Current through Bulletin 2024-18, September 15, 2024
(1)
Turkey depredation hunts are intended to:
(a)
mitigate verified reports of material damage by turkeys and prevent future
instances of material damage in the vicinity of the hunt area;
(b) be a focused response to verified reports
of material damage;
(c) be a rapid
response mechanism to verified reports of material damage; and
(d) have limited permit numbers.
(2) Turkey depredation hunts shall
operate consistent with the following guidelines:
(a) turkey depredation hunts may be held
August 1 through March 14;
(b)
parameters for a turkey depredation hunt must comply with the provisions
established in the current Wild Turkey Management Plan approved by the Wildlife
Board; and
(c) the boundaries of
the hunts, specific season dates, bag limits, sex of birds that may be taken,
and allowable weapon types will be further defined in a depredation hunt plan
by the division Regional Supervisor.
(3) Hunters will be selected to receive a
depredation permit in the following order, based on permit availability:
(a) randomly selected individuals in the
depredation hunter pool; and
(b)
individuals on the alternate limited entry drawing list, in chronological
order.
(4)
(a) The turkey hunter depredation pool
provides hunters an opportunity to be placed on a wait-list and become eligible
to receive a depredation permit as the availability for depredation permits
allows.
(b) Applications for the
turkey hunter depredation pool must be submitted pursuant to instructions in
the current year's Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook of the Wildlife Board for
wild turkey.
(c) Applications must
be received by the date published in the Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook of
the Wildlife Board for wild turkey.
(d) Applications received after the date
published in the proclamation Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook of the Wildlife
Board for wild turkey may be used after the list of individuals within the
depredation hunter pool and the alternate limited entry drawing list has been
exhausted.
(5) If a
hunter is successful in the depredation permit drawing and possesses a valid
unfilled turkey permit for a hunt in the same calendar year as the depredation
hunt, that hunter may receive a depredation permit at no cost.
(6) Hunters selected to receive a depredation
permit who do not possess a valid unfilled turkey permit must purchase the
appropriate permit before participating in the depredation hunt.
(7) Hunters selected to receive a depredation
permit will not lose bonus points associated with the limited entry application
process.
(8) Wild turkey
depredation permits qualify toward permit possession limits identified in Rule
R657-54.
(9) Depredation permits
may be withheld from persons who have violated Title 23, the Wildlife Resources
Code of Utah, this rule, any other rule, or proclamation of the Wildlife Board,
or who are otherwise ineligible to receive a permit.
