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Hunting upland game species in Utah
Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook (2020–21)
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.
Corrections
Page 41: Updated the "Notes" section of the sandhill crane (East Box Elder County) hunt to state that Harold Crane, Public Shooting Grounds and Salt Creek WMAs are closed to sandhill crane hunting, except during open waterfowl hunting seasons. The printed guidebook is missing the phrase, "except during open waterfowl hunting seasons."
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
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
Turkeys
- Purchasing fall 2020 turkey hunt permits
- 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 — PDF
- Drawing odds and bonus points
Grouse
- Conservation plan for greater sage grouse — PDF
- 2002 Columbian sharp-tailed grouse plan — PDF
- Grouse-related GIS shape files
- General grouse information
- Hunting tips for rabbits, hares, forest grouse and doves
Pheasants
Pen-reared game birds
- Aviculture facility guidelines
- Tips on propagating pheasant chicks — PDF
- Cannibalism in pheasants — PDF
- Aviculture installation (live birds — R657-4)
Chukars
- 2020 Chukar update — PDF
- Guzzler location and density map — PDF
- Chukar release areas map
- 2003 Chukar management plan — PDF
Quails
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.
