(1) The
dates and areas for the general season bull elk hunts are provided in the
Wildlife Board guidebooks for taking big game, except the following areas are
closed to general any weapon bull elk hunting:
(a) Salt Lake County south of I-80 and east
of I-15; and
(b) elk cooperative
wildlife management units.
(2)
(a) A
person may purchase either a spike bull elk permit or an any bull elk
permit.
(b) A person who has
obtained a general season spike bull elk permit may take a spike bull elk on a
general season spike bull elk unit. Any bull elk units are closed to spike bull
elk permittees.
(c) A person who
has obtained a general season any bull elk permit may take any bull elk,
including a spike bull elk, on a general season any bull elk unit. Spike bull
elk units are closed to any bull elk permittees.
(3) A person who has obtained a general
season bull elk permit may use any legal weapon to take a spike bull elk or any
bull elk, as specified on the permit.
(4) A person who has obtained a general
season bull elk permit may not hunt during any other elk hunt or obtain any
other elk permit, except as provided in Subsection
R657-5-33(3).
(5) The Wildlife Board may establish
multi-season hunting opportunities in the big game guidebooks for general
season spike and bull elk hunts consistent with the following parameters:
(a) an individual with a multi-season spike
elk permit may use:
(i) archery equipment as
prescribed in Section
R657-5-11 to take an antlerless
elk or a spike bull elk on a general season spike unit during the archery
season;
(ii) archery equipment as
prescribed in Section
R657-5-11 to take an antlerless
elk or a bull elk on a general season any bull unit during the archery
season;
(iii) muzzleloader
equipment as prescribed in Section
R657-5-10 to take a spike bull
elk on a general season spike unit during the muzzleloader season; or
(iv) any legal weapon as prescribed in Rule
R657-5 to take a spike bull elk on a general season spike unit during the any
legal weapon season.
(b)
An individual with a multi-season any bull elk permit may use:
(i) archery equipment as prescribed in
Section R657-5-11 to take an antlerless
elk or a spike elk on a general season spike unit during the archery
season;
(ii) archery equipment as
prescribed in Section
R657-5-11 to take an antlerless
elk or a bull elk on a general season any bull unit during the archery
season;
(iii) muzzleloader
equipment as prescribed in Section
R657-5-10 to take a bull elk on
a general season any bull unit during the muzzleloader season; or
(iv) any legal weapon as prescribed in Rule
R657-5 to take a bull elk on a general season any bull unit during the any
legal weapon season.
(c)
An individual who obtains a multi-season bull elk permit may hunt within the
extended archery areas during the extended archery area seasons described in
the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game, provided that
individual:
(i) completes the Archery Ethics
Course before going afield; and
(ii) possesses the Archery Ethics Course
Certificate of Completion on their person while hunting.
