Accessible wildlife for people with disabilities

The Division of Wildlife Resources supports citizens with disabilities

We encourage people with disabilities to take advantage of Utah's natural resources. The DWR has many licensing opportunities specifically tailored to meet the needs of citizens with disabilities. In addition, the DWR and other public and private agencies have developed parks, campgrounds, trail systems, fishing piers and other programs to enable access to our natural resources throughout the state.

Read the DWR administrative rules regarding hunting and fishing accommodations for people with disabilities.

Special accommodations

Licenses

• Discounted hunting, fishing or combination license for resident veterans with disabilities: Service-connected disability of 20 percent or more. Apply online.

Hunting

• Taking protected wildlife from a vehicle: Mobility impairment such as confined to wheelchair, crutches or lower limb amputation. Download application – PDF (158.75 KB)
• Crossbow or drawlock: Permanent, physical impairment which renders the person so severely disabled as to be unable to use conventional archery equipment. Download application – PDF (154.3 KB)
• Companion hunter: Upper extremity disabled, permanent physical impairment which renders the person so severely disabled as to be physically unable to use a legal hunting weapon or fishing device. Download application – PDF (175.64 KB)
• General-season extension: Blind, quadriplegic, upper extremity disabled, paraplegic or otherwise permanently disabled so as to be permanently confined to a wheelchair or the use of crutches, or who has lost either or both lower extremities. Download application – PDF (126.58 KB)
• Limited-entry season extension: Blind, quadriplegic, upper extremity disabled, paraplegic or otherwise permanently disabled so as to be permanently confined to a wheelchair or the use of crutches, or who has lost either or both lower extremities. Download application – PDF (149.89 KB)
• Telescopic sight: A person who has a permanent vision impairment leaving them with worse than 20/40 corrected visual acuity in the better eye. Download application – PDF (134.76 KB)
• Extensions for hunters with disabilities:
  • 2025 general-season extensions – PDF (56.62 KB)
  • 2024 limited-entry buck deer season extensions – PDF (62.74 KB)
  • 2024 limited-entry bull elk season extensions – PDF (73.46 KB)
  • 2024 limited-entry once-in-a-lifetime season extensions – PDF (66.34 KB)
  • 2024 limited-entry buck pronghorn season extensions – PDF (60.82 KB)

Fishing

• Free fishing license for individuals with a physical disability: Blind, paraplegic, permanently confined to wheelchair, loss of lower extremities or permanently confined to crutches. Download application – PDF (152.08 KB)
• Free fishing license for individuals with an intellectual disability: For Utah residents with a significant intellectual disability. Download application – PDF (150.85 KB)