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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
The Utah Legislature recodified all Chapter 10 code citations as follows, effective May 7, 2025:
| Previous | New |
|---|---|
| 76-10-502 | 76-11-102 |
| 76-10-503 | 76-11-302 |
| 76-10-504 | 53-5a-3 |
| 76-10-505 | 76-11-204 |
| 76-10-508 | 76-11-208 |
| 76-10-512 | 76-11-303 |
| 76-10-523 | 53-5a-108 |
| 76-10-528 | 76-11-217 |
The digital editions of all Utah hunting guidebooks have been updated with the new code citations throughout. (Nov. 13, 2025)
Migratory game birds have moved
Beginning in 2025, the migratory game birds formerly included in the Utah Upland Game and Turkey Guidebook — American crow, band-tailed pigeon, mourning and white-winged dove, and sandhill crane — are now regulated under Utah Admin. Rule R657-9 as approved by the Utah Wildlife Board. If you’re hunting migratory game birds or waterfowl (ducks, geese, snipe, coots and tundra swan), please see the newly named Utah Waterfowl and Migratory Game Birds Guidebook, for permit information, field requirements, season dates, bag and possession limits, and more.
Upland game
- Hunting tips for rabbits, hares, forest grouse and doves
- Harvest reporting requirements for upland game
- Upland game annual reports dating back to the 1970s
- Upland game management plan
- VIDEO: Utah Upland Game Seminar
Upland game & turkey drawing results
- View your upland game & turkey drawing results
- View past upland game & turkey drawing odds and point purchases (within the last three years)
- View historical drawing odds and point results (more than three years ago)
Buy permits or apply to hunt drawings
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
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
- 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
Chukars
- 2025 chukar update — PDF
- 2025 Statewide Upland Game Guzzler Plan — PDF
- 2003 Chukar management plan — PDF
- Chukar habitat map
Quail
White-tailed ptarmigans
- Uinta Mountains ptarmigans
- Utah white-tailed ptarmigan habitat map
- Callback surveys, pointing dog surveys, genetic analysis
