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Look for antlerless hunting info online

If you want to hunt cow elk, doe deer or doe pronghorn this fall—and you've been trying to find a copy of the 2011 Antlerless Guidebook—you can stop looking. Starting May 24, instead of a printed guidebook, you'll find everything you need to apply at one place: wildlife.utah.gov

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Board approves big game permits

On May 5, members of the Utah Wildlife Board approved big game permits for fall 2011 hunts.

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Spot opens on Utah Wildlife Board

A spot just opened up on the Utah Wildlife Board. The seat is open to anyone who lives in one of four Division of Wildlife Resources' administrative regions: Central, Northeastern, Southeastern or Southern.

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Cutthroat record set at East Canyon

Curtis Robinson caught and released a 31½-inch cutthroat trout at East Canyon Reservoir this spring. The fish is a new Utah state record.

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Scofield Reservoir approaches ice-off

One of Utah's best fishing waters, Scofield Reservoir, is on the verge of losing its ice cap. That means that some fantastic trout fishing is about to begin.

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Turkey hunt underway (updated)

If you didn't draw a permit to hunt wild turkeys during Utah's limited-entry hunt, you can still hunt turkeys in the state this spring. Utah's general statewide turkey hunt is now underway.

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Spring is a great time to catch walleye

Walleye spawn in May. That means that May might be the best time of the year to catch walleye.

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Free shooting, May 13 and 14

With the exception of the facility's shotgun range, all of the shooting ranges at the Cache Valley Public Shooting Range will be open for free on May 13 and May 14. (And if you want to shoot on the shotgun range, you can for a reduced price.)

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DWR proposes upland game changes

DWR is recommending several upland game hunting changes, including a proposal that would give hunters more chances to hunt upland game in Utah this fall.

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30 deer hunting units proposed

A big change awaits Utah's deer hunters in 2012: Instead of hunting buck deer in five large regions, they'll hunt deer in smaller areas called units. Biologists with the Division of Wildlife Resources are recommending 30.

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Changes to Dedicated Hunter Program

Utah's Dedicated Hunter Program will see some changes in 2012, when deer hunters in Utah switch from hunting deer in five large regions to hunting on smaller areas called units.

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