The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is proposing some changes to big game hunting, including a change to a once-in-a-lifetime hunt in the Book Cliffs. Included among the proposals is to allow an individual to apply for and hunt the following species in the same year: doe and buck pronghorn, cow and elk moose, and ewe and ram bighorn sheep. This would help streamline the hunt drawing process and is one of the necessary changes for proposed permit numbers to be available during the drawing. Another proposal is for bison hunters to review educational information about shot placement for hunting bison prior to the hunt. This is due to a request from the Utah Wildlife Board to provide more education to bison hunters. Another proposed change is to adjust boundaries to create two new bison hunting units in the Book Cliffs. “Some of these rule changes will help to simplify, streamline and clarify some of the previous hunting rules,” Big Game Coordinator Covy Jones said. If approved by the Utah Wildlife Board, changes would become effective for the 2022 hunting seasons.
