Utah Admin. Code R657-10-8 - Prohibited Methods
(1) Cougar may
be taken or pursued only during open seasons and using methods prescribed in
this Rule R657-11, Taking Furbearer and Trapping, and the guidebook of the
Wildlife Board for taking cougar. Otherwise, under the Wildlife Resources Code,
it is unlawful for any person to pursue, possess, capture, kill, injure, drug,
rope, trap, snare or in any way harm or transport cougar.
(2)
(a) A
person may not pursue a single cougar in repeated pursuits such that it renders
the cougar physically unable to escape.
(b) After a cougar has been pursued, chased,
treed, cornered or held at bay, a person may not, in any manner, restrict or
hinder the animal's ability to escape if the person does not intend to harvest
the cougar.
(c) A person must make
reasonable efforts to call dogs off of a cougar that has been cornered or held
at bay.
(3) A person may
not engage in a canned hunt.
(4) A
person may not take any wildlife from an airplane or any other airborne vehicle
or device or any motorized terrestrial or aquatic vehicle, including
snowmobiles and other recreational vehicles.
(5) Electronic locating equipment may not be
used to locate cougars wearing electronic radio devices.
(6)
(a) A
person may not place, maintain, or use a trail camera as prohibited in Section
23-13-18;
(b) engage in the sale or purchase of trail
camera or other non-handheld device media, including images, video, location,
time, or date data to take, attempt to take, or aid in the take or attempted
take of cougar; or
(c) engage in
the storage and sale or purchase of stored media, including image, video,
location, time or date data to take, attempt to take, or aid in the take or
attempted take of cougar.
Notes
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(1) Hunting of wildlife is allowed within the boundaries of all state park areas except for those areas and hunts specifically closed by the Division of Parks and Recreation in Section R651-614-4.
(2) State laws regarding possession and discharge of dangerous weapons apply in state park areas open to hunting.