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RAC approves rule tweaks to sportsman draw, start dates and group applications
Summary
The Northeastern RAC unanimously recommended changes to R657-41 and R657-62 to allow successful sportsman permit winners to buy preference points, set alternate start dates when hunts would otherwise begin on Sundays, clarify one-species-per-drawing, and allow group applications for management buck deer hunts.
The Northeastern Region Advisory Council on Aug. 7 voted unanimously to recommend Division proposals amending R657‑41 (sportsman draw) and R657‑62 (group applications) to the Utah Wildlife Board.
Division staff told the RAC the changes would permit a hunter who wins a statewide sportsman permit to purchase a preference point for a species they are otherwise ineligible to apply for in the big‑game drawing, clarify that statewide permits have set start dates with built‑in Sunday adjustments, and allow group applications for management buck deer hunts where permit counts make…
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