87-6-401. Unlawful use of equipment while hunting. (1) A person may not: (a) hunt or attempt to hunt any game animal or game bird by the aid or with the use of any snare, except as allowed in 87-3-127 and 87-3-128, set gun, projected artificial light, trap, salt lick, or bait; (b) use any recorded or electrically amplified […]
87-6-402. Unlawful hunting within city or town. (1) A person may not hunt or attempt to hunt any game animal within the boundaries of any incorporated or unincorporated city or town of this state except as allowed under a plan developed by a city or town and approved by the department pursuant to 7-3-1105, 7-3-1222, or […]
87-6-403. Unlawful hunting from public highway. (1) Except as provided in 87-2-803 and 87-6-405, a person may not hunt or attempt to hunt any game animal or game bird on, from, or across any public highway or the shoulder, berm, or barrow pit right-of-way of any public highway, as defined in 61-1-101, in the state. (2) A […]
87-6-404. Unlawful use of dog while hunting. (1) Except as provided in subsections (3) through (6), a person may not: (a) chase any game animal or fur-bearing animal with a dog; or (b) purposely, knowingly, or negligently permit a dog to chase, stalk, pursue, attack, or kill a hooved game animal. If the dog is not under the […]
87-6-405. Unlawful use of vehicle while hunting. (1) Except as provided in 87-2-803, a person may not hunt or attempt to hunt any game animal or game bird from any self-propelled, motor-driven, or drawn vehicle. For the purposes of this section, the term “hunt” does not include: (a) spotting game from a vehicle; or (b) if hunting on, […]
87-6-406. Failure to retain evidence of sex. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsection (1)(b) and subject to the provisions of subsection (2), a person who kills a game animal in this state shall retain evidence of the sex of the animal with the carcass until it is processed. (b) The provisions of subsection (1)(a) do not apply […]
87-6-407. Unlawful transfer of harvested game. A person who purposely, knowingly, or negligently violates 87-3-310 regarding the transfer of possession of harvested game shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $500. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or bail, may be subject to forfeiture of any current hunting, fishing, […]
87-6-408 and 87-6-409 reserved.
87-6-410. Migratory game bird offenses. A person who violates any provision of 87-3-403 related to migratory game birds shall be fined not less than $50 or more than $1,000 or be imprisoned in the county detention center for not more than 6 months, or both. In addition, the person, upon conviction or forfeiture of bond or […]
87-6-411. Tagging of game animal offenses. (1) Each license issued by the department authorizing the holder of the license to hunt game animals, whether issued to a resident or a nonresident, must provide any tags the department prescribes. (2) When a person kills a game animal under the license, the person shall, before the carcass is removed […]
87-6-412. Tagging of turkey offenses. (1) A person who kills, captures, or possesses a wild turkey by authority of any turkey tag or permit may not: (a) fail or neglect to attach the tag to the turkey in compliance with instructions on the tag or to electronically validate the tag in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to […]
87-6-413. Hunting or killing over limit. (1) A person may not attempt to kill, take, shoot, or capture or kill, take, hunt, shoot, or capture more than one game animal of any one species in any 1 license year unless the killing of more than one game animal of that species has been authorized by regulations […]
87-6-414. Failure to wear hunter orange while big game hunting. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person may not hunt any big game animals in this state or accompany any hunter as an outfitter or guide under any of the provisions of the laws of this state without wearing as exterior garments above the […]
87-6-415. Failure to obtain landowner’s permission for hunting. (1) A person may not hunt or attempt to hunt furbearers, game animals, migratory game birds, nongame wildlife, predatory animals, upland game birds, or wolves on private property without first obtaining permission of the landowner, the lessee, or their agents. (2) A person who violates this section shall, upon […]
87-6-416 through 87-6-419 reserved.
87-6-420. Prohibition on carcass imports. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), it is unlawful to transport into this state the whole carcass or certain carcass parts of white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, or elk from states or provinces with documented occurrences of chronic wasting disease, as determined by the fish and wildlife commission, in wild […]
