2014 Utah Big Game Field Regulations

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6 2014 season dates8 Apply for an antlerless permit9 More opportunities to obtain

permits9 Depredation hunts10 Permit refunds and exchanges11 More opportunity for young

hunters11 New definition of youth12 Two New Hunting Programs13 Updates on research projects14 Chronic wasting disease in Utah15 Big game hunts16 Archery Ethics Course17 Mandatory reporting20 Multiple elk permits21 Elk-control permits available22 Avoid harvesting collared wildlife23 Once-in-a-lifetime hunts26 Antlerless hunts27 Report your harvest27 Antlerless season dates online29 Cooperative Wildlife

Management Units31 Are you old enough?31 Have you passed hunter

education?32 Do you have a license?33 Field requirements33 Are you allowed to possess a

weapon?34 Hunters with disabilities34 State-licensed guides and

outfitters34 Firearms and archery equipment39 Trespassing40 Prohibited hunting methods41 Tagging requirements42 Possession and use of big game44 Hunt maps50 Definitions

CONTACT USTurn in a poacherPhone: 1-800-662-3337Email: [email protected]: wildlife.utah.gov/utip

Division officesOffices are open 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Salt Lake City1594 W North TempleBox 146301Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6301801-538-4700

Central Region1115 N Main StreetSpringville, UT 84663801-491-5678

Northeastern Region318 N Vernal AvenueVernal, UT 84078435-781-9453

Northern Region515 E 5300 SOgden, UT 84405801-476-2740

Southeastern Region319 N Carbonville Road, Ste APrice, UT 84501435-613-3700

Southern Region1470 N Airport RoadCedar City, UT 84721435-865-6100

Washington County Field Office451 N SR-318Hurricane, UT 84737435-879-8694

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WHAT’S NEW?New definition of youth: The Utah Wildlife Board has approved a standardized definition of youth for all big game hunts. You will be considered a youth if you are 17 years old or younger on July 31, 2014. For more informa-tion, see page 11.

New mentoring program for youth: In 2013, the Utah Legislature passed a new law that allows hunters to share their big game permits with their children, stepchildren, grandchildren and legal wards—and with terminally ill youth—while mentoring them in the field. For details, see page 12.

New trial hunting program: This fall, people who haven’t traditionally hunted may be able to try it for the first time without taking Hunter Education. For details, see the article on page 12.

New license fees: Starting July 1, new license fees will go into effect. Some fees have increased, while others have decreased. We are also offering multi-year licenses for the first time. For details, see page 7.

Archery hunting in waterfowl manage-ment areas: Starting in 2014, you may hunt big game during the archery season on six waterfowl management areas. For details, see page 37.

New options for the rifle hunts: If you have a permit to hunt big game with any legal weapon, you may now use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope. For details, see page 16.

Change to spike elk hunting on Monroe Mountain: After receiving feedback from sportsmen, the Utah Wildlife Board has elimi-nated the any legal weapon hunt for spike elk on Monroe Mountain. The spike elk muzzle-loader and archery hunts will still take place.

John BairCalvin CrandallSteve DaltonMichael King Kirk Woodward

Jake Albrecht, ChairBill Fenimore, ViceChairGregory Sheehan,

Division Director & Executive Secretary

This guidebook summarizes Utah’s big game hunting laws and rules. Although it is a convenient quick-reference document for Utah big game regulations, it is not an all-encompassing resource.

For an in-depth look at the state’s big game hunting laws and rules, visit wildlife.utah.gov/rules.

You can use the references in the guide-book—such as Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-24 and Utah Code § 23-20-25—to search the Division’s website for the detailed statute or rule that underpins the guidebook summary.

If you have questions about a particular rule, call or visit the nearest Division office.

Who makes the rules?The Utah Wildlife Board passes the rules

and laws summarized in this guidebook. There are seven board members, and

each serves a six-year term. Appointed by the governor, board members are not Divi-sion employees.

The Division’s director serves as the board’s executive secretary but does not have a vote on wildlife policies.

Before board members make changes to wildlife rules, they listen to recommenda-tions from Division biologists. They also receive input from the public and various interest groups via the regional advisory council (RAC) process.

If you have feedback or suggestions for board members, you can find their contact information online at wildlife.utah.gov.

Wildlife Board members

A CLOSER LOOK AT THE RULES

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not producing a printed guidebook. The antler-less application period runs from May 30–June 20, 2014.

Hunting in Salt Lake County: Before you hunt deer or elk in Salt Lake County, visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps to view the boundaries and to note any special restrictions.

Mandatory reporting: Many big game hunters must report hunt information within 30 calendar days after the end of the hunting season (even if they did not harvest an animal). To see if you are required to report—and to learn how to report—see the information box on page 17 or visit wildlife.utah.gov/harvestreporting.

Multiple elk permits: You may obtain two elk permits—provided one or both of the per-mits are antlerless—but you can only apply for or obtain one antlerless elk permit in the drawing. To learn more about this opportunity, see the information box on page 20.

Flexibility in using antlerless elk permits: If you obtain two antlerless elk

New antlerless elk-control areas: This year, there are two new areas where you can use an antlerless elk-control permit. For details, see page 21.

Boundary changes: Boundaries have changed for a handful of big game hunts. One notable change is that the Book Cliffs unit has been split into two units (north and south) for the any legal weapon limited-entry deer hunt. Visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps to see all of the updated hunt maps and boundaries.

Check for closures: There may be late-season road closures on federal and state lands. Before heading into the field, please check with the managing agency for the area you plan to hunt.

And keep in mind

Research antlerless hunts online: Starting May 15, you can find all of the information you need to research your hunt—including application dates, rules, hunt tables, boundaries and maps—at wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks. The Division is

Don’t lose your hunting and fishing privilegesIf you commit a wildlife violation, you could lose the privilege of hunting and fishing in Utah. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources can suspend the license of anyone who knowingly, intentionally or recklessly violates wildlife laws. Your license can be suspended for a wildlife violation if:

• You are convicted. • You plead guilty or no contest.• You enter a plea in abeyance or

diversion agreement.

Suspension proceedings are separate and inde-pendent from criminal prosecution. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources may suspend your license privileges whether or not the court considers suspension in your criminal case. You will be notified of any action against your privilege after criminal proceedings conclude. And remember, if your license is suspended in Utah, you may not be permitted to hunt or fish in most other states. (Visit ianrc.org to see a map of participating states.)

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Protection from discrimination: The Division receives federal financial assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of the Interior and its bureaus prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability or sex. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any program, activity or facility, or if you desire further information, please write to:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServiceOffice for Diversity and Civil Rights Pro-

grams—External Programs 4040 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 130 Arlington, VA 22203

Private lands: The Division cannot guarantee access to any private land. If you plan to hunt—or engage in any other wildlife-related activities—in an area made up of all or mostly private lands, you must obtain WRITTEN permission from the landowner or the landowner’s authorized representative. For more information, please see Trespassing on page 39.

Division funding: The Division is mostly funded by the sale of hunting and fishing licenses and through federal aid made possible by an excise tax on the sale of firearms and other hunting- and fishing-related equipment.

permits for the same area, but the permits are for different seasons, you may harvest both elk during the same season. For details, see the information box on page 20.

Wearing hunter orange: You must wear hunter orange if you are in an area where a centerfire rifle hunt is occurring. For detailed information on Utah’s hunter orange regula-tions, please see page 33.

Use a licensed guide: If you plan to use a guide or outfitter on public land in the 2014 hunting season, state law requires that indi-vidual to be licensed. Please see page 34 for details or visit wildlife.utah.gov/guides.

National parks closed to hunting: All of Utah’s national parks and monuments—ex-cept the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument—are closed to hunting.

Review application guidebook: If you have questions about the 2014 big game application period, hunt drawing or limited-entry season dates, please see the 2014 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook at wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks. That guidebook was printed in December 2013 and is a com-panion to this book.

Guidebook corrections: If errors are found in this guidebook after it is printed, the Divi-sion will correct them in the online copy. Visit wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks to view digital versions of all the Division’s guidebooks.

Utah’s predator-control program

In 2012, the Utah Legislature passed a law to limit the number of coyotes across the state. For details on Utah’s predator-control program, and how you can participate, visit wildlife.utah.gov/predators.

No drones allowedUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-14

Although drones are growing in popularity, it is illegal to use them while hunting protected wildlife in Utah. For details on all the restrictions that apply to airborne vehicles and devices, please see Use of vehicle or aircraft on page 40.

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Hunt Dates

Turkey on any open unit April 1–May 31, 2014

Black bear on any open unit

During the season dates listed in the 2014 Utah Black Bear Guidebook for that unit

Cougar on any open unit or any harvest-objective unit that has been closed after meeting its objective

During the season dates listed in the 2014–2015 Utah Cougar Guidebook for that unit

* You may not take an elk or Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep on the Pilot Mountain hunting unit.

‡ Antelope Island is not an open unit. There are only a couple of permits that authorize hunting on the island.

Extended archery season dates

As long as you have a general archery deer or elk permit—and you complete the required archery ethics course—you may hunt in the extended archery areas during the seasons listed below.

Hunt Dates

Extended archery deer (either sex) in the Ogden, Uintah Basin and Wasatch Front extended archery areas

Sept. 13–Nov. 30

Extended archery elk (either sex) in the Uin-tah Basin and Wasatch Front extended archery areas

Sept. 13–Dec. 15

Extended archery elk (either sex) in the San-pete Valley extended archery area

Nov. 8–Dec. 31

General-season dates

Hunt Dates

General archery deer Aug. 16–Sept. 12

General muzzleloader deer

Sept. 24–Oct. 2

General any legal weapon (rifle) deer

Oct. 18–26

General archery any bull elk

Aug. 16–Sept. 12

General archery spike elk

Aug. 16–Sept. 5

General spike and any bull elk

Oct. 4–16

General muzzleloader elk

Oct. 29–Nov. 6

Youth general any bull elk

Sept. 13–21

Youth late season any bull elk

Nov. 29, 2014–Jan. 15, 2015

Sportsman and statewide conservation permit season dates

Hunt Dates

Deer and elk on any open unit with archery equipment*

Aug. 16–Aug. 31, 2014

Deer and elk on any open unit with any legal weapon*‡

Sept. 1, 2014–Jan. 15, 2015

Pronghorn and moose on any open unit with any legal weapon

Sept. 1–Nov. 15, 2014

Bighorn sheep, moun-tain goat and bison on any open unit with any legal weapon*‡

Sept. 1–Dec. 31, 2014

2014 SEASON DATES

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CWMU season datesThe Utah Wildlife Board has established

timeframes for hunting on Cooperative Wildlife Management Units (CWMUs). Hunters should expect to hunt at least five days for bucks/bulls and two days for antlerless big game within these timeframes.

To see the timeframes and learn more about the CWMU program, see the article on page 29 or visit wildlife.utah.gov/cwmu.

License fees (effective July 1)Resident hunting licenses

License Fee

365-day hunting license (age 13 and under)

$11

365-day hunting license (ages 14–17)

$16

365-day hunting license (ages 18–64)

$34

365-day hunting license (age 65 and older)

$25

Multi-year hunting license (age 18 and older)

$33 per year, up to five years

365-day combination† license (ages 14–17)

$20

365-day combination† license (ages 18–64)

$38

365-day combination† license (age 65 and older)

$29

Multi-year combina-tion† license (age 18 and older)


† A combination license allows you to hunt or fish in Utah and, starting July 1, also allows you to fish with a second pole.

Nonresident hunting licenses

License Fee

3-day small game license (any age)

$32

365-day hunting license (age 17 and younger)

$25

365-day hunting license (age 18 and older)

$65

Multi-year hunting li-cense (up to five years) for age 18 and older


365-day combination† license (age 17 and younger)

$29

365-day combination† license (age 18 and older)

$85

Multi-year combina-tion† license (age 18 and older)


† A combination license allows you to hunt or fish in Utah and, starting July 1, also allows you to fish with a second pole.

Permit feesPermit Resident Nonres.

General deer $40 $268

General any bull elk or spike bull elk

$50 $393

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May 30: Apply online for an antlerless permit

Starting May 30, 2014, you can visit wildlife.utah.gov to apply for the following items:

• Antlerless hunting permits• An antlerless moose bonus point• Antlerless preference points

You can also apply by calling any Division office.

June 20: Deadline for antlerless permit applications

You must apply online or by phone no later than June 20, 2014. There’s an 11 p.m. deadline for online applications and a 5 p.m. deadline for phone applications. To apply, simply visit wildlife.utah.gov or call any Divi-sion office.

July 9: Antlerless drawing results available

You’ll be notified of your drawing results by email on or before July 9, 2014. You can also learn your drawing results by visiting wildlife.utah.gov or by calling 1-800-221-0659.

In 2014, the Antlerless guidebook has again been split into two components.

You’ll find the antlerless field regula-tions in this booklet. If you’re looking for the information you need in order to apply for an antlerless permit, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks. There, you’ll find application dates, rules, hunt tables, maps, boundaries and other essential information.

If you are planning to apply for a 2014 antlerless permit, please be aware of the fol-lowing dates and deadlines.

May 15: Review online antlerless hunt resources

Beginning May 15, 2014, you can visit wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks to review all of the application rules, hunt tables, season dates, maps, boundaries and other information you’ll need in order to apply for an antlerless permit.

The antlerless application information will be available online only—there will not be a separate printed Antlerless guidebook.

If you do not have access to the Internet, please visit or call a Division office.

Boundary descriptions online

Looking for a map and a bound-ary description for your hunting area? Boundary descriptions are printed on nearly all of Utah’s hunting permits.

You’ll also find detailed maps and boundary descriptions online. Visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps to download and print your boundaries today.

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Some big game permits for the 2014 season are available online and over the counter. If you’re interested in purchasing one of these permits, please visit wildlife.utah.gov, a license agent or a Division office on the dates listed below.

A variety of big game permits will be avail-able on a first-come, first-served basis in July. Please keep in mind that you may only have one buck deer permit per year.

You must have a valid hunting license or a combination license to buy one of these permits. A license agent list is available at wildlife.utah.gov/licenseagents. Before you visit any of the agents, contact them to verify their hours of operation.

July 10: Remaining limited-entry permits available

Any limited-entry permits remaining after the big game drawing will be available begin-ning July 10 at 8 a.m. You can buy permits at wildlife.utah.gov and at license agent locations and Division offices.

July 10: General-season bull elk permits available

General-season bull elk permits may be purchased beginning at 8 a.m. on July 10 at

wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

July 15: Remaining general-season buck deer permits available (all weapon types)

Any general-season buck deer per-mits remaining after the drawing may be purchased beginning at 8 a.m. on July 15 at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

If you purchase one of the archery permits, you may also use it on any of the extended-season archery areas after the general season ends, as long as you first complete the Division’s Archery Ethics Course, located at wildlife.utah.gov/extendedarchery.

July 15: Youth archery deer permits available

Youth archery deer permits may be purchased beginning at 8 a.m. on July 15 at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO OBTAIN PERMITS

Depredation huntsWhen big game animals cause dam-

age to agricultural crops, the Division may hold hunts that are not listed in this guide. These hunts are called depreda-tion hunts. They may occur on short notice, involve small areas and are often limited to only a few hunters.

To apply for the depredation hunter pool, submit an online application at wildlife.utah.gov/depredation.

Poaching-reported reward permitsUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-22

It pays to report big game poachers in Utah.

If you provide information that leads to the successful prosecution of an-other person for the wanton destruction (poaching) of any big game species—on any once-in-a-lifetime or limited-entry hunt area in the state—you may receive a permit to hunt the same species on the same area where the violation occurred.

To learn more, please see Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-22 at wildlife.utah.gov/rules.

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beginning at 8 a.m. at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

October 6: Unsold general-season muzzleloader deer permits convert to any legal weapon permits

If any general-season muzzleloader deer permits remain unsold at the end of the general muzzleloader season, they will convert to general-season any legal weapon (rifle)deer permits on Oct. 6, 2014. You can buy these permits, if available, beginning at 8 a.m. at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

July 17: Remaining antlerless permits available

Any antlerless permits remaining after the antlerless drawing will be available begin-ning July 17 at 8 a.m. You can buy permits at wildlife.utah.gov and at license agent locations and Division offices.

September 15: Unsold general-sea-son archery deer permits convert to muzzleloader permits

If any general-season archery deer permits remain unsold at the end of the general archery season, they will convert to general-season muzzleloader deer permits on Sept. 15,

Permit refunds and exchangesUtah Code § 23-19-38 & Utah Admin. Rule R657-42

Obtaining a refundThe Division rarely issues refunds

for permits, licenses or certificates of registration, but there are some exceptions. To see if you’re eligible for a refund, visit wildlife.utah.gov/refund.

Permit exchangesYou may exchange your general-season

buck deer permit for one that’s available in another unit, but it must be for the same species and sex. For example, you cannot exchange a buck deer permit for a bull elk permit.

You may also exchange your general-season bull elk permit for another available general-season bull elk permit. For ex-ample, you could exchange an any bull elk

permit for a spike bull elk permit, if a spike bull permit was available.

You may also exchange a general-season bull elk permit to obtain an available bull elk permit for a different weapon type. For example, you could exchange a general-season any legal weapon bull elk permit for a general-season archery bull elk permit.

Any exchange must occur at a Division office, before the season opening date on the permit you originally obtained.

You must also pay a $10 handling fee to exchange a permit.

Duplicate licensesUtah Code § 23-19-10 & Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-5

If your unexpired license or permit is destroyed, lost or stolen, you can obtain a duplicate from a Division office or a license agent for $10 or half of the price of the original license or permit, whichever is less.

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MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG HUNTERSIf you are 17 years old or younger on July 31, 2014, you might have some extra hunting waiting for you this fall. It all depends on what type of general-season deer permit you obtain.

Archery permitsIf you obtain a general-season archery deer

permit, you may hunt only during the general archery deer season and the extended archery deer season.

During the general season, you may hunt in the unit printed on your permit.

During the extended season, you may hunt in any of the extended archery areas after completing the archery ethics course available at wildlife.utah.gov/extendedarchery. For more information on the extended archery hunt, see page 6.

For more information, please call the near-est Division office.

Any legal weapon permitsIf you are a youth and you obtain a

general-season any legal weapon deer permit, you may use archery tackle to archery hunt the unit listed on your permit from Aug. 16–Sept. 12, 2014.

If you haven’t harvested a deer by the time the archery season ends, you may hunt the same unit during the general muzzleloader and general any legal weapon deer seasons, using the appropriate equipment.

When those seasons end—if you still haven’t harvested—you may use archery tackle to hunt in the extended archery areas after completing the archery ethics course available at wildlife.utah.gov/extendedarchery. For more information on the extended archery hunt, see page 6.

Muzzleloader permitsIf you obtain a general-season muzzle-

loader deer permit, you may hunt only during the general muzzleloader season. You must use muzzleloader equipment and hunt the unit listed on your permit. You may not hunt during the general archery or any legal weapon seasons.

This is a change from previous years, when you could hunt multiple seasons after obtain-ing a general-season muzzleloader permit.

New definition of youth

For years, the Division has had differ-ent definitions of youth. The definitions varied, depending on what species the youth were hunting. In August 2013, the Utah Wildlife Board passed a new rule, standardizing the definition of a youth as someone who is 17 years old or younger on July 31 of any given year.

This year, you will be considered a youth if you are 17 years old or younger by July 31, 2014.

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authorized to mentor a minor with a life-threatening medical condition

• Possess a valid big game permit• Comply with Utah’s hunting regulations• Not receive any form of compensation

for mentoring• If applicable, be authorized to mentor by

the child’s parents or guardians

Who can share a mentor’s permit?Qualifying minors must:• Be between 12 and 17 years old during

the hunt• Possess a valid Utah Hunter Education

number or Trial Hunting authorization number

• Be the child, stepchild, grandchild or legal ward of the hunting mentor, unless the youth suffers from a life-threatening medical condition

• Be a Utah resident

One permit at a timeIn Utah, it’s illegal for someone to possess

multiple big game permits for an antlered animal of one species. So, a minor cannot pos-sess a big game permit for an antlered animal while sharing a mentor’s permit for the same type of antlered animal. The minor also cannot share two mentors’ permits for the same spe-cies of antlered animal.

A mentor can only share his or her permit with one minor at a time.

In the fieldOnce a mentor and a minor have been

approved for the program — and received written authorization from the Division — the two can share the mentor’s big game permit.

While hunting, the mentor and minor must remain close enough to communicate in person, by voice or through hand signals. Using

TWO NEW HUNTING PROGRAMSHunters now have more ways to get friends and family into the field.

This year, Utah is launching two new pro-grams that will make it easier for you to help your family and friends learn to enjoy hunting.

• Hunter Mentoring Program — A big game hunting program that allows a young person (age 12–17) to share an older relative’s big game hunting permit.

• Trial Hunting Program — A pro-gram that allows anyone over the age of 12 to try hunting for a few years (before investing time and money in a Hunter Education course) as long as they are accompanied by a licensed hunter over the age of 21.

These programs offer exciting new op-portunities and will allow more people to give hunting a try. Here’s what you need to know about both programs.

Hunter Mentoring Program

This program allows an adult to mentor their child, stepchild, grandchild or legal ward during a hunt by sharing a big game permit. An adult may mentor an unrelated minor only if the minor has a life-threatening illness and has been given written permission by his or her parents.

Eligible permits include general-season, limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime big game permits and all antlerless big game permits. To participate, the adult mentor must apply (in person or by mail) for both himself or herself and the participating minor. The mentor must also meet all program requirements.

Who can be a mentor?Qualifying mentors must:• Be at least 21 years old• Be the parent, stepparent, grandparent

or legal guardian of the minor, or be

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over the age of 21. Hunters who are at least 11 years old will be allowed to apply for permits, but they cannot hunt until they turn 12.

This new law will apply to hunts for various species in 2014 and could include some big game hunts.

As of the printing of this guidebook, the Division does not know which big game hunts might be eligible. The Utah Wildlife Board will make the final decisions on how the program will work when it meets in June 2014.

Please visit wildlife.utah.gov/trial in July 2014 for more information about how you, a friend or a family member can participate in the Trial Hunting Program.

electronic devices, such as walkie-talkies or cell phones, does not meet this requirement.

Both the adult mentor and minor may carry firearms in the field, and either the men-tor or the minor may fill the permit. However, only one animal may be harvested.

If the hunters are successful, they will tag the animal using the shared permit.

After the huntIf the mentor harvested the animal, the

minor may surrender the shared authorization and reapply to be mentored under another big game permit.

Because the mentor is the individual who originally drew the permit, he or she will forfeit any applicable bonus points or prefer-ence points. The mentor must complete any required harvest reporting, and any waiting periods will also be applied to the mentor.

Participating in the mentoring program

To participate in the program, please download and complete the application form. You will need to submit the form — along with any necessary documentation — to a Division office well before the hunt begins. Please allow sufficient time for processing. You can find the application form online at wildlife.utah.gov/mentor.

If you have additional questions about how the program works, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/mentor and review the list of common questions. If you don’t see your answer online, please call your local Division office.

Trial Hunting ProgramIn early 2014, the Utah Legislature passed

a new law that allows anyone over the age of 12 to try hunting for a few years — before taking a Hunter Education course — as long as they are accompanied by a licensed hunter

Updates on research projects

Division biologists are conducting research projects on many of Utah’s big game species. These projects are multi-year efforts, and the Division is partnering with local universities to plan and oversee the research.

The researchers provide an-nual updates on many of the projects, and those updates are available at wildlife.utah.gov/research. When you read the updates, please keep in mind that these studies are in progress. The annual updates are not a good indicator of final results.

Various sportsmen’s organizations are helping to fund this research work, and the Division appreciates their as-sistance.

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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a relatively rare disease that attacks the nervous system and brain of infected deer, elk and moose.

The Division has been monitoring for CWD since 1998. Over the past 16 years, only 58 mule deer and 1 elk have tested positive for CWD in Utah.

The first positive mule deer in Utah was identified in 2002 as a result of a Division test-ing effort near Vernal. Since that time, CWD has also been found on the La Sal Mountains near Moab, on the San Juan Mountains near Monticello, and in central Utah near Fountain Green.

In these areas (and a few others), Division biologists collect samples from harvested deer and elk during the fall hunts. When you stop at a checkstation in a CWD-sampling area, a biologist may take a sample from the head of your harvested animal and send it to the lab for CWD testing.

If your deer or elk is tested by the Division, you can find the results online at wildlife.utah.gov/cwdtesting within six to eight weeks. If your animal tests positive for CWD, the Division will contact you directly.

To learn more about CWD, the testing process and precautions you can take, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/cwd.

CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE IN UTAH

Utah hunters helping condors

In 2013, the Division expanded its efforts to help California condors, some of the world’s rarest and largest birds, which live and forage in southern Utah. In partnership with The Peregrine Fund, the U.S. Forest Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we offered new incentives for hunters to use non-lead ammunition in the Zion hunting unit.

Last year, the Division provided coupons for a free box of non-lead ammunition to 2,123 hunters who drew big game or antlerless permits for the Zion unit. Informal check station surveys indicated that approximately 60 percent of those who hunted the unit were using non-lead ammunition.

Hunters who voluntarily switched to non-lead ammunition or packed out their gut piles were eligible to participate in a prize drawing for an ATV or one of five hunting rifles. The Peregrine Fund donated the prizes to help Utah’s condor population.

In 2014, the Division will offer the same opportunities, including the ammunition coupon and the prize drawing. If you have obtained an any legal weapon (rifle) permit for the Zion unit, the Division will contact you with additional details about how you can participate.

The Division encourages all eligible hunters to participate in the program and to help Utah’s condor population continue its recovery.

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you can obtain is an antlerless deer permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless deer hunts.

Extended archeryIf you haven’t taken a deer by the time

the general-season archery buck hunt ends, you can continue your archery hunting in the state’s extended archery areas.

In the Ogden, Wasatch Front and Uintah Basin extended archery areas, you may use archery equipment to take a deer of either sex from Sept. 13–Nov. 30.

Before hunting any of the extended archery areas, you must complete the Division’s Archery Ethics Course. For more information, please see the Archery Ethics Course box on page 16.

Hunter orangeUtah Code § 23-20-31

You must obey Utah’s hunter orange regulation (see page 33) if a centerfire rifle hunt is happening in the area where you’re archery hunting. This does not include hunts for once-in-a-lifetime species.

General-season muzzleloader buck deer huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-25

Utah’s general-season muzzleloader buck deer hunt runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 2.

If you obtained a general-season muzzle-loader buck permit, you may use a muzzle-loader to take one buck deer in the hunting unit listed on your permit.

If you participate in this hunt, you may not hunt in any of the following areas:

Buck deer hunting

Utah has three general-season buck deer hunts:

• Archery hunt• Muzzleloader hunt• Any legal weapon (rifle) hunt

Please see wildlife.utah.gov/maps for all hunt boundaries.

General-season archery buck deer huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-23

Utah’s general-season archery buck deer hunt runs from Aug. 16 to Sept. 12.

If you obtained a general-season archery buck deer permit, you may use archery equip-ment to take one buck deer in the hunting unit listed on your permit.

During the general-season archery buck deer hunt, you may only hunt in the unit listed on your permit. You may not hunt within deer CWMUs, premium limited-entry deer units or limited-entry deer units.

If you obtained a general-season archery buck deer permit, the only other deer permit

A “buck deer” is a deer with antlers that are longer than five inches (R657-5-2(2)(e)).

BIG GAME HUNTSUtah offers several different big game hunts each year. Depending on the permit you ob-tain, you could hunt deer, elk, pronghorn, bison, bighorn sheep, moose or mountain goat. The following section describes the species you can hunt, the weapons you can use and the types of permits that are available.

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• Salt Lake County, south of I-80 and east of I-15 (see map online at wildlife.utah.gov/maps)

• Deer CWMUs• Premium limited-entry deer units• Limited-entry deer units• Areas with special restrictions (see page

37)If you obtained a general-season

muzzleloader buck deer permit, the only other deer permit you can obtain is an antlerless deer permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless deer hunts.


You must obey Utah’s hunter orange regulation (see page 33) if a centerfire rifle hunt is happening in the area where you’re muzzleloader hunting. This does not include hunts for once-in-a-lifetime species.

General-season any legal weapon (rifle) buck deer huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-24

The general-season any legal weapon (rifle) buck deer hunt runs from Oct. 18 to Oct. 26.

If you obtained a general-season any legal weapon buck permit, you may use any legal weapon to take one buck deer in the hunting

unit listed on your permit. This is the first year you may use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during the rifle hunt. (You may not use them during the archery or muzzleloader hunts.)



• Deer CWMUs• Premium limited-entry deer units• Limited-entry deer units• Areas with special restrictions (see page

37)If you obtained a general-season any legal

weapon buck deer permit, the only other deer permit you can obtain is an antlerless deer permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless deer hunts.

Limited-entry buck deer huntsUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-26

Utah’s premium limited-entry and limited-entry deer units are managed for older, bigger bucks.

A premium limited-entry buck deer permit allows you to hunt on one of the best limited-entry buck deer units in Utah—the Paunsau-gunt unit or the Henry Mountains unit.

A limited-entry buck deer permit allows you to hunt on a high-quality unit that is not open to general-season buck deer hunters.

If you obtained a limited-entry buck deer permit, you may use the weapon listed on your permit to take one buck deer within the area and the season specified on your permit. You may NOT hunt within deer CWMUs.

If you obtained a limited-entry buck deer permit, the only other deer permit you can obtain is an antlerless deer permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless deer hunts.

Archery Ethics CourseBefore hunting in any of Utah’s

extended archery areas, you must complete the Division’s Archery Ethics Course. The course is available online at wildlife.utah.gov, and it takes about 30 minutes to complete. You must complete the course each year and carry your Ar-chery Ethics Course certificate of comple-tion with you while you’re hunting.

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CWMU buck deer huntsUtah Admin. Rule R657-37

Cooperative Wildlife Management Units (CWMUs) are private lands that the landown-ers have opened to a limited number of public and private hunters. To learn more about hunt-ing buck deer on CWMUs, read the article on page 29 and visit wildlife.utah.gov/cwmu.

Management buck deer huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-46

A “management buck” is a buck deer with 3 points or less on at least one antler, above and including the first fork, but not including the eye guard. The eye guard does not count as a point. A point is a projection that’s longer than one inch, measured from its base to its tip, including damaged or broken antlers.

If you were successful in drawing a man-agement buck deer permit, you must complete an online orientation course before you will receive your permit. This course is also open to anyone who wants to learn more about what a management buck looks like. To take the online course, visit wildlife.utah.gov/biggame.

A management buck deer permit allows you to take one management buck deer during the season. You may use any legal weapon to hunt on the area specified on your permit.

If you participate in this hunt, you may not hunt in the following areas:

• Deer CWMUs• Areas with special restrictions (see page

37)After taking your buck deer, you must

bring its head and antlers to a Division office for inspection no later than 72 hours after the date of kill.

Important: If you obtain a management buck deer permit, you will lose your bonus points and incur a waiting period of two years. The only other deer permit you can obtain is an antlerless deer permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless deer hunts.

Why a management buck deer hunt?Removing excess bucks on the Paunsau-

gunt and Henry Mountains limited-entry units—while protecting the larger bucks in the herds—is the goal of the management buck deer hunt.

These two units have high buck-to-doe ratios. Harvesting smaller-antlered bucks will preserve trophy-class bucks and provide more room for does. Having more does in the herds will result in more fawns being born. Having more fawns will help ensure that these herds remain strong and healthy into the future.

Mandatory reportingIf you obtained a premium limited-

entry, limited-entry, management buck deer, CWMU, conservation, sportsman, convention or once-in-a-lifetime permit, you must complete a harvest survey questionnaire within 30 days after your hunt ends. This information is required even if you didn’t harvest an animal.

If you harvested an animal, this is an ideal time to return your tooth packet. Returning your tooth packet does not fulfill the harvest survey requirement.

You can report information about your hunt at wildlife.utah.gov/harvest or by calling 1-800-221-0659.

Reporting your hunt information is important. If you don’t report your hunt information within 30 days of the end of the hunt, you won’t be allowed to apply for a once-in-a-lifetime, premium limited-entry, limited-entry, manage-ment buck deer or CWMU permits, or bonus points in 2015.

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Utah has three general-season elk hunts: • Archery hunt• Any legal weapon hunt• Muzzleloader hunt

These hunts are held on two types of units: any bull elk units and spike bull elk units.

If you obtain an archery permit, you can hunt on all of the open any bull and spike bull units in the state.

If you obtain a general-season any legal weapon or muzzleloader permit, you must hunt on the type of unit specified on your permit. For example, if you obtain an any bull elk permit, you may hunt only on any bull elk units. If you obtain a spike bull permit, you may hunt only on spike bull units.

Permits for most of the general-season elk hunts are available beginning July 10—on a first-come, first-served basis—from Division offices, license agents and wildlife.utah.gov.

General-season archery elk huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-28

In 2014, Utah’s general-season archery spike elk hunt runs from Aug. 16 to Sept. 5. The

A “bull elk” is an elk with antlers that are longer than five inches (R657-5-2(2)(g)). A “spike bull” means a bull elk which has at least one antler beam with no branching above the ears. Branched means a projection on an antler longer than one inch, measured from its base to its tip (R657-5-2(2)(r).

general-season archery any bull elk hunt runs from Aug. 16 to Sept. 12, except on the state’s extended archery areas, where the season runs later into the year.

If you obtain a general-season archery elk permit, you may use archery equipment to take only one of the following animals:

• One elk of either sex on a general-season any bull elk unit

• An antlerless elk or a spike bull elk on a general-season spike bull elk unit

• Only a spike bull on the Book Cliffs unit• One elk—either any bull or antler-

less—on the Wasatch Front or Uintah Basin extended archery areas from Sept. 13–Dec. 15.

You may not hunt within elk CWMUs.If you obtain a general-season archery

elk permit, the only other elk permit you can obtain is an antlerless elk permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless hunts.

Extended archeryIf you haven’t taken an elk by the time the

general-season archery hunt ends, you may continue hunting in the Wasatch Front, Uintah Basin and Sanpete Valley extended archery elk areas during the extended archery seasons. You may use archery equipment to take one of the following animals:

• One elk—either any bull or antlerless—within the Wasatch Front and Uintah Basin extended archery areas from Sept. 13–Dec. 15

• One elk—either any bull or antlerless—within the Sanpete Valley Extended Archery Area from Nov. 8–Dec. 31

To hunt any of the extended archery areas, you must complete the Division’s Archery Eth-ics Course and carry your archery ethics course certificate of completion with you while you’re hunting. Please see the Archery Ethics Course box on page 16 for more information.

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You must obey Utah’s hunter orange regulation (see page 33) if a centerfire rifle hunt is happening in the area where you’re archery hunting. This does not include hunts for once-in-a-lifetime species.

General-season any legal weapon (rifle) bull elk huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-29

Utah’s general-season any legal weapon elk hunt consists of the any bull elk hunt and the spike bull elk hunt. These hunts run from Oct. 4 to Oct. 16.

To hunt during the general-season elk hunt, you must obtain either a spike bull permit or an any bull permit.

If you obtain a general-season any legal weapon bull elk permit, you may use any legal weapon to take your bull elk. This is the first year you may use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during the rifle hunt. (You may not use them during the archery or muzzleloader hunts.)

If you obtain a spike bull elk permit, you may take a spike bull elk on a general-season spike bull elk unit. You may NOT hunt on the any bull elk units.

If you obtain an any bull elk permit, you may take a bull elk of any size, including a spike bull, on a general-season any bull elk unit. You may NOT hunt on spike bull units.


• Salt Lake County, south of I-80 and east of I-15 (see a map online at wildlife.utah.gov/maps)

• Elk CWMUs• The Monroe unit during the spike bull

elk hunt• Areas with special restrictions (see page

37)

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Please see the general-season bull elk hunt reference map on page 46, and the bound-ary descriptions at wildlife.utah.gov/maps, to learn where spike bull units and any bull elk units are located in the state.

If you obtain a general-season any legal weapon bull elk permit, the only other elk per-mit you can obtain is an antlerless elk permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless hunts.

General-season muzzleloader elk huntUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-30

The general-season muzzleloader elk hunt runs from Oct. 29 to Nov. 6 within the general-season elk units.



• Elk CWMUs• Areas with special restrictions (see page

37)To hunt during the general season for

muzzleloader elk, you must obtain either a muzzleloader spike bull elk permit or a muzzleloader any bull elk permit.

If you obtain a muzzleloader spike bull elk permit, you may use a muzzleloader to take a spike bull elk on a general-season spike bull elk unit. You may NOT hunt on the any bull elk units.

If you obtain a muzzleloader any bull elk permit, you may use a muzzleloader to take a bull elk of any size, including a spike bull, on a general-season any bull elk unit. You may NOT hunt on spike bull elk units.

Please see the general-season bull elk hunt reference map on page 46 and the boundary descriptions at wildlife.utah.gov/maps to learn where spike bull units and any bull elk units are located in the state.

Multiple elk permitsUtah Code § 23-19-22 and Utah Admin. Rules R657-62-20 and R657-5-33

You may obtain a maximum of two elk permits each year—provided one or both of the permits are antlerless—but you can only apply for or obtain one antlerless elk permit in the drawing. You may obtain two elk permits in any one of the following combinations:

• One bull elk permit and one antlerless permit

• One bull elk permit and one antlerless elk-control permit (see page 21)

• Two antlerless permits• One hunter’s choice permit and one

antlerless permitFor the purposes of obtaining two elk

permits, a hunter’s choice elk permit is considered a bull elk permit. Likewise, a

general-season archery elk permit is also considered a bull elk permit. An antlerless elk-control permit is considered an antler-less permit.

If you obtain two antlerless elk permits for the same area—but the permits are for different seasons—you may harvest both elk during the same season.

And don’t forget: you may harvest an antlerless elk while hunting general-season buck deer or bull elk, as long as your permits are for the same area and you use the weapon type listed on your general-season permit.

Beginning July 17, 2014, eligible hunters may purchase antlerless elk permits that remain available after the drawing. The permits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

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If you obtain a general-season muzzleload-er bull elk permit, the only other elk permit you can obtain is an antlerless elk permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless hunts.


You must obey Utah’s hunter orange regulation (see page 33) if a centerfire rifle hunt is happening in the area where you’re muzzleloader hunting. This does not include hunts for once-in-a-lifetime species.

Youth bull elk huntsUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-31

If you’ll be 17 years of age or younger on July 31, 2014, you may be eligible to par-ticipate in one of the state’s youth elk hunts. Remember, you cannot hunt until you are 12 years old.

Utah offers two youth bull elk hunts:• The youth general-season any bull elk

hunt runs from Sept. 13 to Sept. 21 on general-season any bull elk units across Utah. If you obtained a permit for this

Elk-control permits availableUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-33

During the 2014 season, the Division wants hunters to harvest as many antlerless elk as possible from 12 of Utah’s hunting units: Chalk Creek; East Canyon; Henry Mountains; Morgan-South Rich; Nine Mile, Range Creek; Ogden; San Juan, East of US-191; San Rafael, North; South Slope, Yellowstone; Wasatch Mtns (Currant Creek, Avintaquin and West).

If you obtained a permit (including general season) to harvest a buck, bull or once-in-a-lifetime species on any of the above units (not including CWMUs), you have the option of purchasing an antlerless elk-control permit.

The elk-control permit allows you to harvest an antlerless elk in the same unit where you’ll already be hunting an antlered big game animal. You may hunt the antler-less elk only during the season dates—and with the same weapon—listed on your buck, bull or once-in-a-lifetime permit.

If you will be hunting buck deer and antlerless elk at the same time, please

visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps to verify your boundaries for the elk portion of the hunt. You may only hunt antlerless elk on certain areas within the following buck deer units:

• Nine Mile (see the Nine Mile, Range Creek map for the area you may hunt)

• San Juan, Abajo Mtns (see the San Juan, East of US-191 map for the area you may hunt)

• Central Mtns, Manti/San Rafael (see the San Rafael, North map for the area you may hunt)

If you will be hunting bull elk (either limited-entry or general-season) and antlerless elk at the same time, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps to verify your boundaries for the antlerless elk portion of the hunt. You may only hunt antlerless elk on certain areas within the following bull elk unit:

• San Juan (see the San Juan, East of US-191 map for the area you may hunt)

To obtain an antlerless elk-control per-mit, please visit wildlife.utah.gov, a license agent or any Division office, beginning July 17, 2014.

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elk seasons (archery, muzzleloader and rifle); however, you must use the weapon appropri-ate for your season. You may not hunt on elk CWMUs.

A limited-entry bull elk permit allows you to use the weapon listed on your permit to take one bull elk of any size within the area and season specified on your permit. You may not hunt on elk CWMUs.

If you obtained a premium limited-entry or limited-entry bull elk permit, the only other elk permit you can obtain is an antlerless elk permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless hunts.

CWMU bull elk hunts Utah Admin. Rule R657-37

Cooperative Wildlife Management Units (CWMUs) are private lands that the landown-ers have opened to a limited number of public and private hunters. To learn more about hunting bull elk on CWMUs, read the article on page 29 and visit wildlife.utah.gov/cwmu.

hunt, you may use any legal weapon to take a bull elk of any size—including a spike bull—on any general-season any bull elk unit in Utah. You may NOT hunt on a spike bull elk unit.

• The late season youth any bull elk hunt runs from Nov. 29, 2014 to Jan. 15, 2015 on a portion of the South Slope any bull elk unit in northeastern Utah (please visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps for a boundary description). If you obtained a permit for this hunt, you may use any legal weapon to take a bull elk of any size—including a spike bull—within the hunt boundaries.


• Salt Lake County, south of I-80 and east of I-15 (see a map online at wildlife.utah.gov/maps)

• Elk CWMUs• Areas with special restrictions (see page

37)You may obtain only one youth any bull elk

permit in your lifetime, and preference points do not apply to this hunt.

If you obtain a youth any bull elk permit, the only other elk permit you can obtain is an antlerless elk permit. Please see page 26 for more information on antlerless hunts.

Limited-entry bull elk huntsUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-32

Utah’s premium limited-entry and limited-entry elk permits are among the state’s most prized big game permits.

A premium limited-entry bull elk permit allows you to hunt all of the limited-entry bull

Avoid harvesting collared wildlife

The Division has placed radio and GPS collars on bighorn sheep, bison, deer, elk, moose, mountain goats and pronghorn in various areas across the state. The Division is monitoring these animals in a handful of ongoing studies. If possible, please avoid harvesting a collared animal. It is an expensive and time-consuming process to capture and collar replacement animals.

If you do harvest a collared animal, please contact your local Division office and return the collar.

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Bison huntingUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-38

To hunt bison, you must possess a bison permit.

ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME HUNTSAll of Utah’s bison, bull moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goat permits are considered once-in-a-lifetime permits. That’s because you can draw a permit for each of these species only once in your lifetime.

Your bison permit allows you to use any legal weapon to take one bison on the limited-entry unit and during the season specified on your permit. You may obtain a bison permit through the big game drawing only once in your lifetime.

If you obtained a hunter’s choice permit, you may take a bison of either sex. If you obtained a cow bison permit, you may take only a cow bison.

See page 16 in the 2014 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook for information about waiting periods and once-in-a-lifetime hunts.

Note: You may obtain only one bison per-mit—of any kind—during the 2014 season.

Buck pronghorn huntingUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-34

To hunt buck pronghorn, you must possess a buck pronghorn permit. If you obtain a buck pronghorn permit, you may not obtain any other pronghorn permit.

If you obtained a buck pronghorn permit, you may use the weapon listed on your permit to take one buck pronghorn within the area

and season specified on your permit. This is the first year you may use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during the any legal weapon (rifle) hunt. (You may not use them during the archery or muzzleloader hunts.)

You may not hunt on buck pronghorn CWMUs.

Note: Only archery equipment may be used during the buck pronghorn archery hunt. If you’d like to hunt from a blind, please contact the public agency that manages the land you’ll be hunting on to learn about their regulations that must be followed to construct a blind.

CWMU buck pronghorn huntsUtah Admin. Rule R657-37

Cooperative Wildlife Management Units (CWMUs) are private lands that the landowners have opened to a small number of public and private hunters. To learn more about hunting buck pronghorn on CWMUs, read the article on page 29 and visit wildlife.utah.gov/cwmu.

“Buck pronghorn” means a pronghorn with horns that are longer than five inches (R657-5-2(2)(f)).

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If you drew a Henry Mountains cow bison permit, you must complete the online orientation course located at wildlife.utah.gov/biggame. You’ll receive your permit after you successfully complete the course.

Antelope Island If you drew an Antelope Island bison per-

mit, you may be required to complete a course before you can hunt.

Before the hunt begins, the Division of Parks and Recreation will notify you about the date, time and location of the course. You’ll receive your permit after you successfully complete the course.

Because the Antelope Island hunt is administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation, your hunt will include some extra park-related fees. For more information, please call 801-209-4678.

Bull moose huntingUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-37

To hunt bull moose, you must possess a bull moose permit. You may obtain a bull moose permit through the big game drawing only once in your lifetime.

Your bull moose permit allows you to use any legal weapon to take one bull moose on the limited-entry unit and during the season

specified on your permit. You may not hunt on moose CWMUs.

Note: You may obtain only one moose permit—of any kind—during the 2014 season.

CWMU bull moose huntsUtah Admin. Rule R657-37

Cooperative Wildlife Management Units (CWMUs) are private lands that the landown-ers have opened to a limited number of public and private hunters. To learn more about hunt-ing bull moose on CWMUs, read the article on page 29 and visit wildlife.utah.gov/cwmu.

Desert bighorn and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep huntingUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-39

To hunt desert bighorn sheep or Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, you must possess a permit for the species you wish to hunt (i.e., a desert bighorn sheep permit to hunt desert bighorn sheep, or a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep permit to hunt Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep).

Desert bighorn sheep hunts and Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep hunts are consid-ered separate once-in-a-lifetime hunts. For example, if you obtain a desert bighorn sheep permit, and you’ve never obtained a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep permit before, you

A “ram” is a male desert bighorn sheep or a male Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (R657-5-2(2)(q)).

A “bull moose” is a moose that has antlers that are longer than its ears (R657-5-2(2)(h)).

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If you drew a female mountain goat per-mit, you must complete the online orientation course located at wildlife.utah.gov/biggame. You’ll receive your permit after you successfully complete the course.

Note: You may obtain only one mountain goat permit—of any kind—during the 2014 season.

can continue applying for a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep permit the following year.

A bighorn sheep permit allows you to use any legal weapon to take one ram within the area and the season specified on your permit. Any ram is legal to take, but the Division encourages you to take a mature ram.

After taking your ram, you must bring its horns to a Division office within 72 hours of leaving your hunting area. When you come to the office, a Division staff person will perma-nently affix a numbered plug to the horn. This plug certifies that the sheep was taken legally.

Note: You may obtain only one bighorn sheep permit—of any kind—during the 2014 season.

Mountain goat hunting Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-40

To hunt mountain goats, you must possess a mountain goat permit.

Your mountain goat permit allows you to use any legal weapon to take one mountain goat within the area and the season specified on your permit. You may obtain a mountain goat permit through the big game drawing only once in your lifetime.

If you obtained a hunter’s choice permit, you may take a goat of either sex, but the Division encourages you to take a mature goat. If you obtained a female goat permit, you may take only a female goat.

New options for once-in-a-lifetime hunters

Starting this year, if you have an any legal weapon (rifle) permit for a once-in-a-lifetime species, you have additional weapon options for your hunt. You can now use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during the rifle season.

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• General muzzleloader buck deer• Limited-entry archery buck deer• Limited-entry muzzleloader buck deer

If your buck deer permit and antlerless deer permit are for the same area—and you use the appropriate archery or muzzleloader equipment specified for your current hunting season—you may use your antlerless permit during the buck deer season. However, you may not use your buck deer permit during the antlerless season.

Antlerless elk huntingUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-33

To hunt antlerless elk, you must possess an antlerless elk permit. This permit allows you to use the legal weapon listed on your permit to take one antlerless elk in the area and season specified on your permit.

If you have an any legal weapon (rifle) per-mit, you may use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during the rifle hunt. (You may not use them during the archery or muzzleloader hunts.)

You may not hunt on a Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) unless you obtain an antlerless elk permit for that CWMU.

Antlerless deer huntingUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-27

To hunt antlerless deer, you must possess an antlerless deer permit. This permit allows you to use the legal weapon listed on your per-mit to take one antlerless deer—per antlerless deer tag —in the area and season specified on your permit.

If you have an any legal weapon (rifle) per-mit, you may use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during the rifle hunt. (You may not use them during the archery, muzzleloader, shotgun season.)

You may not hunt on a Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) unless you obtain an antlerless deer permit for that CWMU.

You may obtain only one antlerless deer permit for the 2014 antlerless season.

Additional opportunityThere is some flexibility if you are an ant-

lerless deer permit holder who also possesses a permit to hunt any one of the following seasons:

• General archery buck deer

ANTLERLESS HUNTSUtah offers antlerless hunts each year. These hunts serve two purposes: they help ensure that populations remain at sustainable, manageable levels, and they remove animals that pose depredation problems. Depending on the permit you obtain, you could hunt antler-less deer or elk, or doe pronghorn. The following section describes the species you can hunt, the weapons you can use and the types of permits that are available.

An “antlerless deer” is a deer without antlers or with antlers five inches or shorter (R657-5-2(2)(a)).

An “antlerless elk” is an elk without antlers or with antlers five inches or shorter (R657-5-2(2)(b)).

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You may obtain two elk permits each year. At least one of them must be an antlerless elk permit. If you plan to obtain two elk permits, please note that a hunter’s choice elk permit is considered a bull elk permit. Likewise, a general-season archery elk permit is also considered a bull elk permit. You may apply for only one antlerless elk permit in the antlerless drawing.

If you do not obtain an antlerless elk permit in the drawing, you may be eligible to purchase up to two remaining antlerless elk permits.

Additional opportunityThere is some flexibility if you are an

antlerless elk permit holder who also possesses

a permit to hunt any one of the following seasons:

• General buck deer (archery, muzzle-loader or any legal weapon)

• General bull elk (archery, muzzleloader or any legal weapon)

• Limited-entry buck deer (archery, muzzleloader or any legal weapon)

• Limited-entry bull elk (archery, muzzle-loader or any legal weapon)

• Antlerless elkIf your buck deer or bull elk permit and

your antlerless elk permit are for the same area, you may use your antlerless elk permit

Antlerless season dates online

To review the 2014 antlerless season dates—as well as informa-tion about antlerless hunting options, permit numbers, application dates, maps and hunt boundaries—visit wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks. These tools and resources will be available online by May 15, which is more than two weeks before the antlerless application period begins on May 30.

For more information on the antler-less application period, see page 8.

Report your harvestIf you obtain an antlerless permit this

year, don’t forget to complete a harvest report after your hunt ends.

Visit wildlife.utah.gov/harvest and click the “Report your harvest” button at the top of the page. Then, you can log in and complete your harvest report.

If you prefer to complete your harvest report over the phone, call 1-800-221-0659. The line is staffed 24 hours per day, seven days a week.

If you want to hunt it tomorrow, help us protect it today.

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the archery or muzzleloader hunts.)If you already have a 2014 pronghorn

permit, you may not apply for or obtain a doe pronghorn permit or preference point.

You may not hunt on a Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) unless you obtain a doe pronghorn permit for that CWMU.

Note: You may only obtain one pronghorn permit—of any kind—during the 2014 season.

Antlerless moose huntingUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-36

To hunt antlerless moose, you must possess an antlerless moose permit. This year, because of recent declines in moose populations, there will be no antlerless moose permits available to hunters.

Note: You may only obtain one moose permit—of any kind—during the 2014 season.

during your buck deer or bull elk season, using the weapon listed on your buck or bull permit. However, you may not use your buck deer or bull elk permit during the antlerless season, unless it’s during the timeframe when the two seasons overlap.

If you obtain two antlerless elk permits for the same area—but the permits are for different seasons—you may harvest both elk during the same season.

Doe pronghorn huntingUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-35

To hunt a doe pronghorn, you must possess a doe pronghorn permit. This permit allows you to use the legal weapon listed on your permit to take one doe pronghorn in the area and season specified on your permit.

If you have an any legal weapon (rifle) per-mit, you may use a crossbow, a draw lock or a muzzleloader with a magnifying scope during

An “antlerless moose” is a moose without antlers or with antlers shorter than its ears (R657-5-2(2)(c)).

A “doe pronghorn” is a pronghorn without horns or with horns five inches or shorter (R657-5-2(2)(j)).

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If you obtain a CWMU voucher, you can redeem the voucher for a permit by mailing the voucher to:

CWMU Front DeskDivision of Wildlife ResourcesP.O. Box 146301Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6301

(Please allow 10 to 14 days for processing.)You can also redeem the voucher at any

Division office.If you obtain a CWMU permit, you may

hunt only on the CWMU that’s specified on your permit. You may take only one animal of the species and sex listed on the permit. You’ll also incur a waiting period for the species you obtained a permit for. (Please see page 16 in the 2014 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook for more information about waiting periods.)

You may not obtain more than one pronghorn, one moose, one buck deer or one bull elk permit in a year. But you can obtain an antlerless deer or antlerless elk permit. More information about antlerless permits is avail-able on page 26.

How to participateIf you draw a permit to hunt a CWMU, you

must contact the CWMU operator to obtain the following:

• The dates you’ll be allowed to hunt within the legal CWMU hunting season framework. Both you and the opera-tor must schedule around each of your individual needs—please be realistic and patient.

• A map of the CWMU showing access points and the acreage you’ll be allowed to hunt. The CWMU should provide the

COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT UNITSUtah Admin. Rule R657-37

More than 60 percent of the rangelands that Utah’s big game animals rely on in the winter are on private land. Utah’s Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) program works with landowners to preserve these lands and to make them good habitat for wildlife .

How the program worksThe CWMU program provides landowners

with an economic incentive to keep their pri-vate range and forest lands as wildlife habitat instead of developing them.

CWMUs comprise more than two million acres of land in Utah. They’ll provide more than 5,000 big game and antlerless hunting permits in 2014. More than one-third of those permits are available to the general public through the state’s big game drawing.

Hunting on CWMUs provides both public and private hunters with several advantages. Among those advantages are a better chance to take an animal and fewer hunters to compete with.

Obtaining a CWMU permitIf you’re a Utah resident, there are two

ways to obtain a CWMU permit: you can apply for one in the state’s public drawing, or you can obtain a permit voucher from the landowner or operator of the CWMU you want to hunt.

CWMU landowner association members and operators—and their spouses and depen-dent children—cannot apply for their own CWMU permits in the public drawing.

If you’re not a resident of Utah, you can-not apply for a CWMU permit in the public drawing. You can, however, obtain a permit voucher directly from the CWMU landowner or operator.

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Archery bull elk Aug. 16, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Any legal weapon (rifle)bull elk

Sept. 1, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Muzzleloader bull elk Sept. 1, 2014–Nov. 11, 2014

Antlerless elk Aug. 16, 2014–Jan. 31, 2015

Buck and doe pronghorn Sept. 1, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Bull moose Sept. 1, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Some deer and elk CWMUs have hunting seasons outside of these timeframes. For more information, visit wildlife.utah.gov/CWMU.

Reporting your harvest success

If you obtain a CWMU permit for an antlered animal, you must report information about your hunt within 30 days after it ends. Please see page 17 for more information about this important requirement.

Complaint processIf you wish to lodge a complaint against

a CWMU, you should contact the Division of Wildlife Resources immediately. Biologists and conservation officers can supply you with a complaint form, or you can make the complaint in person or over the telephone. You and the operator should make every effort to resolve your issues before they escalate to the Division level.

If your problem cannot be resolved locally, it may be passed on to a CWMU Advisory Com-mittee for review and possible action.

Learn moreTo learn more about the CWMU program

or to view maps of CWMU properties, visit wildlife.utah.gov/CWMU.

same amount of acreage to both public and private hunters. If you feel that you haven’t received equal treatment, please contact your regional Division office.

• A copy of the CWMU’s rules. CWMUs are allowed to develop rules of conduct for their unit. Examples of these rules may include: no preseason scouting; checking into and out of the unit daily; limited vehicle access; no overnight camping; a marksmanship test; and limiting the number of hunting companions. If you fail to abide by these rules, you might be asked to leave the CWMU. You can also review these rules online at wildlife.utah.gov/cwmu.

Season datesThe Utah Wildlife Board has established

timeframes for hunting on CWMUs (see chart below). Within these timeframes, hunters should expect to hunt at least five days for bucks/bulls and two days for antlerless big game.

The CWMU operator may also allow you to hunt additional days within the listed timeframes.

Before you apply for a CWMU permit, con-tact the operator to obtain general information about hunt dates, permitted weapons and other rules. If you draw a permit, you must contact the CWMU operator to confirm your season dates.

Hunt Dates

Archery buck deer Aug. 16, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Any legal weapon (rifle) buck deer

Sept. 1, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Muzzleloader buck deer Sept. 1, 2014–Oct. 31, 2014

Antlerless deer Aug. 16, 2014–Dec. 31, 2014

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BASIC REQUIREMENTSAre you planning to hunt big game in Utah this year? Before you head into the field, make sure you meet Utah’s age, hunter education and license requirements.

and provide verbal assistance to the young hunter. Using electronic devices, such as walkie-talkies or cell phones, does not meet this requirement.

Have you passed hunter education?Utah Code § 23-19-11 & Utah Admin. Rule R657-23

If you were born after Dec. 31, 1965, you must provide proof that you’ve passed a hunter education course approved by the Division before you can apply for or obtain a hunting license or a big game permit.

The only exception to this law is for individuals who are participating in the Divi-sion’s new Trial Hunting Program. You can find details about the program on page 12 or by visiting wildlife.utah.gov/trial in July 2014.

Proof of hunter educationYou can prove that you’ve completed

hunter education by obtaining a hunter educa-tion card (called a “blue card” in Utah) or by using a hunting license from a previous year with your hunter education number noted on the license.

How to take hunter educationTo get started, you should visit

wildlife.utah.gov/huntereducation. You’ll see links to a complete list of traditional or online hunter education courses. Follow the instruc-tions on the website to sign up for a course.

If you need assistance, please contact your local Division office or call 801-538-4727.

When you complete the course, your in-structor will sign your course certificate, which will then become your hunting license. With a valid hunting license, you can also apply for or obtain permits in the Division’s hunt drawings.

Are you old enough?Utah Code § 23-19-22

To hunt big game in Utah, you must be at least 12 years old.

If you’re 11 years old—but you’ll be 12 by Dec. 31, 2014—you can apply for or obtain a hunting license and big game permit. Remember, you cannot hunt until you are 12 years old.

If you’re 11 to 13 years old, you are eligible to:

• Apply for general-season deer or youth any bull elk permits in the drawing.

• Buy general-season deer, general-season elk and youth any bull elk permits over the counter, if any remain available.

• Buy a Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit (CWMU) permit directly from a CWMU operator.

If you’re 13 years old—and you’ll be 14 by Dec. 31, 2014—you can also apply for limited-entry or CWMU permits in the public drawing.

All hunters under the age of 16 must be accompanied in the field by a parent, legal guardian or responsible person 21 years of age or older.

Adults must accompany young hunt-ersUtah Code § 23-20-20

While hunting big game, a person under 16 years old must be accompanied by his or her parent, legal guardian or other responsible person who is 21 years of age or older and who has been approved by the parent or guardian.

The Division encourages adults to be familiar with hunter education guidelines or to complete the hunter education course before accompanying youth into the field.

While in the field, the youth and the adult must remain close enough for the adult to see

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complete the course, you will receive your blue card by mail.

You should also keep the following in mind:

• Hunters under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult while hunting.

• Regardless of when a student graduates, all hunting regulations (such as season dates and bag limits) will apply.

• Students who are planning to hunt out of state should allow enough time for their hunter education card to arrive in the mail.

New to Utah?If you become a Utah resident, and you’ve

completed a hunter education course in another state, province or country, you must obtain a Utah blue card before you can buy a resident hunting license. You can obtain a Utah blue card at any Division office by providing proof that you’ve completed a hunter educa-tion course approved by the Division. The card costs $10.

Do you have a license?Utah Code §§§ 23-19-1, 23-19-22 and 23-20-3

You must have a current Utah hunting or combination (hunting and fishing) license before you can apply for any big game permits, bonus points or preference points. Licenses are available at wildlife.utah.gov and from license agents and Division offices.

As long as your license was valid on the date you submitted your application, you don’t have to purchase a new license for the actual hunt.

For example, assume that your license expires on June 25, 2014. If you applied on February 26, 2014, you do not have to pur-chase a new license for your hunt in the fall. All hunting and combination licenses are valid for 365 days from the date of purchase.

Carry your permitIf you are successful in obtaining a big

game permit, you must have it on your person while hunting. You cannot alter your license or permit, nor can you sell, transfer or loan either of them to another person.

ResidencyUtah Code 23-13-2(37)

Before you apply for a big game hunt, it’s important to know whether you are a legal resident of the state of Utah. See the definition of Resident on page 51 to determine whether you are a resident or a nonresident.

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centerfire rifle hunt is in progress in the same area.

Checkpoints and officer contactsUtah Code §§ 23-20-25 and 77-23-104

To help the Division fulfill its responsibility as trustee and custodian of Utah’s wildlife, Division conservation officers and biologists monitor the taking and possession of big game animals and the required permits, firearms and equipment used for hunting. You should expect to encounter conservation officers and biologists checking hunters in the field and at checkpoints.

If you’re contacted by a conservation officer, you must provide the officer with the items he or she requests, including any licenses and permits required for hunting, any devices used to participate in hunting and any game you’ve taken. These contacts allow the Division to collect valuable information about Utah’s big game animals.

FIELD REQUIREMENTSSeveral rules have been established to regulate big game hunting in Utah. These rules exist to ensure big game animals are hunted ethically and to help keep you safe in the field. Please be familiar with the requirements for carrying and using firearms and archery tackle. You should also know the different types of hunting methods that may and may not be used and what you’re required to do with any big game animal you take.

Hunting hoursUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-6

You may take big game animals from 30 minutes before official sunrise until 30 minutes after official sunset.

Requirement to wear hunter orangeUtah Code § 23-20-31

If you’re hunting in an area where a cen-terfire rifle hunt is occurring, you must wear a minimum of 400 square inches of hunter orange material on your head, chest and back.

A camouflage pattern in hunter orange meets this requirement; however, the Division strongly encourages hunters to continue using solid hunter orange whenever possible.

There are some exceptions to the hunter orange rule. You’re not required to wear hunter orange if you’re participating in a bighorn sheep hunt, a bison hunt, a moose hunt or a mountain goat hunt—or a hunt that requires you to possess a statewide conservation permit or a statewide sportsman’s permit—unless a

Are you allowed to possess a weapon?Utah Code §§ 76-10-503 and 76-10-512

It is illegal under Utah Code §§ 76-10-503 and 76-10-512 to possess or use a firearm, muzzleloader or any other danger-ous weapon if you have been charged or convicted of certain offenses.

The purchase or possession of any hunting license, permit, tag or certificate of registration from the Division does not

authorize the holder to legally possess or use a firearm, muzzleloader or any other dangerous weapon while hunting if they are otherwise restricted from possessing these weapons under Utah Code.

To determine whether you are allowed to possess a weapon, please review the Utah Code sections listed above or contact the law enforcement agency that oversees your case.

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HandgunsUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-9

You may use a handgun to take big game animals, but the handgun must be a minimum of .24 caliber and must fire a centerfire cartridge with an expanding bullet.

If you’re hunting deer or pronghorn, the handgun must develop at least 500 foot-pounds of energy at the muzzle. If you’re hunting elk, moose, bison, bighorn sheep or mountain goat, the handgun must develop at least 500 foot-pounds of energy at 100 yards.

MuzzleloadersUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-10

Muzzleloaders may be used during any big game hunt—except the archery hunt. To hunt big game with a muzzleloader, your muzzleloader must meet all of the following requirements:

• It can be loaded only from the muzzle.• It must have open sights, peep sights or

a fixed non-magnifying 1x scope. (Please see Utah Admin. Rule R657-12 and Utah

Firearms and archery equipmentProhibited weaponsUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-7

You may only use firearms and archery tackle that are expressly permitted in this guide.

You may not hunt big game with a firearm that’s capable of being fired fully automatic, or with any light-enhancement device or aiming device that casts a visible beam of light. Laser range-finding devices are exempt from this restriction.

Rifles and shotgunsUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-8

You may use a rifle or shotgun to take big game, but your firearm and ammunition must meet the following requirements:

• Your rifle must fire centerfire cartridges and expanding bullets.

• Your shotgun must be 20 gauge or larger,

Hunters with disabilitiesUtah Admin. Rule R657-12

Utah provides special hunting ac-commodations for people with disabili-ties. These accommodations include the opportunity to hunt with a companion, use a crossbow, hunt from a vehicle, use a draw lock and use a scope on archery equipment or a muzzleloader.

Hunters with disabilities may also apply for an extension to their season if they have a 2014 big game hunting permit in their possession and they meet certain criteria.

To learn more about hunting accom-modations for people with disabilities, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/disabled, wildlife.utah.gov/rules/R657-12.php or call any Division office.

State-licensed guides and outfitters

Guides and outfitters must be licensed with the State of Utah before they can legally take hunters onto public land to hunt big game, cougars or black bears.

Before you use a guide or an outfit-ter, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/guides to determine if he or she is licensed in Utah.

The Utah Division of Occupa-tional and Professional Licensing is the regulatory agency for this law. For more information, please visit wildlife.utah.gov/DOPL.

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• Hunters who are licensed to hunt big game species during archery or rifle hunts that coincide with the muzzle-loader hunt

• Livestock owners who are protecting their livestock

• Individuals who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon (You may not use your concealed firearm to hunt or take protected wildlife.)

Archery equipmentUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-11

Archery equipment may be used during any big game hunt except the muzzleloader hunt. To hunt big game with archery equip-ment, your equipment must meet all of the following requirements:

• Your bow must have a minimum pull of 40 pounds at the draw or the peak, whichever comes first.

• Your arrowheads must have two or more sharp-cutting edges that cannot pass through a 7/8 inch ring. If you’re using expanding arrowheads, the arrowheads must have two or more sharp-cutting edges that cannot pass through a 7/8 inch ring when expanded.

• Your arrows must be at least 20 inches long, from the tip of the arrowhead to the tip of the nock, and must weigh at least 300 grains.

You may not use any of the following archery equipment to take big game during the archery season:

• A crossbow (Please see Utah Admin. Rule R657-12 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-11 for exceptions to this rule. )

• Arrows with chemically treated or explosive arrowheads

• A mechanical device that holds the bow at any increment of draw (Please see Utah Admin. Rule R657-12 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-11 for exceptions to this rule.)

Admin. Rule R657-5-10 for exceptions to this rule.)

• It can have only one barrel, and the bar-rel must be at least 18 inches long.

• It cannot be capable of firing more than once without being reloaded.

• The powder and bullet—or powder, sabot and bullet—cannot be bonded together as one unit for loading.

• It must be loaded with black powder or a black powder substitute. The black powder or black power substitute cannot contain smokeless powder, but may contain some nitrocellulose.

• To hunt big game, you must use a lead or expanding bullet or projectile that’s at least 40 caliber in size.

• If you’re hunting deer or pronghorn, your bullet must be 130 grains or heavier, or your sabot must be 170 grains or heavier.

• If you’re hunting elk, moose, bison, big-horn sheep or mountain goats, you must use a 210-grain or heavier bullet, or a sabot bullet that’s at least 240 grains.

If you obtain a muzzleloader permit, you may use only the muzzleloader equipment authorized in this section to take the species listed on the permit.

You may not possess or be in control of a rifle or shotgun while in the field during the muzzleloader hunt. For the purposes of this section, “field” means a location where you are likely to find the species listed on your permit. (You are not considered to be in the field if you are in an established camping area or traveling in a fully enclosed automobile or truck.) This restriction does not apply to the following people:

• Hunters who are licensed to hunt upland game or waterfowl (You must comply with the regulations in the Upland Game Guidebook or Waterfowl Guidebook, and you may possess only those firearms and archery equipment that are legal for taking upland game or waterfowl.)

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• A release aid that is not handheld or that supports the draw weight of the bow

• A bow with an attached electronic range-finding device or a magnifying-aiming device

Please remember that if you carry arrows in or on a vehicle, the arrows must be in an arrow quiver or a closed case.

If you obtain an archery permit, you may use only the archery equipment authorized in this section to take the species listed on the permit

You may not possess or be in control of a rifle, shotgun or muzzleloader while in the field during an archery hunt. For the purposes of this section, “field” means a location where you are likely to find the species listed on your permit. (You are not considered to be in the field if you are in an established camping area or traveling in a fully enclosed automobile or truck.)

This restriction does not apply to the fol-lowing people:

• Hunters who are licensed to hunt upland game or waterfowl (You must comply

with the regulations in the Upland Game Guidebook or Waterfowl Guidebook, and you may possess only those firearms and archery equipment that are legal for taking upland game or waterfowl.)

• Hunters who are licensed to hunt big game species during rifle or muzzle-loader hunts that coincide with the archery hunt

• Livestock owners who are protecting their livestock

• Individuals who are licensed to carry a concealed weapon (You may not use your concealed firearm to hunt or take protected wildlife.)

Loaded firearms in a vehicleUtah Code §§§§ 76-10-502, 76-10-504, 76-10-505 and 76-10-523

You may not carry a loaded firearm in or on a vehicle unless you meet all of the following conditions:

• You own the vehicle or have permission from the vehicle’s owner.

• The firearm is a handgun.• You are 18 years of age or older.

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Carrying a dangerous weapon while under the influence of alcohol or drugsUtah Code § 76-10-528

You may not carry a dangerous weapon or hunt big game while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Please see Utah Code § 76-10-528 at wildlife.utah.gov/rules for more information.

Areas with special restrictionsUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-12

The following areas have certain restric-tions. Please be familiar with them before heading into the field.

Counties and local municipalities

Please check county and local municipal-ity ordinances regarding firearm restrictions before hunting in these areas.

State waterfowl management areas

Starting in 2014, you may hunt big game during the archery season on the following waterfowl management areas: Bicknell Bot-toms, Browns Park, Clear Lake, Desert Lake, Locomotive Springs and Redmond.

All of Utah’s other waterfowl management areas—except the Stewart Lake Waterfowl Management Area—are closed to big game hunting.

State parksUtah Admin. Rule R651-614

Hunting any wildlife is prohibited within the boundaries of all state park areas, except those designated open to hunting by the Divi-sion of Parks and Recreation in Utah Admin. Rule R651-614-4.

A pistol, revolver, rifle or shotgun is considered to be loaded when there is an unexpended cartridge, shell or projectile in the firing position.

Pistols and revolvers are also considered to be loaded when an unexpended cartridge, shell or projectile is in a position whereby the manual operation of any mechanism once would cause the unexpended cartridge, shell or projectile to be fired.

A muzzleloading firearm is considered loaded when it is capped or primed and has a powder charge and ball or shot in the barrel or cylinders.

The firearm restrictions in this section do not apply to concealed firearm permit holders, provided the person is not utilizing the con-cealed firearm to hunt or take wildlife.

Areas where you cannot discharge a firearmUtah Code § 76-10-508 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-12

You may not discharge a dangerous weapon or firearm under any of the following circumstances:

• From a vehicle • From, upon or across any highway • At power lines or signs• At railroad equipment or facilities,

including any sign or signal • Within Utah state park camp or picnic

sites, overlooks, golf courses, boat ramps or developed beaches

• Without written permission from the owner or property manager, within 600 feet of:

• A house, dwelling or any other building

• Any structure in which a domestic animal is kept or fed, including a barn, poultry yard, corral, feeding pen or stockyard

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muzzleloaders in park areas designated open to hunting is prohibited within one mile of all park facilities, including buildings, camp or picnic sites, overlooks, golf courses, boat ramps and developed beaches.

Hunting with shotguns or archery tackle is prohibited within one-quarter mile of the above areas.

National parks and monuments

All of Utah’s national parks and monu-ments—except the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument—are closed to hunting.

Native American trust lands

To hunt on Native American trust lands, you must obtain a permit from the Native American tribe that owns the land. You must also observe all of the tribe’s wildlife regula-tions while hunting on these trust lands.

Military installationsAll of the military installations in Utah,

including Camp Williams, are closed to hunting and trespassing unless you have authorized permission.

Salt Lake CountyIn Salt Lake County, you may not do any of

the following:• Hunt big game within one-half mile of

Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon• Hunt on the Red Butte Research Natural

Area, which is closed to public access• Hunt in Emigration Township with

a rifle or muzzleloader. This area is restricted to archery tackle only. Visit wildlife.utah.gov/maps to view a map of the archery-only area in Emigration Township.

Please check the special regulations under general-season any legal weapon buck deer (page 16), general-season muzzleloader

buck deer (page 15), general-season bull elk (page 19) and general-season muzzleloader elk (page 20) for additional restrictions in Salt Lake County.

Also, before hunting in the Salt Lake County area, please check the Salt Lake County and local municipality ordinances regarding firearm restrictions.

Alta A designated portion of the town of Alta is

closed to hunting. Please contact the town of Alta for hunt boundaries and other informa-tion.

Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve

You may use only archery equipment, muzzleloaders or shotguns while hunting on the Scott M. Matheson Wetlands Preserve.

Green River—Jensen, Utah

You may not discharge a firearm, except a shotgun or a muzzleloader, from, upon or across the Green River near Jensen, Utah (from the bridge on US-40 upstream to the Dinosaur National Monument boundary).

Obtain permission to hunt private property

If you want to hunt on private prop-erty, you must obtain written permission from the landowner before you can hunt. Ideally, you should have permission be-fore you even apply for a permit.

If you obtain written permission in advance, you know you’ll be able to use the permit if you draw it.

The Division cannot guarantee access to private land, and the agency does not have the names of landowners who own property where hunts occur.

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In addition, you may not:• Enter or remain on private land when

directed not to do so by the owner or a person acting for the owner.

• Obstruct any entrance or exit to private property.

“Cultivated land” is land that is readily identifiable as land whose soil is loosened or broken up for the raising of crops, land used for the raising of crops, or a pasture that is artificially irrigated.

“Permission” means written authorization from the owner or person in charge to enter upon private land that is cultivated or properly posted. Permission must include all of the following details:

• The signature of the owner or person in charge

• The name of the person being given permission

• The appropriate dates • A general description of the land

“Properly posted” means that signs prohibiting trespass—or bright yellow, bright orange or fluorescent paint—are clearly displayed at all corners, on fishing streams crossing property lines, and on roads, gates and rights-of-way entering the land. Or, they are displayed in a manner that is visible to a person in the area.

You may not post private property you do not own or legally control or land that is open to the public as provided by Utah Code § 23-21-4. In addition, it is unlawful to take protected wildlife or its parts while trespassing in violation of Utah Code § 23-20-14.

You are guilty of a class B misdemeanor if you violate any provision described in this section. Your license, tag or permit privileges may also be suspended.

Motorized vehicle access on wildlife management areasUtah Admin. Rule R657-6-14

Motorized vehicle travel on state wildlife management areas is restricted to county roads, parking areas, and areas marked or posted open to motorized vehicle travel.

TrespassingUtah Code §§ 23-20-14 and 23-20-3.5

While taking wildlife or engaging in wildlife-related activities, you may not—without permission—enter or remain on privately owned land that is:

• Cultivated• Properly posted• Fenced or enclosed in a manner designed

to exclude intruders

Utah’s Walk-in Access ProgramUtah Admin. Rule R657-56-13

If you enjoy using Utah’s Walk-in Ac-cess (WIA) program and you are 14 years old or older, you must obtain a free WIA authorization number in order to access any WIA properties.

The Division is using the authoriza-tion numbers to track who’s using WIA properties throughout the year and to assess the program’s value to the public.

To obtain your authorization number, visit wildlife.utah.gov/walkinaccess and click the “Authorization number” link at the top right of the page. Follow the instructions and obtain your number. You can also request a number by calling 1-800-221-0659.

Visit wildlife.utah.gov/walkinaccess for detailed information on all WIA properties.

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device listed above.In addition, you may not use any type of

aircraft, from 48 hours before any big game hunt begins through 48 hours after any big game hunting season ends, to perform any of the following activities:

• Transport a hunter or hunting equipment into a hunting area

• Transport a big game carcass• Locate, or attempt to observe or locate,

any protected wildlifeFlying slowly at low altitudes, or hovering,

circling or repeatedly flying over an area where protected wildlife is likely to be found, may be used as evidence that you’ve violated the restrictions above.

Use of dogsUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-15

Dogs may not be used to take, chase, harm or harass big game. You may, however, use one blood-trailing dog—controlled by leash—to track wounded animals and aid in recovery. You may only use the tracking dog within 72 hours of shooting a big game animal and dur-ing lawful hunting hours.

Party huntingUtah Code § 23-19-1 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-15

You may not take a big game animal for another person. For example, you cannot kill a big game animal, and then tag the animal with a tag that belongs to one of your hunting companions. This practice is called “party hunt-ing,” and it’s illegal.

The only exception to this rule is if a men-tor shares a permit and tag with a minor as part of the new Hunter Mentoring program. For details on this new program, please see the article on page 12.

Big game contestsUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-16

You may not enter a contest or hold a contest that is based on big game or its parts

Prohibited hunting methodsSpotlightingUtah Code §§§ 23-20-3, 76-10-504, 76-10-523 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-13

You may not use a spotlight, headlight or other artificial light to take or locate any protected wildlife (including big game) if you have any of the following weapons in your possession:

• Rifle• Shotgun• Archery equipment• Muzzleloader

The use of a spotlight or other artificial light in any area where protected wildlife are generally found is prima facie evidence of attempting to locate protected wildlife. (Prima facie evidence means that if you’re spotlight-ing, the burden of proof falls on you to prove that you were not attempting to locate protected wildlife.)

The provisions of this section do not apply to the use of the headlights of a motor vehicle or other artificial light in a usual manner where there is no attempt or intent to locate protected wildlife.

In addition, the above restrictions do not apply to concealed firearm permit holders, pro-vided the person is not utilizing the concealed firearm to hunt or take wildlife.

Use of vehicle or aircraftUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-14

You may not use an airplane or any other airborne vehicle or device, or any motor-ized terrestrial or aquatic vehicle (except a vessel)—including snowmobiles and other recreational vehicles—to take protected wildlife, including big game.

Also, you may not take protected wildlife that are being chased, harmed, harassed, ral-lied, herded, flushed, pursued or moved by an

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corresponds to the tag that’s attached to the carcass.

There is one exception to this rule: you may transport a big game animal you did not take if you obtain a shipping permit or a disposal receipt from the Division, or you have a donation slip. You may not donate big game in the field.

Please see Donating big game on page 42 for more information.

Transporting big game out of UtahUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-19

You may transport big game or its parts out of Utah if you accompany the big game animal you harvested and you have a valid per-mit that corresponds to the tag on the animal. The tag must be attached to the largest por-tion of the carcass.

If you didn’t harvest the animal, you must obtain a shipping permit from the Division be-fore taking the animal or its parts out of Utah.

Bringing big game into UtahUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-42

If an elk, mule deer, white-tailed deer or moose has been taken from an area that has been diagnosed with Chronic Wasting Disease, the following are the only parts of the animal you may bring into Utah:

• Meat that is cut and wrapped, either commercially or privately

• Quarters or other portions of meat (no part of the spinal column or head may be attached to the meat)

• Meat that is boned out• Hides with no heads attached• Skull plates with antlers attached, but

the skull plates must be cleaned of all meat and tissue

• Antlers with no meat or tissue attached• Upper canine teeth (also known as

buglers, whistlers or ivories)

and that offers cash or prizes totaling more than $500.

Tagging, transporting and exporting big gameTagging requirementsUtah Code § 23-20-30 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-17

After you’ve taken a big game animal, you must tag the animal before moving the carcass or leaving the site of the kill.

To tag a big game animal, completely detach the tag from your big game permit and completely remove the three notches that indicate the date the animal was taken and the sex of the animal. Then, attach the tag to the animal so that the tag remains securely fastened and visible.

You may not remove more than one notch indicating the date or sex, or tag more than one animal, using the same tag. Also, you may not hunt or pursue big game after any of the notches have been removed from the tag or the tag has been detached from your permit.

Your tag must remain with the largest por-tion of the animal’s meat until all of the meat has been eaten.

Transporting big game within UtahUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-18

You must obey the following rules to transport big game in Utah:

• The head or sex organs of the animal you’ve taken must remain attached to the largest portion of its carcass.

• If you take an elk on a spike bull unit, the antlers must remain attached to the animal’s skull plate, and you must transport the skull plate and antlers with the carcass.

• You must accompany the carcass of any big game animal you’ve harvested, and you must have a valid permit that

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You can learn which areas in North Ameri-ca have been diagnosed with Chronic Wasting Disease by visiting wildlife.utah.gov/cwd or any Division office.

If you’re not a resident of Utah, you can transport harvested elk, mule deer and white-tailed deer from areas that have CWD. However, you may not leave any part of the harvested animal in Utah, and you may not stay more than 24 hours in the state. In ad-dition, your deer or elk may not be processed in Utah.

Possession and use of big gameDonating big gameUtah Code § 23-20-9

The following are the only places you may donate, or give, a big game animal or its parts to another person:

• The residence of the donor• The residence of the recipient• A meat locker• A storage plant• A meat-processing facility

A written statement of donation must be kept with the animal or its parts. The state-ment must show:

• The number and species of the wildlife or parts donated

• The date of donation• The permit number of the donor • The signature of the donor

There is one exception to the rules above. You may donate the hide of a big game animal to another person or organization at any loca-tion, and a donation slip is not required.

Waste of gameUtah Code § 23-20-8

You may not waste any big game animal or permit it to be wasted or spoiled. (Waste means to abandon a big game animal or allow it to spoil or be used in a manner not normally associated with its beneficial use. For example, using the meat as fertilizer or for trapping bait is not considered a beneficial use of the meat.)

In addition, you may not kill or cripple a big game animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve it. You must immediately kill any animal you wound and tag the animal.

Purchasing or selling big game or its partsUtah Code § 23-20-3 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-20

You may not buy, sell or offer, or possess for sale, barter, exchange or trade, any big game animal or its parts. The only exceptions are the following:

• Antlers, heads and horns of legally taken big game may be bought or sold from Feb. 15 through July 31.

• Untanned hides of legally taken big game may be bought or sold from Aug. 1 through Feb. 14.

• Inedible byproducts of legally possessed big game—except for hides, antlers and horns—may be bought or sold any time of the year.

• Tanned hides of legally taken big game may be bought or sold any time of the year.

• Shed antlers and horns may be bought or sold any time of the year.

• Protected wildlife that the Division obtains may be sold or donated by the Division or its agents (usually Utah State Surplus) any time of the year. Also, you may purchase or receive protected wildlife from the Division any time of the year.

If you sell or buy antlers, heads, horns or untanned hides, you must keep a transaction

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record that states all of the following informa-tion:

• The name and address of the person who harvested the animal

• The date you sold or bought the items• The permit number of the person who

harvested the animalThere is one exception to this rule: scouting

programs and other charitable organizations do not need to keep a transaction record if they’re using untanned hides.

Possession of antlers and hornsUtah Admin. Rule R657-5-21

You may possess antlers or horns—or parts of antlers or horns—that were obtained:

• From lawfully harvested big game• By lawfully meeting the requirements

listed in the “Purchasing or selling big game or its parts” section above

• From lawfully gathered antlers or horns shed by big game animals

You may gather shed antlers or horns—or parts of shed antlers or horns—statewide, but there are a couple of seasonal requirements.

From Feb. 1 to April 15, you need an antler-gathering certificate on your person while collecting shed antlers or horns. You can obtain this certificate free of charge by visiting wildlife.utah.gov and completing an online education course. You do not need an antler-gathering certificate at any other time of the year.

“Shed antlers” are antlers that a big game animal has dropped naturally as part of its annual life cycle. Shed antlers have a rounded base that’s commonly called an antler button or burr.

A “shed horn” is the sheath from the horn of a pronghorn that the animal has dropped naturally as part of its annual life cycle. Pronghorn are the only big game animals that shed their horns.

Finding a skull with antlers or horns attached

If you find a skull with the antlers or horns still attached, it’s possible the animal was poached. Do NOT pick up or move the skull, or disturb any footprints or other evidence. Instead, we encourage you to take the following steps:

• Take photos of the skull from a couple of angles

• Pinpoint the location of the skull (preferably its GPS coordinates)

• Call or visit a Division office to report your find

• Provide key details in your reportThe Division will send a conservation

officer to investigate if the animal was poached. If it’s clear that the animal died of natural causes, we may allow you to keep your find.

Important: Do not trepass on closed areas or private lands to collect shed antlers or horns.

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Highway means the entire width between property lines of every way or place of any nature when any part of it is open to the use of the public as a matter of right for vehicular travel.

Hunter’s choice means either sex may be taken.

Hunting means to take or pursue a reptile, amphibian, bird or mammal by any means.

Limited-entry hunt means any hunt that is identified as limited-entry and listed in the hunt table of this guidebook, and that does not include general or once-in-a-lifetime hunts.

Limited-entry permit means any permit obtained for a limited-entry hunt by any means, including conservation permits, sports-man permits, CWMU permits and limited-entry landowner permits.

Nonresident means a person who does not qualify as a resident.

Once-in-a-lifetime hunt means any hunt that is identified as once-in-a-lifetime and listed in the hunt table of this guidebook, and that does not include general or limited-entry hunts.

Once-in-a-lifetime permit means any permit obtained for a once-in-a-lifetime hunt by any means, including conservation permits, sportsman permits, CWMU permits and limited-entry landowner permits.

Permit means a document, including a stamp, which grants authority to engage in specific activities under the Wildlife Resources Code or a rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board.

Any legal weapon means the weapons de-scribed under Firearms and archery equipment on page 34.

Arrow quiver means a portable arrow case that completely encases all edges of the broadheads.

Big game means species of hoofed protected wildlife.

Carcass means the dead body of an animal or its parts.

Certificate of registration means a docu-ment issued under any rule or proclamation of the Wildlife Board granting authority to engage in activities not covered by a license, permit or tag.

CWMU means Cooperative Wildlife Manage-ment Unit.

Domicile means the place:• where an individual has a fixed perma-

nent home and principal establishment;• to which the individual if absent, intends

to return; and• in which the individual and the indi-

vidual’s family voluntarily reside, not for a special or temporary purpose, but with the intention of making a permanent home.

To create a new domicile an individual must:

• abandon the old domicile; and• be able to prove that a new domicile has

been established.

DEFINITIONSUtah Code § 23-13-2 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-5-2 & R657-37

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A nonresident attending an institution of higher learning in Utah as a full-time student may qualify as a resident if the student has been present in Utah for 60 consecutive days immediately preceding the purchase of the license or permit and does NOT claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.

A Utah resident license or permit is invalid if a resident license for hunting, fishing or trap-ping is purchased in any other state or country.

An individual DOES NOT qualify as a resident if he or she is an absentee landowner paying property tax on land in Utah.

Sell means to offer or possess for sale, barter, exchange or trade, or the act of selling, barter-ing, exchanging or trading.

Spoiled means impairment of the flesh of wildlife which renders it unfit for human consumption.

Tag means a card, label or other identification device issued for attachment to the carcass of protected wildlife.

Possession means actual or constructive possession.

Resident means a person who has a fixed permanent home and principal establishment in Utah for six consecutive months immedi-ately preceding the purchase of a license or permit, AND DOES NOT claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.

An individual retains Utah residency if he or she leaves Utah to serve in the armed forces of the United States, or for religious or educa-tional purposes, and does NOT claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.

Members of the armed forces of the United States and dependents are residents as of the date the member reports for duty under assigned orders in Utah, if:

• the member is NOT on temporary duty in Utah and does NOT claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.

• the member presents a copy of his or her assignment orders to a Division office to verify the member’s qualification as a resident.

Please tread lightly and travel only on routes and in areas designated open for motor vehicle use. Remember, Respected Access is Open Access. THIS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT IS POWERED BY

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• hunt, pursue, harass, catch, capture, possess, angle, seine, trap or kill any protected wildlife; or

• attempt any of the above actions.

Vessel means every type of watercraft, other than a seaplane on the water, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

Waste means to abandon protected wildlife or to allow protected wildlife to spoil or to be used in a manner not normally associated with its beneficial use.

Youth means someone who is 17 years old or younger on July 31 of any given year.

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