Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) Buck deer, bull elk, buck pronghorn or
once-in-a-lifetime species depredation and nuisance hunts that are not
published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game may be
held.
(b) Buck deer, bull elk, buck
pronghorn or once-in-a-lifetime species depredation and nuisance hunts may be
held when the buck deer, bull elk, buck pronghorn or once-in-a-lifetime species
are:
(i) causing damage to cultivated crops
on cleared and planted land, or fences or irrigation equipment on private
land;
(ii) a significant public
safety hazard; or
(iii) determined
to be nuisance.
(2) The depredation or nuisance hunts may
occur on short notice, involve small areas, and be limited to only a few
hunters.
(3) Pre-season depredation
hunters shall be selected using:
(a) hunters
possessing an unfilled limited entry buck deer, bull elk, buck pronghorn or
once-in-a- lifetime species permit for that limited entry or once-in-a-lifetime
unit;
(b) hunters from the
alternate drawing list for that limited entry or once-in-a-lifetime unit;
or
(c) general permittees for that
unit through the depredation hunter pool pursuant to Section
R657-44-9,
provided the animals being hunted are determined by the appropriate regional
division representative, to not come from a limited entry or once-in-a-lifetime
unit.
(4) Post-season
depredation or nuisance animal hunters shall be selected using:
(a) hunters from the alternate drawing list
for that limited entry or once-in-a-lifetime unit;
(b) hunters from the alternate drawing list
from the nearest adjacent limited entry or once-in-a- lifetime unit;
or
(c) general permittees for that
unit through the depredation hunter pool pursuant to Section
R657-44-9,
provided the animals being hunted are determined by the appropriate regional
division representative, to not come from a limited entry or once-in-a-lifetime
unit.
(5) A person may
participate in the depredation hunter pool, for depredation or nuisance hunts
pursuant to Subsections (3)(c) and (4)(c), as provided in Section
R657-44-9.
(6)
(a)
Hunters who are selected for a limited entry buck deer, bull elk, buck
pronghorn or once-in-a- lifetime species depredation or nuisance hunt must
possess an unfilled, valid, limited entry buck deer, bull elk, buck pronghorn
or once-in-a-lifetime species permit for the species to be hunted, or must
purchase the appropriate permit before participating in the depredation or
nuisance hunt.
(b) Hunters who are
selected for a general buck deer or bull elk depredation hunt must possess an
unfilled, valid, general buck deer or bull elk permit, respectively.
(7) The buck deer, bull elk, buck
pronghorn or once-in-a-lifetime species harvested during a depredation or
nuisance hunt must be checked with the division within 72 hours of the
harvest.
(8) If a hunter is
selected from the alternate drawing list for a depredation or nuisance hunt in
a limited entry or once-in-a-lifetime unit and harvests a trophy animal or a
once-in-a-lifetime species, that person shall lose their bonus points and incur
the appropriate waiting period as provided in Rule R657-5.
(9)
(a)
Hunters with depredation or nuisance hunt permits for buck deer, bull elk, buck
pronghorn or once-in-a-lifetime species may not possess any other permit for
those species, except as provided in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for
taking big game and Rule R657-5.
(b) A person may not take more than one buck
deer, bull elk, buck pronghorn or once-in-a-lifetime species in one calendar
year.
