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 Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019)
 R657. Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources
 R657-10. Taking Cougar

  R657-10-23. Taking Cougar  

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  •   (1)(a) For each permit issued, a person may only take one cougar during the season and from the area specified on the permit.

      (b) Limited entry permits may be obtained by following the application procedures provided in this rule and the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar.

      (c) Harvest -objective permits may be purchased on a first-come, first-served basis as provided in guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar.

      (d) Cougar control permits may be purchased as provided in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar.

      (2) A person may not:

      (a) take or pursue a female cougar with kittens or kittens with spots; or

      (b) repeatedly pursue, chase, tree, corner, or hold at bay, the same cougar during the same day after the cougar has been released.

      (3) Any cougar may be taken during the prescribed seasons, except a kitten with spots, or any cougar accompanied by kittens, or any cougar accompanied by an adult.

      (4) A person may not take a cougar wearing a radio collar from any areas that are published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar.

      (5) The division may authorize hunters who have obtained a valid cougar permit to take cougar in a specified area of the state in the interest of protecting wildlife from depredation.

      (6) Season dates, closed areas, harvest objective permit areas, unlimited quota units, and limited entry permit areas are published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar.

      (7)(a) A person who obtains a limited entry cougar permit on a split unit may hunt on all harvest objective units after the date split units transition into harvest objective units. The split unit transition date is provided in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking cougar.

      (b) A person who obtains a limited entry cougar permit on a split unit and chooses to hunt on any harvest objective unit after the transition date is subject to all harvest objective unit closure requirements provided in Sections R657-10-29.