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Hunting & trapping furbearers
Furbearer Guidebook
Taking, possessing, selling and purchasing furbearing animals, including bobcats and martens.
Previous editions
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— Important changes and corrections made after the guidebook was printed.
Corrections
Page 16: In the "Trap restrictions to protect river otters" information box, the correct trapping-device restriction distance from certain waterbodies is 600 yards (not 100 yards as was indicated in the print edition).
The online edition of this guidebook has been updated with this correction.
Regulation changes
- Questions & answers
Utah's revised furbearer & trapping regulations.
Forms
- Fur Dealer Annual Report
- Transportation authorization
Authorize transport of a bobcat or marten by someone other than the furharvester.
Management plans & resources
- Utah Bobcat Management Plan V.2 — PDF
- Utah Beaver Management Plan — PDF
- 2010–2020 Utah Northern River Otter Management Plan — PDF
- Prairie dog conservation plan — PDF
Walk-in Access
- Hunting, fishing and trapping access to enrolled private properties.
Harvest information
Other information
- Furbearer program background information
- How to avoid incidental take of lynx — PDF
- Ask first! Please obtain written permission to hunt, fish or view wildlife on private lands.
