Proposed changes in the Utah elk hunt

[wiperhunter2]

The plan proposes a handful of changes, including:

Six additional general-season any bull elk hunting units in the Nine Mile, Paunsaugunt, West Desert, Central Mountains, Book Cliffs and Box Elder areas across the state, while also adding a new general-season spike hunt in the Diamond Mountain unit in northeast Utah.

Dividing the current 13-day general season any bull elk hunt with any legal weapon into two separate seven-day hunts.

Issuing 15,000 general-season permits for the early season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt and having no cap on permit numbers for the late season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt. Multi-season any bull elk permits would be capped at 7,500 permits.

Continuing to issue 15,000 spike bull permits every year with 4,500 available as multi-season permits.

Creating an unlimited youth general-season elk permit that is valid during all general seasons on both any bull and spike units.

Restructuring the harvest objectives for traditional limited-entry units to include three age objectives: 6 ½ to 7 years old, 6 to 6 ½ years old and 5 ½ to 6 years old.

Adding the mid-season any legal weapon hunt on most of the traditional limited-entry elk units, and adjusting the weapon splits for traditional limited-entry hunts to place more any-legal-weapon hunts in the mid-season hunt.

Here is a link to the article:
https://www.ksl.com/article/50502437/uta...rity-soars

[PACKFAN]

The plan proposes a handful of changes, including:

Six additional general-season any bull elk hunting units in the Nine Mile, Paunsaugunt, West Desert, Central Mountains, Book Cliffs and Box Elder areas across the state, while also adding a new general-season spike hunt in the Diamond Mountain unit in northeast Utah.

Dividing the current 13-day general season any bull elk hunt with any legal weapon into two separate seven-day hunts.

Issuing 15,000 general-season permits for the early season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt and having no cap on permit numbers for the late season any-legal-weapon any bull elk hunt. Multi-season any bull elk permits would be capped at 7,500 permits.

Continuing to issue 15,000 spike bull permits every year with 4,500 available as multi-season permits.

Creating an unlimited youth general-season elk permit that is valid during all general seasons on both any bull and spike units.

Restructuring the harvest objectives for traditional limited-entry units to include three age objectives: 6 ½ to 7 years old, 6 to 6 ½ years old and 5 ½ to 6 years old.

Adding the mid-season any legal weapon hunt on most of the traditional limited-entry elk units, and adjusting the weapon splits for traditional limited-entry hunts to place more any-legal-weapon hunts in the mid-season hunt.

Here is a link to the article:
https://www.ksl.com/article/50502437/uta...rity-soars

Watched Adam Eakles show last evening not to fired up about several of the changes that they will be presenting on the elk hunts. Ive been to several of the RAC meetings in the past, they have their minds pretty much made up before they start conducting the meetings.

[wiperhunter2]

Agreed, not sure how making more tags available will make things better, except for maybe the DWR, because they will get more money.

[PACKFAN]

Agreed, not sure how making more tags available will make things better, except for maybe the DWR, because they will get more money.

I think you hit it right on the head.