Instructor training classes offered soon
Have you ever wanted to pass the passion you have for hunting on to someone else?
You can by serving as a volunteer Hunter Education course instructor. The Division of Wildlife Resources will train new instructors over the next few weeks at locations across Utah.
“You can make an amazing difference in the [...]
January 15, 2009 | Posted in
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The Wildlife Board also approved a major archery deer hunting change.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s elk herds will get some much-needed help in 2009.
On Dec. 4, the Utah Wildlife Board approved spike elk hunting changes for next season. The changes should open room in the herds for more cow elk. The calves these cows will [...]
December 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Applications start Dec. 29 and must be received no later than Jan. 12.
SALT LAKE CITY — If you want to join Utah’s Dedicated Hunter Program, Dec. 29 is an important day. Dec. 29 is the first day you can submit your application to join the program in 2009.
But before you submit your application, you must [...]
December 9, 2008 | Posted in
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Late-fall run could lead to better fishing at Flaming Gorge
Flaming Gorge anglers could see a nice bonus in future years after kokanee salmon ran up Sheep Creek this past October.
Two kokanee salmon spawning runs happened in Sheep Creek this fall, one in September and one in late October. The two runs provided biologists with plenty [...]
November 18, 2008 | Posted in
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Applications for Utah’s most prized hunting permits accepted soon
Applications for next year’s most prized Utah hunting permits, the 2009 sportsman permits, will be available by Nov. 3.
Only Utah residents may apply for sportsman permits. One sportsman permit is offered for each of the following species: Desert bighorn ram, Rocky Mountain bighorn ram, buck deer, buck [...]
November 7, 2008 | Posted in
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More than 28,000 counted on Nov. 3
If you drew a permit to hunt tundra swans in Utah, you may want to grab your gun and head to the marsh.
Tom Aldrich counted 28,271 swans in marshes along the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake during a survey flown on Nov. 3.
On Oct. 28, he counted [...]
November 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Each of these waters is in northeastern Utah
Division of Wildlife Resources biologists have been hunting for quagga and zebra mussels this summer.
They’ve gathered water samples from 42 waters in Utah. Those samples have been given to a Bureau of Reclamation lab in Denver, and test results are starting to come back.
Quagga and zebra mussels are [...]
September 22, 2008 | Posted in
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Five hunts held on Sep. 6
Nearly 20 youngsters enjoyed hunting chukars recently at the Gordon Creek Wildlife Management Area west of Price.
The Gordon Creek WMA was one of five sites in Utah that hosted special youth chukar hunts on Sep. 6.
Youngsters bag a few birds
The Division of Wildlife Resources stocked the Gordon Creek WMA with [...]
September 12, 2008 | Posted in
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Raptor Watch Day happens Sep. 27
Thousands of birds of prey fly through Utah’s clear, crisp skies every fall.
You can see and learn more about these migrating birds of prey during Utah’s annual Raptor Watch Day.
This year’s event will be held Sep. 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Orem overlook along Squaw Peak [...]
September 12, 2008 | Posted in
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This year’s archery deer hunt begins on August 16.
With the exception of parts of northern and northeastern Utah, the number of buck deer in Utah is about the same as it was last fall.
That means plenty of bucks should await you when Utah’s 2008 general archery deer hunt kicks off Aug. 16.
The state’s general archery [...]
August 8, 2008 | Posted in
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