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Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook
The Utah DWR Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook summarizes the laws and rules that govern upland game and turkey hunting in Utah. The guidebook is designed to be a quick reference for upland game and turkey hunting regulations. You can use the references in the guidebook to search for the detailed statute or rule.
Previous editions
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— Important changes and corrections made after the guidebook was printed.
Updates
Page 32: The "Changes to trail camera and night-vision device rules" informational box was updated to include the full Utah code and administrative rules citations that now apply: Utah code § 23A-5-307 and Utah Admin. Rules R657-5-7, R657-33-9 and R657-10-9.
The digital edition of this guidebook has been updated with these changes.
Upland game
- Hunting tips for rabbits, hares, forest grouse and doves
- Harvest reporting requirements for upland game
- Your upland game drawing results
- Upland game drawing odds and bonus points
- Upland game annual reports dating back to the 1970s
- Upland game management plan
- VIDEO: Utah Upland Game Seminar
Buy permits or apply to hunt drawings
HIP Registration number
Upland game bird band recovery form
Walk-in Access
- The Walk-in Access Program compensates landowners for opening their property to hunting, fishing and trapping.
Rules & regulations
- Trespass laws and upland game hunting
- Certificates of Registration (COR) information
- Aviculture installation (live birds — R657-4)
- Aviculture facility guidelines
- Game bird breeder, hobbyist: application and info — PDF
Upland game slams
Commercial hunting areas
Youth upland game hunts
Utah's Trial Hunting Program
Maps
Turkeys
- Talking turkey: The basics of hunting turkeys
- Tips and tactics from the National Wild Turkey Federation
- Walk-in Access property map
- Wild turkey management plan — PDF
- Drawing odds and bonus points
- VIDEO: Turkey hunting 101 seminar
- Utah turkey habitat map
Grouse
- Conservation plan for greater sage grouse — PDF
- 2002 Columbian sharp-tailed grouse plan — PDF
- Grouse-related GIS shape files
- General grouse information
- Improving your forest grouse hunting skills — PDF
- Hunting tips for rabbits, hares, forest grouse and doves
- Grouse habitat maps
Pheasants
Pen-reared gamebirds
- Aviculture facility guidelines
- Tips on propagating pheasant chicks — PDF
- Cannibalism in pheasants — PDF
- Aviculture installation (live birds — R657-4)
Chukars
- 2022 chukar update — PDF
- 2003 Chukar management plan — PDF
- Chukar release areas map
- Chukar habitat map
Quail
White-tailed ptarmigans
Rabbits & hares
Sandhill cranes
Crows
- VIDEO: Distinguishing between crows and ravens
- VIDEO: Distinguishing between the sounds crows and ravens make
- Crow and raven ID from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
