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RAC approves once-in-a-lifetime permit slate, adds two archery bison tags
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Summary
The Northern RAC accepted the division's once-in-a-lifetime permit recommendations and voted to add one archery bison permit each on Bitter Creek and Little Creek South, citing hunter-opportunity and local input.
The Northern Regional Advisory Council accepted the Division of Wildlife Resources' once-in-a-lifetime permit recommendations April 15 and approved an amendment adding one archery bison permit on Bitter Creek and one on Little Creek South.
DWR staff summarized unit-level recommendations and public feedback. Council members discussed fairness concerns for long-term applicants when adding permits to any-weapon pools, and whether additional archery tags shift opportunity away from those with higher points. Kevin Norman, representing SFW, said his group supported the division's recommendations and noted the archery association's request for an added Bitter Creek archery tag.
Members debated whether any-weapon permit pools would lose opportunity if archery tags were expanded; staff said adding one archery tag on the two listed units would not reduce any-weapon permits in the proposed scenario. After discussion, the RAC moved and approved the division proposal with the two added archery bison permits.
The RAC also heard a DWR briefing on moose winter-tick issues: staff reported roughly 10 moose losses in Morgan Southridge and about 28 documented on the Wasatch since February (mostly calves), and cautioned that mild recent winters increase tick loads and may reduce recruitment in the next couple of years.
The RAC’s amendment was recorded in the motion and the once-in-a-lifetime recommendations passed; staff will monitor moose recruitment and report new data if population indicators change.
