Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) The
division shall issue CWMU permits for hunting big game or turkey to permittees:
(a) qualifying through a drawing conducted
for the general public as defined in Subsection R657-37-2(2)(c); or
(b) named by the landowner association member
or landowner association operator.
(2) CWMU landowners, presidents, operators,
and their spouses and dependent children cannot apply for CWMU permits specific
to their CWMU that are offered in the public drawing.
(3) A landowner association member or
landowner association operator shall be issued vouchers that may be used to
purchase hunting permits from division offices.
(4)
(a) The
Wildlife Board may establish the maximum number of permits that may be issued
per acre, except as provided in Subsection (4)(b).
(b) In accordance with Section
23A-7-204, a CWMU unit shall
issue one buck deer permit or less per every 320 acres to be eligible to
receive buck deer permits.
(c) The
division and the landowner association operator must, in accordance with
Subsection (4), determine:
(i) the total
number of permits to be issued for the CWMU; and
(ii) the number of permits that may be
offered by the landowner association to the general public as defined in
Subsection R657-37-2(2)(c).
(d) In determining the total number of
permits allocated under Subsection (4)(a), the division will consider:
(i) acreage and habitat conditions on the
CWMU;
(ii) management objectives of
the CWMU and surrounding wildlife management units;
(iii) classification and survey
data;
(iv) depredation and nuisance
conflicts; and
(v) other factors
that may influence hunt quality and the division's ability to meet wildlife
management objectives.
(e) A CWMU may only offer a management buck
permit for a public hunter if that CWMU lies entirely within a wildlife
management unit that also offers management buck hunts.
(5) The Wildlife Board shall increase the
number of permits or hunting opportunities made available to the general public
to reflect the proportion of public lands to private lands within the CWMU.
(a) Trade lands may be used to provide
additional hunting opportunities to the general public.
(b) Proposed trade lands will be evaluated by
a division biologist and another division employee to verify comparable habitat
and equity compared to the public land in the CWMU.
(c) Proposed trade lands will be presented to
the CWMU advisory committee before they are included in the CWMU and at each
renewal.
(d) The CWMU advisory
committee's recommendation will be presented to the Wildlife Board.
(e) Trade lands will be made open for big
game hunting and for no other purposes.
(f) Trade lands must be posted as trade lands
open to the public for big game hunting.
(g) Distance from the CWMU should be
considered when recommending trade lands.
(h) CWMUs will ensure the DWR trade lands map
is accurate.
(i) Trade lands will
have clear boundaries.
(j)
Justifications for the trade lands will be published before CWMU Advisory
Committee Meetings and RAC meetings.
(k) Trade lands cannot be used to get
additional landowner permits based on species.
(l) Trade lands must be owned by a landowner
in the CWMU.
(6)
(a) Big game permits may be allocated using
an option from:
(i) Table 1 for moose and
pronghorn; or
(ii) Table 2 for elk
and deer.
(b)
(i) Over the term of the certificate of
registration, and at all times during its term, at least 40% of the total
permits for bull moose and buck pronghorn and at least 60% of the antlerless
moose and antlerless pronghorn permits will be allocated to the public and
distributed via the public drawing.
(ii) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(i) and
Tables 1 and 2, if the proportion of permits allocated to the public over
consecutive certificate of registration terms substantially deviates from that
identified in Subsection (b)(i), the Wildlife Board may approve a modified
permit distribution scheme that fairly allocates public and private
permits.
(c) At least
one buck deer or bull elk permit or at least 10% of the bucks or bulls permits,
whichever is greater, must be made available to the general public through the
big game drawing process.
(d) If a
CWMU is under acreage but greater than 90% of the acreage required, and is
formed after July 1, 2024 the CWMU will give an additional permit for each
species to the public draw.
(e)
Permits may not be issued for spike bull elk.
(f) Turkey permits shall be allocated in a
ratio of 50% to the CWMU and 50% to the general public, with the public
receiving the extra permit when there is an odd number of total permits.
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Table 1
Moose and Pronghorn
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Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit's Share
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Bucks/Bulls
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Does/Antlerless
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Option 1
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60%
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40%
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Public's Share
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Bucks/Bulls
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Does/Antlerless
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Option 1
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40%
|
60%
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Table 2
Elk and Deer
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Cooperative Wildlife Management Unit's share
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Bucks/Bulls
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Antlerless
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Option 1
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90%
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0%
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Option 2
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85%
|
25%
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Option 3
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80%
|
40%
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Option 4
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75%
|
50%
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Public's Share
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|
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Option 1
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10%
|
100%
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Option 2
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15%
|
75%
|
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Option 3
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20%
|
60%
|
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Option4
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25%
|
50%
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(7)
(a) The
landowner association member or landowner association operator must meet
antlerless harvest objectives established in the CWMU Management Plan under
Subsection R657-37-4(3)(a)(ii).
(b)
Failure to meet antlerless harvest objectives based on a three-year average may
result in discipline under Section R657-37-15.
(8)
(a) A
landowner association member or landowner association operator must provide
access free of charge to any person who has received a CWMU permit through the
general public big game or turkey drawings and at least one companion, except
as provided in Section
23A-7-209.
(b) If the CWMU does not provide guiding
services, the CWMU will provide free access for up to four guests, provided the
guests stay at a distance where visual and verbal communication are maintained
with the permit holder.
(9) If the division and the landowner
association member disagree on the number of permits to be issued, the number
of permits allocated, or the method of take, the Wildlife Board shall make the
determination based on the biological needs of the big game or turkey
populations, including available forage, depredation, and other mitigating
factors.
(10) A CWMU permit
entitles the holder to hunt the species and sex of big game or turkey specified
on the permit and only in accordance with the certificate of registration and
the rules and proclamations of the Wildlife Board.
(11) Vouchers for antlerless permits may be
designated by a landowner association member to any eligible person as provided
in Rule R657-5 and the proclamation of the Wildlife Board for taking big game,
and Rule R657-42.
(13)
(a) A complete list of the current CWMUs, and
number of big game or turkey permits available for public drawing shall be
published in the respective proclamations of the Wildlife Board for taking big
game or turkey.
(b) The division
reserves the right to list approved CWMUs in the proclamations of the Wildlife
Board for taking big game or turkey. The division may unilaterally decline to
list a CWMU in the proclamation where the unit is under investigation for
wildlife violations, a portion of the property comprising the CWMU is
transferred to a new owner, or any other condition or circumstance that calls
into question the CWMUs ability or willingness to allow a meaningful hunting
opportunity to the public permit holders that would otherwise draw out on the
public permits.
(c) CWMUs will
ensure the information on the hunt planner is accurate by March 1 before the
opening of the public draw.
