DWR conservation officers work to protect Utah's wildlife.
The dispatches below are a fraction of our ongoing efforts to protect your wildlife. If you have information on illegal wildlife-related activities, please let us know. Our success depends on the help of ethical hunters, like yourself.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are asking for the public’s help in gathering information about a deer poaching incident in Duchesne County.
In late January, two mature mule deer bucks were poached on the Fillmore-Oak Creek limited entry deer unit in south-central Utah. Whoever killed the deer hacked off their antlers and then tried to hide the animals under woodpiles.
Conservation officers with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources are asking for your help in finding those responsible for killing 22 ducks and then leaving the ducks to rot on a wildlife management area in Utah County.
The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is seeking information after two big game animals were abandoned and left to waste in Beaver County.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are asking for information after finding three garbage bags full of dead waterfowl along the north side of Herriman Highway.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are reminding the public to utilize the meat from harvested fish and wildlife after 59 ducks were recently found wasted in a dumpster.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after a buck deer was killed and left to waste on private property in Carbon County in September.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are seeking information after two bull elk were illegally killed in Sevier County earlier this month.
Several hunting seasons are in full swing. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers are hard at work patrolling the state to protect wildlife and make sure hunters are obeying the laws.
A Cedar City man was recently charged in connection with illegally killing a trophy bull elk in 2019.
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