R657-5-37A. Bonus Point System.

(1) Bonus points are used to improve odds for drawing permits.

(2)(a) A bonus point is awarded for:

(i) each valid unsuccessful application when applying for limited entry permits in the big game drawing or moose in the antlerless drawing; or

(ii) each valid application when applying for bonus points in the big game drawing or moose in the antlerless drawing.

(b) Bonus points are awarded by species for:

(i) premium limited entry, limited entry, management buck deer, and cooperative wildlife management unit buck deer;

(ii) premium limited entry, limited entry, management bull elk, and cooperative wildlife management unit bull elk;

(iii) limited entry and cooperative wildlife management unit buck pronghorn;

(iv) all once-in-a-lifetime species; and

(v) antlerless moose.

(3) A resident may apply for a bonus point for:

(a) only one of the following species:

(i) buck deer - premium limited entry, limited entry and cooperative wildlife management unit;

(ii) bull elk - limited entry, management and cooperative wildlife management unit; or

(iii) buck pronghorn - limited entry and cooperative wildlife management unit;

(iv) antlerless moose, and

(b) only one once-in-a-lifetime, including once-in-a-lifetime cooperative wildlife management unit.

(4) A nonresident may apply for a bonus point for:

(a) any of the following species:

(i) buck deer - premium limited entry, limited entry and management unit;

(ii) bull elk - limited entry and management unit; or

(iii) buck pronghorn - limited entry;

(iv) antlerless moose, and

(b) any once-in-a-lifetime.

(5)(a) A resident may not apply in the drawing for both a premium limited entry or limited entry bonus point and a premium limited entry or limited entry permit.

(b) A resident may not apply in the drawing for a once-in-a-lifetime bonus point and a once-in-a-lifetime permit.

(c) A resident may not apply in the drawing for an antlerless moose bonus point and an antlerless moose permit.

(6)(a) An applicant may not apply in the drawing for an antlerless moose bonus point and an antlerless moose permit.

(b) An applicant may not apply for a bonus point if that person is ineligible to apply for a permit for the respective species.

(c) An applicant may only apply for bonus points during the big game and antlerless drawing application periods.

(d) Group applications will not be accepted when applying for bonus points.

(7)(a) Fifty percent of the permits for each hunt unit and species will be reserved for applicants with bonus points.

(b) Based on the applicant's first choice, the reserved permits will be designated by a random drawing number to eligible applicants with the greatest number of bonus points for each species.

(c) If reserved permits remain, the reserved permits will be designated by a random number to eligible applicants with the next greatest number of bonus points for each species.

(d) The procedure in Subsection (c) will continue until all reserved permits have been issued or no applications for that species remain.

(e) Any reserved permits remaining and any applicants who were not selected for reserved permits will be returned to the big game drawing.

(8)(a) Each applicant receives a random drawing number for:

(i) each species applied for; and

(ii) each bonus point for that species.

(9) Bonus points are forfeited if a person obtains a permit through the drawing for that bonus point species as provided in Subsection (2)(c), including any permit obtained after the drawing.

(10) Bonus points are not forfeited if:

(a) a person is successful in obtaining a conservation permit or sportsman permit;

(b) a person obtains a landowner or a cooperative wildlife management unit permit from a landowner; or

(c) a person obtains a poaching-reported reward permit.

(11) Bonus points are not transferable.

(12) Bonus points are averaged and rounded down when two or more applicants apply together on a group application.

(12)(a) Bonus points are tracked using social security numbers or division-issued customer identification numbers.

(b) The division shall retain paper copies of applications for three years prior to the current big game and antlerless drawings for the purpose of researching bonus point records.

(c) The division shall retain electronic copies of applications from 1996 to the current big game drawing for the purpose of researching bonus point records.

(d) Any requests for researching an applicant's bonus point records must be requested within the time frames provided in Subsection (b) and (c).

(e) Any bonus points on the division's records shall not be researched beyond the time frames provided in Subsection (b) and (c).

(f) The division may eliminate any bonus points earned that are obtained by fraud or misrepresentation.