Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Preference
points are used in the applicable drawings to ensure that applicants who are
unsuccessful in the drawing will have first preference in the next year's
drawing.
(2)
(a) A preference point is awarded for:
(i) each valid, unsuccessful application
applying for a general buck deer, antlerless deer, antlerless elk, doe
pronghorn, Sandhill crane, sharp-tailed grouse, greater sage -grouse or tundra
swan permit; or
(ii) each valid
application when applying only for a preference point in the applicable
drawings.
(b) Preference
points are awarded by species for:
(i) general
buck deer;
(ii) antlerless
deer;
(iii) antlerless
elk;
(iv) doe pronghorn;
(v) Sandhill crane;
(vi) Sharp-tailed grouse;
(vii) Greater sage -grouse; and
(viii) Tundra swan.
(3)
(a) A person may not apply in the drawing for
both a preference point and a permit for the species listed in Subsection
(2)(b).
(b) A person may not apply
for a preference point if that person is ineligible to apply for a
permit.
(4) Preference
points for the applicable species are forfeited if a person obtains a general
buck deer, antlerless deer, antlerless elk, doe pronghorn, Sandhill crane,
sharp-tailed grouse, greater sage -grouse or tundra swan permit, whether
obtained through a division drawing or over the counter, except points are not
forfeited if a person obtains one or more of the following:
(a) youth archery buck deer permit;
(b) mitigation permits issued to a landowner
Rule R657-44, including mitigation permit vouchers;
(c) antlerless elk control permits;
(d) a general landowner buck deer permit or
landowner appreciation permit issued pursuant to Rule R657-43; and
(e) private land only antlerless elk
permits.
(5) Preference
points are not transferable.
(6)
Preference points are averaged and rounded down when two or more applicants
apply together on a group application.
(7)
(a)
Preference points are tracked using social security numbers or division-issued
customer identification numbers.
(b) The division shall retain copies of
electronic applications from 2000 to the current applicable drawings for
researching preference point records.
(c) Any requests for researching an
applicant's preference point records must be submitted within the time frames
provided in Subsection (b).
(d) Any
preference points on the division's records shall not be researched beyond the
time frames provided in Subsection (b).
(e) The division may eliminate any preference
point obtained by fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or in violation of
law.
