Upland game & turkey

Upland game hunting

• 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

Buy permits or apply to hunt drawings

• Purchase available permits
• Apply to hunt open drawings

HIP Registration number

• HIP program information
• Get your HIP registration number online

Upland game bird band recovery form

• Report upland game bird band recovery information online

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
  • Landowner/hunter permission card
• 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

• Join the fun by participating in Utah's upland game slams.

Commercial hunting areas

• How to apply to start a Commercial Hunting Area

Additional youth upland game hunts

• Learn about additional youth upland game hunts in 2018.

Utah's Trial Hunting Program

• Utah's Trial Hunting Program

Turkey hunting

• Talking turkey: The basics of hunting turkeys
• Tips and tactics from the National Wild Turkey Federation
• Utah turkey habitat and hunt boundaries
• Walk-In Access property map
• Wild turkey management plan
• Drawing odds and bonus points

Grouse

• Conservation plan for greater sage-grouse
• 2002 Columbian sharp-tailed grouse plan
• Grouse-related GIS shape files
• General grouse information
• Hunting tips for rabbits, hares, forest grouse and doves

Pheasants

• Q&A about hunting pheasants
• Pheasant release areas map
• Adopt pheasant chicks
  • Aviculture facility guidelines
  • Tips on propagating pheasant chicks — PDF
  • Cannibalism in pheasants — PDF
  • Aviculture installation (live birds — R657-4)

Chukars

• Guzzler location and density map — PDF
• Chukar release areas map
• 2003 Chukar management plan

Quails

• Why are California quails in Utah?

White-tailed ptarmigans

• Uinta Mountains ptarmigans

Rabbits & hares

• Tips for hunting cottontails
• Biology of hares & rabbits

Sandhill cranes

• Upland game drawing odds and bonus points

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.