10-27-2022, 01:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-27-2022, 01:53 PM by wiperhunter2.)
The plan proposes a handful of changes, including:
Six additional general-season any bull elk hunting units in the Nine Mile, Paunsaugunt, West Desert, Central Mountains, Book Cliffs and Box Elder areas across the state, while also adding a new general-season spike hunt in the Diamond Mountain unit in northeast Utah.
Dividing the current 13-day general season any bull elk hunt with any legal weapon into two separate seven-day hunts.
Issuing 15,000 general-season permits for the early season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt and having no cap on permit numbers for the late season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt. Multi-season any bull elk permits would be capped at 7,500 permits.
Continuing to issue 15,000 spike bull permits every year with 4,500 available as multi-season permits.
Creating an unlimited youth general-season elk permit that is valid during all general seasons on both any bull and spike units.
Restructuring the harvest objectives for traditional limited-entry units to include three age objectives: 6 ½ to 7 years old, 6 to 6 ½ years old and 5 ½ to 6 years old.
Adding the mid-season any legal weapon hunt on most of the traditional limited-entry elk units, and adjusting the weapon splits for traditional limited-entry hunts to place more any-legal-weapon hunts in the mid-season hunt.
Here is a link to the article:
https://www.ksl.com/article/50502437/uta...rity-soars
Six additional general-season any bull elk hunting units in the Nine Mile, Paunsaugunt, West Desert, Central Mountains, Book Cliffs and Box Elder areas across the state, while also adding a new general-season spike hunt in the Diamond Mountain unit in northeast Utah.
Dividing the current 13-day general season any bull elk hunt with any legal weapon into two separate seven-day hunts.
Issuing 15,000 general-season permits for the early season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt and having no cap on permit numbers for the late season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt. Multi-season any bull elk permits would be capped at 7,500 permits.
Continuing to issue 15,000 spike bull permits every year with 4,500 available as multi-season permits.
Creating an unlimited youth general-season elk permit that is valid during all general seasons on both any bull and spike units.
Restructuring the harvest objectives for traditional limited-entry units to include three age objectives: 6 ½ to 7 years old, 6 to 6 ½ years old and 5 ½ to 6 years old.
Adding the mid-season any legal weapon hunt on most of the traditional limited-entry elk units, and adjusting the weapon splits for traditional limited-entry hunts to place more any-legal-weapon hunts in the mid-season hunt.
Here is a link to the article:
https://www.ksl.com/article/50502437/uta...rity-soars