The Utah Wildlife Board in their January 10 meeting have approved changes that will
guide black bear hunting in Utah for the next three years. What that means for the hunting community is that there will be a few more spot and stalk bear hunts in the year. Spot-and-stalk hunts have hunters walk through the forest to find a bear and then track to take. These hunts do not allow hunters to pursue the bears with hounds or use bait to lure the bears in. “The success rate on spot-and-stalk hunts is similar to archery hunting for deer,” Darren DeBloois, game mammals coordinator for the DWR DeBloois explains. “We can offer more opportunities to spot-and-stalk because the number of bears taken with spot-and-stalk is lower than other types of hunting.” To view all the board approved changes get the free 2019 Black Bear Guidebook at
www.wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks
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February 1.
