R657-37-12. Season Lengths

  (1) A landowner association member or landowner association operator may arrange for permittees to hunt on the CWMU during the following dates:

  (a) an archery buck deer season may be established beginning with the opening of the general archery deer season through August 31 and during the sixty-one consecutive day buck deer season;

  (b) an archery bull elk season may be established beginning with the opening of the general archery elk season through October 31 and during a bull elk season variance;

  (c) an archery buck pronghorn season may be established beginning with the opening of the statewide limited entry archery buck pronghorn season through October 31;

  (d) general season bull elk, buck pronghorn, and moose seasons may be established September 1 through October 31, unless a season variance is approved;

  (e)(i) general buck deer seasons may be established for no longer than sixty-one consecutive days from September 1 through November 10;

  (ii) a landowner association member or landowner association operator electing to establish buck deer hunting in November must:

  (A) meet the CWMU management plan objectives;

  (B) not exceed average hunter density exhibited on the surrounding deer wildlife management units;

  (C) provide positive hunter satisfaction; and

  (D) maintain a harvest success rate at least equal to the surrounding deer wildlife management units;

  (E) designate the CWMU's sixty-one consecutive day season in the application, or if the sixty-one day consecutive season is not designated the season shall begin September 1;

  (F) allow all public hunters the option to hunt in November;

  (f) muzzleloader bull elk seasons may be established September 1 through October 31 annually, and during a bull elk season variance;

  (g) antlerless elk seasons may be established August 1 through January 31;

  (h) antlerless deer seasons may be established August 1 through December 31;

  (i) doe pronghorn seasons may be established August 1 through October 31; and

  (j) turkey seasons may be established the second Saturday in April through May 31.

  (2)(a) The Wildlife Board may authorize bull elk hunting season variances only if the CWMU landowner association member or landowner association operator clearly demonstrates that November hunting is necessary on the CWMU.

  (b) If a bull elk hunting season variance is authorized, the public hunters must be provided comparable hunting opportunity as private hunters.

  (3) Notwithstanding the season length provisions in this section, any season described in Subsection (1) that begins on a Sunday will default to and commence the Saturday before.