Utah Admin. Code R657-43-1 - Purpose and Authority
(1) Under
authority of Sections
23A-2-304 and
23A-2-305, this rule provides the
standards and procedures for landowners to qualify for and obtain big game
hunting opportunities in recognition of the benefits their private properties
provide to wildlife resources in Utah.
(2) The Private Landowners may apply for and
obtain Vouchers from the division through one of the following three programs,
and as further outlined in this rule:
(a) The
division may provide one of the following permits to individual landowners for
the General Season Landowner Permit Program:
(i) A General Season Landowner - Private Land
- Buck Deer Permit may be provided for Landowners to use only on their private
land; or
(ii) A General Season
Landowner - Unit Wide - Buck Deer Permit that Landowners can seek through a
draw process and is usable throughout the general season unit.
(b) The division may provide
permits to individual Landowners on limited entry units with eligible lands
that are not enrolled in a Landowner Association to hunt Buck Deer, Bull Elk,
and Buck Pronghorn on their own private land.
(c) The division may provide Buck Deer, Bull
Elk, and Buck Pronghorn permits to Landowner Associations through the Limited
Entry Landowner Association Program that can be:
(i) used unit wide for a Landowner
Association that allow public access; or
(ii) used only on private land within the
Landowner Association if no public access is allowed.
(3) The Landowner permit programs
are intended to:
(a) provide an incentive for
private landowners to manage their lands as quality habitat for public
wildlife;
(b) assist and support
the division in managing big game populations;
(c) increase private Landowner tolerance of
big game on their Private Lands;
(d) increase big game hunting
opportunities;
(e) increase and
secure public hunting access on participating Landowners' Private
Lands;
(f) reduce the division's
obligations in responding to and compensating for depredation events occurring
on participating Private Lands;
(g)
use objective criteria to determine how hunting opportunities are allocated
under the programs; and
(h)
allocate hunting opportunities in a manner that fluctuates in proportion to
variations in public draw permit numbers.
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