R657-5-26. Premium Limited Entry and Limited Entry Buck Deer Hunts

  (1)(a) To hunt in a premium limited entry or limited entry buck deer area, hunters must obtain the respective limited entry buck permit. Limited entry areas are not open to general archery buck deer, general any weapon buck deer, or general muzzleloader buck deer hunting, except as specified in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game.

  (b)(i) The Wildlife Board may establish in guidebook a limited entry buck deer hunt on a general season buck deer unit.

  (ii) The season dates for a limited entry hunt under this Subsection will not overlap the season dates for the underlying general season hunt on the unit.

  (iii) A landowner association under R657-43 is not eligible to receive limited entry permits that occur on general season units.

  (2) A limited entry buck deer permit allows a person using the prescribed legal weapon, to take one buck deer within the area and season specified on the permit, excluding deer cooperative wildlife management units located within the limited entry unit.

  (3)(a) A person who has obtained a premium limited entry, limited entry, management, or cooperative wildlife management unit buck deer permit must report hunt information within 30 calendar days after the end of the hunting season, whether the permit holder was successful or unsuccessful in harvesting a buck deer.

  (b) Limited entry and cooperative wildlife management unit buck deer permit holders must report hunt information by telephone, or through the division's Internet address.

  (c) A person who fails to comply with the requirement in Subsection (a) shall be ineligible to apply for any once-in-a-lifetime, premium limited entry, limited entry, management, or cooperative wildlife management unit permit or bonus point in the following year.

  (d) Late questionnaires may be accepted pursuant to Rule R657-42-9(3).

  (4) A person who has obtained a premium limited entry or limited entry buck permit may not:

  (a) obtain any other deer permit, except an antlerless deer permit as provided in R657-5-27 and the guidebooks of the Wildlife Board; or

  (b) hunt during any other deer hunt, except unsuccessful archery hunters may hunt within extended archery areas as provided in Subsection (7).

  (5)(a) The Wildlife Board may establish a multi-season hunting opportunity in the big game guidebooks for selected premium limited entry and limited entry buck deer hunts.

  (b) A person that obtains a premium limited entry or limited entry buck deer permit with a multi-season opportunity may hunt during any of the following limited entry buck deer seasons established in the guidebooks of the Wildlife Board for the unit specified on the premium limited entry or limited entry buck deer permit:

  (i) archery season, using only archery equipment prescribed in R657-5-11 for taking deer;

  (ii) muzzleloader season, using only muzzleloader equipment prescribed in R657-5-10 for taking deer; and

  (iii) any weapon season, using any legal weapon prescribed in R657-5 for taking deer.

  (c) A landowner association under R657-43 is not eligible to receive a multi-season hunting opportunity for premium limited entry or limited entry units.

  (6) A premium limited entry or limited entry buck deer permit, including a permit with a multi-season opportunity, is valid only within the boundaries of the unit designated on the permit, excluding:

  (a) areas closed to hunting;

  (b) deer cooperative wildlife management units; and

  (c) Indian tribal trust lands.

  (7) A person who possesses an archery buck deer permit for a premium limited entry or limited entry unit, including a permit with a multi-season opportunity, may hunt buck deer within any extended archery area during the established extended archery season for that area, provided the person:

  (a) did not take a buck deer during the premium limited entry or limited entry hunt;

  (b) uses the prescribed archery equipment for the extended archery area;

  (c) completes the annual Archery Ethics Course required to hunt extended archery areas during the extended archery season; and

  (d) possesses on their person while hunting:

  (i) the multi-season limited entry or limited entry buck deer permit; and

  (ii) the Archery Ethics Course Certificate of Completion.