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Advisory committee approves two CWMU variances to allow later elk hunts, requires public access and notification
Summary
The CMU Advisory Committee voted unanimously to approve two variances allowing later bull-elk hunting dates on cooperative wildlife management units, attaching a requirement that those later dates be made available to and publicized for public hunters.
The CMU Advisory Committee voted unanimously to approve two variances allowing later bull-elk hunting dates on private Cooperative Wildlife Management Units, with the condition that public hunters be offered and notified of those later dates.
The recommendation to extend the late-season variance for the Blackhawk CWMU on the Manti unit was presented by Brad Crompton, the biologist who oversees Blackhawk. "They're asking to extend that to December 15," Crompton told the committee, describing the unit as one that "funnels most of the bull elk" into privately owned canyons late in the season and already carries a November 30 variance.
The committee debated access for public hunters and how the later window would be…
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