R657-43-10. Limited Entry Permits and Season Dates

  (1)(a) Only bull elk, buck deer or buck pronghorn limited entry permits may be applied for by the landowner association.

  (b) A landowner association may not apply for or receive a :

  (i) multi-season hunting opportunity on any limited entry hunt under R657-5; or

  (ii) late season limited entry buck deer permits on a general season unit under R657-5-26(1)(b).

  (2)(a) The division and landowner chairperson should jointly recommend the number of permits to be issued to the landowner association.

  (b) If consensus between the landowner chairperson and the division on recommended permit numbers cannot be reached, a request for permits may be submitted by the landowner association along with a recommendation from the division for review by the Wildlife Regional Advisory Councils and the Wildlife Board.

  (3) Permit numbers shall fall within the herd unit management guidelines. Permit numbers will be based on:

  (a) the percent of eligible property within the unit that is enrolled in a landowner association and serves as big game habitat; or

  (b) the percentage of use by wildlife on eligible property enrolled in a landowner association.

  (4) Landowners receiving vouchers may personally use the vouchers or reassign the vouchers to any legal hunter.

  (5) All landowners who receive vouchers must:

  (a) allow hunters who redeemed a voucher from that landowner access to the landowner's private lands included within the landowner association for hunting; and

  (b) allow a number of public hunters with valid permits, equivalent to the number of vouchers the landowner received that year, to access the landowner's private land for hunting during the appropriate limited entry bull elk, buck deer or buck pronghorn hunting season, except as provided in Subsection (6).

  (6)(a) Landowners receiving vouchers may deny public hunters access to the landowner association's private land for hunting by receiving, through the landowner association, a variance to Subsection (5)(b) from the Wildlife Board.

  (b) The requested variance must be provided by the landowner association in writing to the division 30 days prior to the appropriate Regional Advisory Council meeting scheduled to review Rule R657-5 and the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game.

  (c) The variance request must be presented by the landowner association to the appropriate local Regional Wildlife Advisory Council. The local Regional Wildlife Advisory Council shall forward a recommendation to the Wildlife Board for consideration and action.

  (7)(a) Any person who is issued a limited entry landowner permit must follow the season dates, weapon restrictions and any other regulations governing the taking of big game as specified in Rule R657-5 and the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game.

  (b) to receive a limited entry landowner permit, the person designated on the voucher must possess or obtain a Utah hunting or combination license.

  (8) A limited entry landowner permit authorizes the permittee to hunt within the limited entry unit where the eligible property is located.

  (9) Nothing in this rule shall be construed to allow any person, including a landowner, to take more than one buck deer, one bull elk or one buck pronghorn during any one year.