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Get your HIP registration number
If you hunt mourning doves, band-tailed pigeons, sandhill cranes, geese, ducks, coots or snipes, you are required to register for the Migratory Bird Harvest Information Program (HIP). There is no charge to register.
Hunting waterfowl in Utah
Waterfowl Guidebook (2020–21)
The Utah DWR Waterfowl Guidebook summarizes the laws and rules that govern waterfowl hunting in Utah. The guidebook is a quick, convenient reference for waterfowl hunting regulations. For more complete information, read through the relevant state statutes and administrative rules.
Previous editions
View guidebook updates
— Important changes and corrections made after the guidebook was printed.
Corrections
Page 28: Added unit 9 to the bullet about airboat use at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. That bullet now states, "Airboats are only permitted in the posted open areas of units 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and the C blocks."
Page 36: Updated the shooting hours table to correct an error on Oct. 30–31 for scaup in the northern zone. The scaup season in the northern zone is open on Oct. 30–31, 2020.
Hunt opener conditions
Duck harvest and population data reports
Swan hunting information
- Apply online for a swan permit during the drawing application period.
- Orientation course: Take this one-time course before applying for a swan permit.
- Swan hunting boundary
- View your drawing results
- View swan permit drawing odds for past applications
- Great Salt Lake aerial swan survey
- Hunter swan harvest report form
Hunting in national wildlife refuges
HIP Registration number
Waterfowl identification
Waterfowl hunting maps
- Swan hunting boundary
- Bicknell Bottoms WMA
- Browns Park WMA
- Clear Lake WMA
- Desert Lake WMA
- Farmington Bay WMA
- Harold Crane WMA
- Howard Slough WMA
- Locomotive Springs WMA
- Ogden Bay WMA
- Public Shooting Grounds WMA
- Salt Creek WMA
- Timpie Springs WMA
- Topaz WMA
- Willard Spur WMA
Utah waterfowl mercury advisories
- Waterfowl mercury & consumption advisories: This information is maintained by the Utah Department of Health's Environmental Epidemiology Program.
Utah Waterfowl Slam
- The Utah Waterfowl Slam provides adventures and supports wetland improvements. For $20, you can register to embark on the challenge.
