Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Natural Resources
Title R657 - Wildlife Resources
Rule R657-62 - Drawing Application Procedures
Section R657-62-8 - Bonus Points
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 657-62-8
Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Bonus points are used to improve odds for drawing permits.
(2)
(a) A
bonus point is awarded for:
(i) each valid
unsuccessful application when applying for limited-entry permits; or
(ii) each valid application when applying for
bonus points.
(b) Bonus
points are awarded by species for:
(i)
limited-entry deer including cooperative wildlife management unit buck deer and
management buck deer;
(ii)
limited-entry elk including cooperative wildlife management unit bull elk and
management bull elk;
(iii)
limited-entry pronghorn including cooperative wildlife management unit buck
pronghorn;
(iv) once-in-a-lifetime
species including cooperative wildlife management units;
(v) limited -entry bear;
(vi) restricted bear pursuit;
(vii) antlerless moose;
(viii) ewe Rocky Mountain bighorn
sheep;
(xi) ewe desert bighorn
sheep; and
(x)
turkey.
(3)
(a) A person may not apply in the drawing for
both a permit and a bonus point for the same species.
(b) A person may not apply for a bonus point
if that person is ineligible to apply for a permit for the respective
species.
(c) Group applications may
be accepted when applying for bonus points.
(d) A person may apply for bonus points only
during the applicable drawing application for each species.
(4)
(a) Fifty percent of the permits for each
hunt unit will be reserved for applicants with the greatest number of bonus
points.
(b) Based on the
applicant's first choice, the reserved permits will be designated by a random
drawing number to eligible applicants with the greatest number of bonus points
for each species.
(c) If reserved
permits remain, the reserved permits will be designated by a random number to
eligible applicants with the next greatest number of bonus points for each
species.
(d) The procedure in
Subsection (c) will continue until reserved permits are issued or no
applications for that species remain.
(e) Any reserved permits remaining and any
applicants who are not selected for reserved permits will be returned to the
applicable drawing.
(5)
(a) Each applicant receives a random drawing
number for:
(i) each species applied for;
and
(ii) each bonus point for that
species.
(6) Bonus points are forfeited if:
(a) a person
obtains a permit through the drawing for that bonus point species including any
permit obtained after the drawing; or
(b) a provision in a rule issued by the
Wildlife Board specifically forfeits bonus points.
(7) Bonus points are not forfeited if:
(a) a person is successful in obtaining a
conservation permit, expo permit, sportsman permit, or harvest objective bear
permit;
(b) a person obtains a
landowner or a cooperative wildlife management unit permit from a landowner;
or
(c) a person obtains a
poaching-reported reward permit.
(8) Bonus points are not transferable.
(9) Bonus points are averaged and rounded down when two or more applicants apply together on a group application.
(10)
(a) Bonus points are tracked using social
security numbers or division-issued customer identification numbers.
(b) The division shall retain electronic
copies of applications from 1996 to the current drawings for researching bonus
point records.
(c) Any requests for
researching an applicant's bonus point records must be submitted within the
time frames provided in Subsection (b).
(d) Any bonus points on the division's
records shall not be researched beyond the time frames provided in Subsection
(b).
(e) The division may void or
otherwise eliminate any bonus point obtained by fraud, deceit,
misrepresentation, or in violation of law.
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