R657-5-32. Limited Entry Bull Elk Hunts

  (1) To hunt in a limited entry bull elk area, a hunter must obtain a limited entry bull elk permit for the area.

  (2)(a) A limited entry bull elk permit allows a person, using the prescribed legal weapon, to take one bull elk within the area and season specified on the permit, except as provided in Subsection (5) and excluding elk cooperative wildlife management units located within a limited entry unit. Spike bull elk restrictions do not apply to limited entry elk permittees.

  (3)(a) The Wildlife Board may establish a multi-season hunting opportunity in the big game guidebooks for selected limited entry bull elk units.

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

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

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

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

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

  (4) A limited entry bull elk 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) elk cooperative wildlife management units; and

  (c) Indian tribal trust lands.

  (5) A person who possesses any limited entry archery bull elk permit, including a permit with a multi-season opportunity, may hunt bull elk within any extended archery area during the established extended archery season for that area, provided the person:

  (a) did not take a bull elk during the 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 limited entry bull elk permit; and

  (ii) the Archery Ethics Course Certificate of Completion.

  (6) "Prescribed legal weapon" means for purposes of this subsection:

  (a) archery equipment, as defined in R657-5-11, when hunting the archery season, excluding a crossbow, draw-lock, and airgun;

  (b) muzzleloader equipment, as defined in R657-5-10, when hunting the muzzleloader season; and

  (c) any legal weapon, including a muzzleloader, crossbow with a fixed or variable magnifying scope or draw-lock, or airgun when hunting during the any weapon season.

  (7)(a) A person who has obtained a limited entry or cooperative wildlife management unit bull elk 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 bull elk.

  (b) Limited entry and cooperative wildlife management unit bull elk 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, 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(2).

  (8) A person who has obtained a limited entry bull elk permit may not hunt during any other elk hunt or obtain any other elk permit, except as provided in Subsections (5) and R657-5-33(3).