Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Successful Prosecutions for the illegal
take of bull moose, desert bighorn ram, rocky mountain bighorn ram, rocky
mountain goat, bison, bull elk, buck deer, and buck pronghorn may be eligible
to receive a poaching-reported reward permit.
(2)
(a)
Poaching-reported reward permits for desert bighorn ram, rocky mountain bighorn
ram, bull moose, Rocky Mountain goat, and bison may be issued on units or hunts
meeting the general permit availability requirements as follows:
(i) a permit may be issued for a male animal
of the same species and on the same unit as the animal illegally
taken;
(ii) if a permit described
in Subsection (a) is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a male animal of
the same species on an alternative unit that is closest in proximity to where
the animal was illegally taken;
(iii) if a permit described in Subsections
(a) and (b) is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a male animal of another
once-in-a-lifetime species on a unit that is closest in proximity to the unit
where the animal was illegally taken; or
(iv) if a permit described in Subsections
(a), (b), and (c) is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a male animal of a
limited entry species on an alternative unit selected by the
division.
(b) The
division may issue a hunter's choice permit in lieu of a permit for a male
animal for bison and Rocky mountain goat poaching-reported reward
permits.
(3)
Poaching-reported reward permits for premium limited entry deer may be issued
on units or hunts meeting the general permit availability requirements as
follows:
(a) a permit may be issued for a buck
deer on the same premium limited entry unit as the animal illegally
taken;
(b) if a permit described in
Subsection (a) is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a buck deer on an
alternative premium limited entry unit that is closest in proximity to where
the animal was illegally taken; or
(c) if a permit described in Subsections (a)
and (b) is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a buck deer on an
alternative limited entry unit closest in proximity to where the animal was
illegally taken.
(4)
Poaching-reported reward permits for limited entry buck deer, bull elk, and
buck pronghorn may be issued on units or hunts meeting the general permit
availability requirements as follows:
(a) a
permit may be issued for a male animal of the same species and on the same unit
as the animal illegally taken; or
(b) if a permit described in Subsection (a)
is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a male animal of the same species as
the animal taken on an alternative limited entry unit for that species that is
closest in proximity to where the animal was illegally taken.
(5) Poaching-reported reward
permits for general season buck deer and bull elk may be issued on units or
hunts meeting the general permit availability requirements as follows:
(a) a permit may be issued for a male animal
of the same species and on the same unit as the animal illegally taken;
or
(b) if a permit described in
Subsection (a) is unavailable, a permit may be issued for a male animal of the
same species as the animal taken on an alternative general season unit for that
species that is closest in proximity to where the animal was illegally
taken.
(6) If a
violation occurs at a location having both general season and limited entry
opportunities for the species illegally taken, the division may issue a limited
entry permit for that species using the parameters identified in Subsection
(4).
