Big game animals

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Emergency changes

Gathering antlers and horns (Severe Winter Closure — Statewide)

Effective February 7 through April 30, 2023, the antler and horn gathering season will be closed throughout the entire State of Utah — on both public and private lands — thereby making it unlawful to gather antlers or horns. Extreme cold temperatures and elevated snowpack may negatively impact big game survival. In these conditions, big game animals are weakened and highly vulnerable to human-caused disturbance. The additional expenditure of energy and stress associated with disturbance may significantly increase winter mortality, particularly in mule deer populations. Closing the antler and horn gathering season will minimize a major source of disturbance during the time period wintering big game animals are most vulnerable.

As it relates to this closure, "gathering" means locating, attempting to locate, collecting, or marking locations of 1) shed antlers or horns or 2) antlers or horns attached to a skull plate of a dead animal.

This emergency change refers to information on pages 6 and 13 in the 2023 Utah Big Game Application Guidebook.

This change will remain in effect until April 30, 2023. Except for other emergency changes made since January 1, 2023, all other rules established in the Utah Big Game Application Guidebook have not changed and remain in effect.

Corrections

Page 71: In the CWMU buck deer hunt table, one public permit was listed in error for each of the following two units: Mecham Ridge (#DB1321) and Rock House (#DB1323). There are no public or private permits allocated for either of these CWMUs in 2023. The online edition of this guidebook has been updated by deleting these two units from the table.

Page 77: In the CWMU bull moose hunt table, one public permit was listed in error for each of the following three units: Little Pole Canyon (#MB6265), Sand Creek (#MB6264) and SJ Ranch (#MB6254). There are no public or private permits allocated for moose on these three CWMUs in 2023. The online edition of this guidebook has been updated by deleting these three units from the table.

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Corrections

Page 46: One of the exemptions for carrying a rifle or muzzleloader during big game archery hunts has been edited for clarity to include applicable bear and cougar hunts (new information in bold): "Hunters who are licensed to hunt big game species, bear or cougar during rifle or muzzleloader hunts that coincide with the big game archery hunt." The online edition of this guidebook has been updated with this change.

Page 27: In the elk-hunting table at the bottom of the page, an incorrect date is listed for the end of the any bull elk archery season. The correct end date is Sept. 21, 2022 (not Sept. 22, 2022, as was listed in the print edition of the guidebook). The online edition of this guidebook has been updated with the correct date.

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