Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-38 - Dedicated Hunter Program
Section R657-38-3 - Dedicated Hunter Certificates of Registration
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-38-3
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) To
participate in the Dedicated Hunter Program, a person must apply for, be
issued, and sign a certificate of registration as prescribed by the
division.
(b) Certificates of
registration for a designated hunt area are issued by the division through a
drawing as prescribed in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big
game and Rule R657-62.
(c)
Certificates of registration are valid for three consecutive years, except as
provided by Sections R657-38-10 and
R657-38-13, beginning on the
date the big game drawing results are released and ending on the last day of
the general season hunt for the third year of enrollment.
(d) The quantity of certificates of
registrations for the Dedicated Hunter Program available in the big game
drawing is limited to:
(i) 15% of the total
annual general season buck deer quota for each respective hunt area, inclusive
of those certificates of registration that are within active enrollments;
or
(ii) one resident and one
nonresident certificate of registration if the 15% total on that hunt area is
met or exceeded.
(e)
Certificates of registration remaining unissued from the Dedicated Hunter
portion of the big game drawing shall be redistributed as general single-season
permits for their respective hunt areas in the general buck deer
drawing.
(2) The division may deny issuance of a certificate of registration for the Dedicated Hunter Program for any of the reasons identified as a basis for suspension in Subsection 23A-4-1106(7) and Section R657-38-15.
(3)
(a) A
certificate of registration for the Dedicated Hunter Program conditionally
authorizes the participant to obtain a Dedicated Hunter permit, which may be
used to hunt deer within the area listed on the permit, during the general
archery, general muzzleloader and general any legal weapon buck deer seasons
according to the dates and boundaries established by the Wildlife
Board.
(b) When available, the
certificate of registration may also authorize the Dedicated Hunter permit to
include the general deer archery extended area during the extended season
dates.
(c) The person must use the
appropriate weapon type specified by each season and boundary.
(4) The participant may not change to a different hunt area during the enrollment.
(5)
(a) The
division may make changes including, season opportunity, season length,
boundaries, allowable weapon types, or other special restrictions to all or any
portion of a hunt area or management unit, when in the interest of the wildlife
resource or as necessary for the division to accomplish its management
objectives, and may not guarantee each hunt area remains unchanged during the
Dedicated Hunter's enrollment period.
(b) Dedicated Hunters shall be subject to any
changes subsequently made to this or other rules pertaining to the hunt area
they have drawn.
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