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Listen to "Wild" podcast episode 74: Processing game meat
New podcast: Processing game meat

In this episode, we explain what to do after you harvest your animal, including equipment and tips for field dressing, processing, storing and cooking your game meat. Tune in for this mouth-watering discussion!

Darby Doyle and Morgan Hinton explain what to do after you harvest, including tips for processing, storing and cooking the meat.

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Deer with chronic wasting disease crouching in a forest
Feedback requested: DWR implementing mandatory testing for chronic wasting disease in Ogden hunting unit, proposing other updates

Starting in 2026, hunters will be required to submit a sample from deer harvested in the general-season any-legal-weapon buck deer hunt in the Ogden unit for CWD testing. A few other items are being proposed, and we are seeking the public's feedback.

Mandatory CWD testing is being implemented in the Ogden hunting unit and other rule changes are being proposed for 2026.

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Hunting near Zion during the 2025 hunts? Here's how to help birds of prey

Hunters in the Zion hunting unit are being asked to help protect scavenging wildlife, like eagles, hawks and California condors.

Hunters in the Zion hunting unit are being asked to help protect scavenging wildlife, like California condors.

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