or
      pursuing  or  capturing  wildlife  with any weapon, projectile, or other
      device  or  instrumentality;  and  includes  all  lesser  acts  such  as
      disturbing, harrying, or worrying, whether they result in taking or not,
      when  done  with  the aid or accompaniment of any weapon, projectile, or
      other device or instrumentality; and every attempt to take and every act
      of assistance to any other  person  in  taking  or  attempting  to  take
      wildlife,  when  done  with  the  aid  or  accompaniment  of any weapon,
      projectile, or other device or instrumentality. "Wildlife"  as  used  in
      this subdivision means "wildlife" as that term is defined in subdivision
      six of section 11-0103 of the environmental conservation law.
        2.  "Intoxicated  condition" shall mean the presence of .10 of one per
      centum or more by weight of alcohol in a  person's  blood  as  shown  by
      chemical  analyses  of his blood, breath, urine, or saliva made pursuant
      to section 11-1205 of this title. An "impaired condition" shall  mean  a
      state of impairment of a person's capacity to think or act correctly, or
      of  a loss, even in part of a person's control of his physical or mental
      faculties due to his consumption of alcohol or use of a drug.
        3. "Drug" means "drug" as that term is defined in section one  hundred
      fourteen-a of the vehicle and traffic law.
        4.  "License  to hunt", "stamp to hunt", or "permit to hunt" means any
      license, permit, or other privilege granted pursuant to section  11-0701
      of this article which authorizes the holder to hunt wildlife.