Last modified: Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Recent hunting news

• Check our news release page for press releases regarding big game and other wildlife.

Hunt application drawing results

• Look up your own big game draw results
• Permits remaining after the 2008 drawing

Currently available hunting permits

• Buy currently available fishing & hunting licenses online
• Apply online for available hunt drawings
• Application amendment forms — (PDF format)
  • Change hunt numbers
  • Add to or remove from a group
  • Application withdrawal

Hunting guidebooks & maps

Official rules, regulations, dates, boundary maps and other information regarding Utah hunts.

Report limited-entry harvest and view bonus points

• Report your harvest online and see your bonus points:
  This link will take you to the "My Drawing History" page. Once there, log in, then use the harvest tab to enter your limited-entry, CWMU or once-in-a-lifetime harvest report.

2007 archery ethics course

• Take the course. Bow hunters planning to hunt the extended hunts must complete an online course covering the special considerations of hunting in these high-use areas.

Important dates

• Visit our wildlife calendar for application dates, deadlines and season dates.

Big game statistics & drawing odds

• 2007 bucks, bulls & once-in-a-lifetime bonus point & drawing statistics
• 2007 antlerless drawing odds — (PDF format)
• 2007 big game drawing odds report — (PDF format)
• 2007 limited-entry & once-in-a-lifetime harvest statistics
• 2006 big game drawing odds report — (PDF format)
• 2006 bucks, bulls & once-in-a-lifetime bonus point & drawing statistics

Cooperative Wildlife Management Units (CWMU)

• Utah Cooperative Wildlife Management Association
• CWMU boundary maps
• Private lands access through the CWMU program

Big game annual reports

• 2006 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 1.4 MB)*
• 2005 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 2.2 MB)*
• 2001–2004 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 2.8 MB)*
• 2001 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 1.5 MB)*
• 2000 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 1 MB)*
• 1998 and 1999 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 515 KB)*
• 1997 Big Game Annual Report (PDF, 1 MB)*

Statewide big game management plans

• Mule Deer — (PDF format, 156 KB)
• Elk — (PDF format, 248 KB)
• Rocky Mountain Goat — (PDF format, 44 KB)
• Moose — (PDF format, 40 KB)
• Bighorn sheep — (PDF format, 48 KB)
• Bison Henry Mtns., Book Cliffs— (PDF format, 500 KB each)

Walk-In Access

• The Walk-In Access Program compensates landowners for opening their property to hunting, fishing and trapping. This is a three-year pilot program that is currently confined to northern Utah.

Other big game information

Emergency Big Game Winter Feeding: DWR policy regarding the emergency supplemental feeding of deer and other big game animals during severe winter weather — (PDF format)

Rocky Mountain goat hunt female only orientation worksheet
Goat identification worksheet for those planning to participate in the upcoming goat hunt.

2006 limited entry Landowner Association list

Conservation Permit Program — (PDF format)
Information about the DWR's Conservation Permit Program

2008 Conservation Permit summary — (PDF format)
See Administrative Rule R657-41 for an explanation of Conservation Permits.

Chronic Wasting Disease
This mysterious disease has spread to several neighboring states and is threatening Utah's deer and elk populations.

Managing off-highway vehicles: U.S. Forest Service concerns regarding OHV use in national forests. — (PDF format, 1 MB)

Hunter education
Anyone born after Dec. 31, 1965 must complete a hunter education course before obtaining a Utah hunting license.

Map of Division Wildlife Management Units

Donation of Protected Wildlife Pursuant to U.C.A. § 23-20-9 — Protected Wildlife Donation Form (PDF, 20 KB)*

Guides & outfitters
Search for hunting & fishing guide services at the Utah.com Web site.

Teaming with Wildlife — a national initiative to raise funds for state wildlife conservation, recreation and education programs.

Utah Big Game Range Trend Studies: The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Big Game Range Trend Studies

Minimizing Browsing Damage by Deer: Landscape Planning for Wildlife

Trespassing laws of specific interest to hunters
— Landowner/hunter permission card

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