Utah Admin. Code R657-5-12 - Areas With Special Restrictions
(1)
(a)
Hunting of wildlife is allowed within the boundaries of all park areas, except
for those areas and hunts specifically closed by the Division of Parks and
Recreation in Section
R651-614-4.
(b) State laws regarding the possession and
discharge of dangerous weapons apply in state park areas open to
hunting.
(2) Hunting is
closed within the boundaries of all national parks unless otherwise provided by
the governing agency.
(3) Hunters
obtaining a Utah license, permit, or tag to take big game are not authorized to
hunt on tribal trust lands. Hunters must obtain tribal authorization to hunt on
tribal trust lands.
(4) Military
installations, including Camp Williams, are closed to hunting and trespassing
unless otherwise authorized.
(5) In
Salt Lake County, a person may:
(a) only use
archery equipment to take buck deer and bull elk south of I-80 and east of
I-15;
(b) only use archery
equipment to take big game in Emigration Township; and
(c) not hunt big game within one-half mile of
Silver Lake in Big Cottonwood Canyon.
(6) Hunting is closed within a designated
portion of the town of Alta. Hunters may refer to the town of Alta for
boundaries and other information.
(7) Domesticated Elk Facilities and
Domesticated Elk Hunting Parks, as defined in Subsection
4-39-102(2) and
Rules R58-18 and R58-20, are closed to big game hunting. This restriction does
not apply to the lawful harvest of domesticated elk as defined and allowed
pursuant to Rule R58-20.
(8) State
waterfowl management areas are closed to taking big game, except as otherwise
provided in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game.
(9) A person may not hunt big game in
National Wildlife Refuges unless declared open by the managing
authority.
(10) Hunters are
restricted to using archery equipment, muzzleloaders, or shotguns on the Scott
M. Matheson Wetland Preserve.
(11)
A person may not discharge a firearm, except a shotgun firing shot size not to
exceed T(.20), from, upon, or across the Green River located near Jensen, Utah
from the Highway 40 bridge upstream to the Dinosaur National Monument
boundary.
(12) A person may not
hunt big game inside the high fenced area surrounding the town of Alton,
Utah.
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