Utah Admin. Code R657-71-3 - Application for a Certificate of Registration
(1) An owner or operator of a lawfully
permitted domesticated elk facility that locates wild deer within the boundary
of their facility must immediately notify the division.
(2) Upon confirmation by the division that
there are wild deer confined within the perimeter of a domesticated elk
facility, the owner or operator may apply for a certificate of registration
authorizing the lethal removal of deer.
(3) As a condition of receiving a certificate
of registration, the division may, in cooperation with the Department of
Agriculture, identify modifications or improvements to the domesticated elk
facility that will ensure a secure perimeter and prevent future entry of wild
cervids into the facility.
(4)
(a) Only the owner or operator, their
immediate family members, or facility employees may be authorized to lethally
remove deer from a domesticated elk facility.
(b) Any individual authorized to act under a
certificate of registration must:
(i) have
passed a division authorized hunter education course;
(ii) be eligible to legally possess and
handle a firearm; and
(iii) not be
under an active suspension or revocation of their big game hunting
privileges.
(c) Only
weapons authorized by the division's big game rule, R657-5, may be used to
lethally remove deer under the certificate of registration.
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