Upland game & turkey

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

• 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

Upland game slams

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

Commercial hunting areas

• Commercial hunting area overview

Youth upland game hunts

• Learn about upland game hunts for youth and beginners

Utah's Trial Hunting Program

• Utah's Trial Hunting Program

Maps

• Wildlife GIS Data
• Utah Hunt Planner (hunt units and species range 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

• Q&A about hunting pheasants
• Pheasant release areas map
• Utah ringed-neck pheasant habitat map

Pen-reared gamebirds

• Information about pen-reared gamebirds possession and release

Chukars

• 2022 chukar update — PDF
• 2023 chukar update — PDF
• 2003 Chukar management plan — PDF
• Chukar release areas map
• Chukar habitat map

Quail

• Why are California quail in Utah?
• Quail habitat map

White-tailed ptarmigans

• Uinta Mountains ptarmigans
• Utah white-tailed ptarmigan habitat map
• Callback surveys, pointing dog surveys, genetic analysis

Rabbits & hares

• Tips for hunting cottontails
• Biology of hares & rabbits
• Utah snowshoe hare habitat map

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