Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-5 - Taking Big Game
Section R657-5-14 - Use of Vehicle or Aircraft
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-5-14
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
(a) A person may not use an airplane, drone,
or any other airborne vehicle or device, or any motorized terrestrial or
aquatic vehicle, including snowmobiles and other recreational vehicles, except
a vessel as provided in Subsection (c), to take protected wildlife.
(b) A person may not take protected wildlife
being chased, harmed, harassed, rallied, herded, flushed, pursued or moved by
any vehicle, device, or conveyance listed in Subsection (a).
(c) Big game may be taken from a vessel
provided:
(i) the motor of a motorboat has
been completely shut off;
(ii) the
sails of a sailboat have been furled; and
(iii) the vessel's progress caused by the
motor or sail has ceased.
(2) A person may not use any type of aircraft, drone, or other airborne vehicle or device between July 31 and January 31 to locate, or attempt to observe or locate any protected wildlife.
(3) Hunters that are transported by aircraft into an area may not hunt protected wildlife until the following day.
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