Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) To
hunt in a limited entry bull elk area, a hunter must obtain a limited entry
bull elk permit for the area.
(2)
(a) A limited entry bull elk permit allows a
person, using the prescribed legal weapon, to take one bull elk within the area
and season specified on the permit, except as provided in Subsection (5) and
excluding elk cooperative wildlife management units located within a limited
entry unit. Spike bull elk restrictions do not apply to limited entry elk
permittees.
(3)
(a) The Wildlife Board may establish a
multi-season hunting opportunity in the big game guidebooks for selected
limited entry bull elk units.
(b) A
person that obtains a limited entry bull elk permit with a multi-season
opportunity may hunt during any of the following limited entry bull elk seasons
established in the Wildlife Board guidebooks for the unit specified on the
limited entry bull elk permit:
(i) August and
September archery seasons, using only archery equipment prescribed in Section
R657-5-11 for taking
elk;
(ii) muzzleloader season,
using only muzzleloader equipment prescribed in Section
R657-5-10 for taking
elk;
(iii) any weapon season, using
any legal weapon prescribed in Rule R657-5 for taking elk; and
(iv) multi-season permit holders may not hunt
during late season, December archery limited entry bull elk
seasons.
(c) A landowner
association under Rule R657-43 is not eligible to receive a multi-season
hunting opportunity for limited entry units nor late season, December archery
limited entry bull elk seasons.
(4) A limited entry bull elk permit,
including a permit with a multi-season opportunity, is valid only within the
boundaries of the unit designated on the permit, excluding:
(a) areas closed to hunting;
(b) elk cooperative wildlife management
units; and
(c) Indian tribal trust
lands.
(5) A person who
possesses any limited entry archery bull elk permit, including a permit with a
multi-season opportunity, may hunt bull elk within any extended archery area
during the established extended archery season for that area, provided the
person:
(a) did not take a bull elk during the
limited entry hunt;
(b) uses the
prescribed archery equipment for the extended archery area;
(c) completes the annual Archery Ethics
Course required to hunt extended archery areas during the extended archery
season; and
(d) possesses on their
person while hunting:
(i) the limited entry
bull elk permit; and
(ii) the
Archery Ethics Course Certificate of Completion.
(6) "Prescribed legal weapon" means for
purposes of this subsection:
(a) archery
equipment, as defined in Section
R657-5-11, when hunting the
archery season, excluding a crossbow, draw-lock, and airgun;
(b) muzzleloader equipment, as defined in
Section R657-5-10, when hunting the
muzzleloader season; and
(c) any
legal weapon, including a muzzleloader with a fixed or variable magnifying
scope, crossbow with a fixed or variable magnifying scope or draw-lock, or
airgun when hunting during the any weapon season.
(7)
(a) A
person who has obtained a limited entry or cooperative wildlife management unit
bull elk permit must report hunt information within 30 calendar days after the
end of the hunting season, whether the permit holder was successful or
unsuccessful in harvesting a bull elk.
(b) Limited entry and cooperative wildlife
management unit bull elk permit holders must report hunt information by
telephone, or through the division's website.
(c) A person who fails to comply with the
requirement in Subsection (a) shall be ineligible to apply for any
once-in-a-lifetime, premium limited entry, limited entry, or cooperative
wildlife management unit permit or bonus point in the following year.
(d) Late questionnaires may be accepted
pursuant to Subsection
R657-42-9(2).
(8) A person who has obtained a limited entry
bull elk permit may not hunt during any other elk hunt or obtain any other elk
permit, except as provided in Subsections
R657-5-33(5)
and R657-5-34(3).
