Shed Antler Restrictions for Northern Utah
March 10th, 2007 David King - King's Outdoor World
Shed Antler Restrictions in Northern Utah
I have had some people ask me about a possible new law in Utah that restricts shed hunting until May first. I have found some information from the Utah DWR web site about a new law passed for northern Utah.
A committee comprised of sportsmen, people from the agricultural community, and state and federal wildlife officials have determined that helping more fawns survive the winter is one of the first steps to increasing deer populations in Northern Utah. Based on the group’s recommendations, all five of Utah’s Regional Advisory Councils and the Utah Wildlife Board voted to restrict the collection of shed antlers in Northern Utah this year.
Collection Allowed After May 1
The collection of shed antlers is allowed from May 1, 2007 through Jan. 31, 2008. (that means no shed pickup from Jan 1 through April 30th)
When the season opens on May 1, please remember that you must obey all state and federal off-road vehicle rules. You must also respect the rights of private property owners.
Also remember that it’s illegal to pick up antlers or horns that are still attached to the skull plate of a dead animal.
For more information about Utah’s shed antler gathering regulations, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR’s Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.
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1. Shed Antler Restrictions &hellip | March 12th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
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2. Rick Turvey | March 13th, 2007 at 4:23 pm
It is too bad a mans opinion, on just one thing can have such an
affect on his life. I can see both sides, I just feel sorry that sometimes the good guyt goes down I’ve been there to.
3. Chris Coombs | April 27th, 2007 at 10:53 pm
I personally think this new law is stupid. I talked to a conservation officer in late January about it, and he too thought it was stupid. He told me that to enforce the new law, an officer would have to catch a person coming off the mountain with the antlers in hand. He also predicted that most of the avid horn hunters in Northern Utah would simply round up as many sheds as possible and stash them for the May 1st opener. I have since found out that more than a few people that I know have already done this! I just don’t understand the point to this new law. If they want to increase the deer numbers, they need to enforce a law that restricts all actvities in winter ranges. If guys want to get those horns, all they have to say is that they are “just hiking”. Who is gonna know?
4. Todd Einerson | June 26th, 2007 at 6:50 pm
This law is stupid. They are not going to stop hard core shed hunters trust me! its just another way for the division to hurrass hunters and generate revunue for the great state of utah. shed hunters don’t desturb winter wildlife developers and new roads do. Many people watch deer from spotting scopes hundreds of yards away. If we disturb them they are gone! no sheds.
5. toughshed | October 25th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
THe DNR or DOW or Fish and Game or whoever better start getting a clue. As hunter numbers decline they continue to pile on the needless regulations further frustrating folks from enjoying the great outdoors. Soon these kinds of “rights limitations” will take your hunting lands and then your gun and there will be so few of us left that it will happen without incident. I hope I am not around when that happens….either fight it or take it in the behind…one or the other…
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