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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 CONTENTS WHAT’S NEW KNOW THE LAWS
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435-865-6100 like to hunt dark geese, keep in mind that
there are four separate dark goose hunting Kevin Albrecht Kirk Woodward, Chair
Washington County Field Office Calvin Crandall Byron Bateman, Vice Chair
451 N SR-318 areas: Eastern Box Elder, Northern, South-
Steve Dalton Mike Fowlks,
Hurricane, UT 84737
Karl Hirst Division Director &
435-879-8694
Donnie Hunter Executive Secretary
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 Plan your hunt: The Utah Hunt Planner is an
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Information Program (HIP) has never been Adults can join for $20, and youth can join by an excise tax on the sale of firearms and
easier. To register, visit wildlife.utah.gov/uthip. for $10. To learn more, visit page 7 or other hunting- and fishing-related equipment.
For more information, please see page 10. wildlife.utah.gov/slam.
You must have a HIP number issued between
March 11, 2018 and March 10, 2019 if you Off-highway vehicles: Off-highway vehicles
plan to hunt waterfowl during the 2018–2019 are not permitted on state waterfowl manage-
season. ment areas, except in areas that are posted
open to OHV use.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 KEY DATES AND FEES 2018–19 season dates Swan application dates
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in three duck species—cinnamon
teal, northern shoveler and common
goldeneye—hunters should be care-
ful about how much they consume.
You can read the latest consump-
tion advisories for these species at
waterfowladvisories.utah.gov.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 BASIC REQUIREMENTS Approximately four to six weeks after you
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and provide verbal assistance to the young If you need assistance, please contact your You can purchase a duck stamp from
a price break compared to buying your your local post office, some license agents or
hunter. Using electronic devices, such as local Division office or call 801-538-4727.
hunting and fishing licenses separately. by phone. The phone number is 1-800-782-
walkie-talkies or cell phones, does not meet When you complete the course, your in-
To purchase a license, visit wildlife.utah.gov 6724. You can also call this number to order
this requirement. structor will sign your course certificate, which
or call 1-800-221-0659. You can also visit a
will then become your hunting license. With a
license agent or any Division office.
valid hunting license, you can also apply for or
You must carry your license with you while
obtain permits in the Division’s hunt drawings.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 HOW TO OBTAIN A 2018 SWAN PERMIT
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In addition to your license (and your duck Fri., 8 a.m.–5 p.m. permit or a preference point, you must first You can use American Express, Discover,
stamp, if required), you must obtain a Migra- Once you’ve obtained your HIP number, complete a one-time swan hunting orienta- MasterCard and VISA credit or debit cards as
tory Game Bird Harvest Information Program you must write the number in the space tion course. The course is available online at payment, and they must be valid through Sep-
(HIP) registration number every season. provided on your current hunting license. wildlife.utah.gov/SwanCourse and takes about tember 2018. You can also use a pre-paid credit
The number you obtained last season is You can also enter and save your HIP num- 30 minutes to complete. card. Please keep in mind that the Division is
not valid for this season. ber on the Utah Hunting and Fishing app. The The swan orientation course provides not responsible for any bank charges incurred
HIP numbers for the 2018–2019 season app is available at wildlife.utah.gov/mobileapp. information about swans, including informa- for the use of credit or debit cards.
tion that will help you identify tundra swans
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 To change the credit or debit card associ- If you draw a permit, you’ll likely receive A preference point is awarded for each You will not lose your preference points if
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You’ll be notified of the drawing results by Preference points ensure that applicants If you’re successful in drawing dering a permit, visit wildlife.utah.gov/refund.
email on or before Aug. 6, 2018. You can also who are unsuccessful—or those who choose permits, please remember that all
learn your drawing results online or by calling to apply only for a preference point—will hunters under the age of 16 must be
Permit refunds
Utah Code § 23-19-38 and Utah Admin. Rule R657-42
1-800-221-0659. have a better chance of obtaining a swan accompanied in the field by a parent, The Division rarely issues refunds for
In order to protect your privacy—and permit in next year’s hunt drawing. legal guardian or responsible person 21 licenses or permits, but there are some excep-
to comply with governmental records access If this is your first time applying for a swan years of age or older. For details on this tions. To see if you’re eligible for a refund, visit
laws—you may obtain access to only your preference point or permit, you must complete requirement, see page 8. wildlife.utah.gov/refund.
own drawing results. the swan orientation course.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 AFTER YOUR SWAN HUNT FIELD REGULATIONS
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swan harvest survey for you. This visit provides permit.
503 and 76-10-512 to possess or use a are otherwise restricted from possessing
biologists with valuable information about
firearm, muzzleloader or any other danger- these weapons under Utah Code.
swans in Utah.
ous weapon if you have been charged or To determine whether you are allowed
convicted of certain offenses. to possess a weapon, please review the
The purchase or possession of any Utah Code sections listed above or contact
hunting license, permit, tag or certificate the law enforcement agency that oversees
your case.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 • Millard County—Clear Lake and Topaz • The firearm is a handgun.
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Division of State Parks and Recreation in Utah
Admin. Rule R651-614-4.
For information about discharging a
dangerous weapon or firearm in a state park,
see Areas where you can’t discharge a firearm
in the previous section or review Utah Code §
76-10-508.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 Hunters with Also, you may not use any of the crafts
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popularity, it is illegal to use them while
tions: Utah Admin. Rule R657-9-12 unattended overnight unless they’re
scouting or hunting protected wildlife in
• It is less than 16 feet in length. A motorized vehicle is a vehicle that is constructed entirely of non-woody,
Utah. For details on all the restrictions
• It is propelled by a water jet pump. self-propelled or possesses the ability to be vegetative materials that naturally occur
that apply to airborne vehicles and devic-
• It is designed to be operated by a person self-propelled. This does not include vehicles where the blind is located.
es, please see Use of boats, and airborne
sitting, standing or kneeling on the ves- moved solely by human power, motorized • Live or dead-standing trees and shrubs
and land vehicles on this page. wheelchairs, an electric personal assisted
sel, rather than sitting or standing inside on WMAs may not be cut or damaged
the vessel. mobility device or an electric assisted bicycle.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 unless the Division gives express, written dike separating the WMA’s freshwater Sinkbox
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immediately available. Areas (WMAs) must have a compass game birds. The area of confinement must
• All motorboats, including those with and either a flare, strobe light or other • Kevin Conway
substantially reduce the sound of the tame or
electric motors, must be registered and visual distress signal. • Locomotive Springs
captive birds’ calls. It must also totally conceal
properly numbered. For additional boating safety informa- • Manti Meadows
the birds from the sight of wild migratory
• All motorboats must display appropri- tion, visit boating.utah.gov or call 801-538- • Mills Meadow
waterfowl.
ate navigation lights from sunset to 2628. • Montes Creek
sunrise. Manually propelled boats may • Nephi
• Ogden Bay
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 Amplified bird calls harvest manipulation (for example, a In addition to the rules above, the Division • Ogden Bay WMA—Within 600 feet of
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• Brown’s Park WMA—Within 600 feet of broken up for the raising of crops, land used
• Standing crops or flooded standing crops waterfowl management areas (WMAs) only
all structures for the raising of crops, or a pasture that is
(including aquatics); standing, flooded during the hunting season or for other activi-
• Farmington Bay WMA—Within 600 feet artificially irrigated.
or manipulated natural vegetation; ties for which the WMAs have been posted
of the headquarters, within 600 feet of “Permission” means written authorization
flooded harvested croplands; or lands or open. While you’re on a WMA, you may not
dikes and roads accessible by motorized from the owner or person in charge to enter
areas where seeds or grains have been participate in activities that are prohibited on
vehicles, and within the area designated upon private land that is cultivated or properly
scattered solely as the result of a normal the WMA.
as the Learning Center posted. Permission must include all of the
agricultural planting, harvesting, post- following details:
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 • The signature of the owner or person in Waste of migratory game
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50 CFR 20.38 and Utah Admin. Rules R657-4, R657-9-18 the birds. You must sign the tag, and it must
those birds become part of your posses-
You may not possess or transport live include your address and Utah hunting license
sion limit. For example, if you have 15
migratory game birds. You must immediately number, the total number and species of birds
ducks at home in your freezer, and you
kill any migratory game bird you wound and taken and the date the birds were killed.
accept 6 ducks from another hunter, you
include it in your bag limit. If you’re transporting migratory game birds
now have 21 ducks in your possession.
A hunting license does not give you au- that you’ve taken, the birds are not considered
thority to possess live migratory game birds. to be in storage or temporary storage, and you
don’t need to have a tag on them at that time.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 Species identification In addition, migratory bird preservation
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• The location where they were taken officer contacts River, Fish Springs and Ouray—are located
• The refuge will be open for the youth
• The date the birds were received Utah Code §§ 23-20-25 and 77-23-104 in Utah, and the following regulations apply
waterfowl hunt on Sept. 22, 2018.
• The name and address of the person To help the Division fulfill its responsibility to all.
• A map of the refuge is available online at
from whom the birds were received as trustee and custodian of Utah’s wildlife, • Current state and federal regulations
wildlife.utah.gov/waterfowl.
• The date the birds were disposed of Division conservation officers and biolo- apply for season dates, shooting hours,
• Hunters may not shoot or hunt within
• The name and address of the person to gists monitor the taking and possession of and bag and possession limits.
100 yards of refuge roads open to vehicle
whom the birds were delivered waterfowl and the required permits, firearms • Hunters may possess and use only ap-
traffic.
and equipment used for hunting. You should proved nontoxic shot while in the field.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 • Hunters may not enter the hunting units Fish Springs
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on the refuge website. For more information, call the ref-
For more information call the ref- uge manager at 435-693-3122 or visit
uge manager at 435-723-5887 or visit go.usa.gov/chxWk.
go.usa.gov/chxDH.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 SEASON DATES AND BAG AND Bag and possession limits for Wilson's
coots and scaup possession limits are listed below: Important: The only falconers who may hunt
• Ducks, mergansers and scaup—The during the Youth Waterfowl Hunts are those
Northern zone dates: Sept. 22, 2018 (for daily bag limit is 7 birds (except no more who are 17 years old or younger on July 31,
Youth Waterfowl Hunt) and Oct. 6, 2018– than 2 canvasbacks, no more than 2 2018.
Jan. 19, 2019 throughout the Northern zone female mallards, no more than 2 pintails,
(except for scaup, which you can hunt Oct. no more than 2 redheads, no more Rails
6–Dec. 30, 2018). For a list of counties in than 2 wood ducks and no more than
the Northern zone, see page 55. No open season.
3 scaup). The possession limit is three
Southern zone dates: Sept. 29, 2018 (for times the daily bag limit.
• Coots—25 daily or 75 in possession
Swan (holders of swan
Youth Waterfowl Hunt) and Oct. 13, 2018–
Jan. 26, 2019 throughout the Southern zone
permits only)
(except for scaup, which you can hunt Nov. Geese Application dates: Use hunt number
2, 2018–Jan. 26, 2019). For a list of counties TS1000 to apply for a swan permit from July
Dark geese season dates Eastern Box Elder goose area
Eastern Box Elder goose area
in the Southern zone, see page 56. Northern goose area 3–19, 2018.
Eastern Box Elder goose area: Sept. 22, 2018 Northern goose area
Southern goose area
Wasatch Front goose area Hunt dates: Oct. 6–Dec. 9, 2018, unless the
(for Youth Waterfowl Hunt) and Oct. 6, Southern goose area Division’s monitoring program indicates
Duck zones 2018–Jan. 19, 2019
Wasatch goose area that 10 trumpeter swans have been taken.
For maps and boundary descriptions
Northern goose area: Sept. 22, 2018 (for Youth If 10 or more trumpeter swans are taken,
of the Northern and Southern duck zones
Waterfowl Hunt) and Oct. 6–18, 2018 and the season will be closed earlier than Dec. 9.
visit wildlife.utah.gov/huntplanner. of the dark goose hunt within their respec-
Duck zones Oct. 27, 2018–Jan. 27, 2019 If this occurs, the Division will take steps to
tive goose areas. Maps of Utah’s WMAs and
Southern goose area: Sept. 29, 2017 (for Youth notify all permit holders.
national wildlife refuges are available at
Waterfowl Hunt), Oct. 13, 2018–Jan. 26, wildlife.utah.gov/waterfowl. Millard County Bag and possession limit: The holder of a
2019 will be closed to light goose hunting from swan permit may take and possess only one
Wasatch Front goose area: Sept. 22, 2018 (for Feb. 15–28, 2019. swan during the 2018 season.
Youth Waterfowl Hunt), Oct. 6–18, 2018 Goose area boundaries: See the goose area Swan hunting boundary: See a detailed
and Nov. 3, 2018–Feb. 3, 2019 map above. map of the swan hunt boundary online at
wildlife.utah.gov/huntplanner.
Light geese season dates Bag and possession limits: Dark geese
(cackling, Canada, white-fronted, Falconry: All permit requirements, season
Statewide: Oct. 25–Nov. 30, 2018 and Jan.
brant)—4 per day, 12 in possession; Light dates and other swan regulations apply.
1–March 10, 2019
geese (snow, blue, Ross’)—20 per day, 60
Notes: The Bear River, Fish Springs and Ouray in possession. Wilson’s snipe
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national wildlife refuges and the Brown’s Northern zone dates: Oct. 6, 2018–Jan.
Northern zone
Northern zone
Southern zone Park, Desert Lake, Farmington Bay, Harold S. Falconry 19, 2019
Southern zone Crane, Howard Slough, Locomotive Springs,
Dates: The season dates that apply to Southern zone dates: Oct. 13, 2018–Jan.
Ogden Bay, Public Shooting Grounds and
traditional waterfowl hunters also apply to 26, 2019
Salt Creek waterfowl management areas
falconers. (Refer to the dates listed on page
(WMAs) will be closed to light goose hunt- Bag and possession limits: The daily bag
7 for Wilson's snipe, ducks, mergansers,
ing for the season, starting on the last day limit is 8, and the possession limit is 24.
geese, coots and scaup.)
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 UTAH’S YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTS SHOOTING HOURS
This year, Utah will again hold two Youth Important: If you plan to hunt Utah’s Shooting hours for all waterfowl, snipe and Time zone map
Waterfowl Hunts. The first one will be on Sept. national wildlife refuges during the Youth coots begin 30 minutes before official sunrise.
+5 min -0- -5 min -10 min
22, 2018 in the state’s Northern zone, and the Waterfowl Hunts, keep in mind that Bear River Shooting hours end at official sunset. These
second one will be on Sept. 29, 2018 in the and Ouray are in the Northern zone (Sept. 22) rules apply statewide, even on opening day. BOX ELDER
CACHE
RICH
state’s Southern zone. and Fish Springs is in the Southern zone (Sept. Please remember that there is not a later start WEBER
MORGAN
29). For details, see pages 27-29. time for Utah’s urban counties on the day of DAVIS
Age requirements
SUMMIT DAGGETT
The bag limits for the Youth Waterfowl the waterfowl opener. SALT LAKE
• Ducks, mergansers and scaup: 7 birds from the time of official sunrise to determine
must also have a Utah hunting, combination (except no more than 2 canvasbacks, no when you can start shooting.
JUAB
CARBON
or three-day nonresident small-game license, more than 2 hen mallards, no more than Official sunrise and sunset times are differ-
SANPETE
2 pintails, no more than 2 redheads, no ent, depending on the day and your location. SEVIER
years old or older, you must have a current fed- more than 2 wood ducks and no more Please consult the time zone map on this page BEAVER
• Dark geese (cackling, Canada, white- hour rule: You may not take wildlife or
Falconers may not participate in this hunt
WASHINGTON KANE
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bird will be notified about the harvest
and where it occurred.
By participating in this program,
you’re helping researchers understand
more about waterfowl populations and
their migration patterns.
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29 7:55 6:27 ❉✖◗ ❖ ✛ ❚√ 29 7:30 5:01 ❉ ✖ ◗ ♦❖✪✛ ❚ √ 29 7:51 5:08 ❉ ✖ ◗ ♦❖✪✛ ❚ 29 7:40 5:41 ✪ √
30 7:56 6:26 ❉✖◗ ❖ ✛ ❚√ 30 7:31 5:01 ❉ ✖ ◗ ♦❖✪✛ ❚ √ 30 7:51 5:09 ❉ ✖ ◗ ♦❖✪✛ ❚ 30 7:40 5:42 ✪ √
❉ Ducks, mergansers, coots and Wilson's snipe–Northern zone ❖ Dark geese in the Northern goose area ❉ Ducks, mergansers, coots and Wilson's snipe–Northern zone ❖ Dark geese in the Northern goose area
✖ Ducks, mergansers, coots and Wilson's snipe–Southern zone ✪ Dark geese in the Wasatch Front goose area ✖ Ducks, mergansers, coots and Wilson's snipe–Southern zone ✪ Dark geese in the Wasatch Front goose area
◗ Scaup–Northern zone ✛ Dark geese in the Southern goose area ◗ Scaup–Northern zone ✛ Dark geese in the Southern goose area
♦ Scaup–Southern zone ❚ Dark geese in the Eastern Box Elder goose area ♦ Scaup–Southern zone ❚ Dark geese in the Eastern Box Elder goose area
√ Light geese √ Light geese
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Identification
Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 February 2019 March 2019
Date Sunrise Sunset Species Date Sunrise Sunset Species
A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M.
1 7:38 5:45 ✪ √ 1 7:02 6:19 √
Mallard
2 7:37 5:46 ✪ √ 2 7:00 6:20 √
Drake has a solid green head and a short tail. Hen is mottled brown.
3 7:36 5:47 ✪ √ 3 6:59 6:21 √
Length: 24 inches | Weight: 2¾ pounds
4 7:35 5:49 √ 4 6:57 6:22 √
5 7:34 5:50 √ 5 6:55 6:23 √
6 7:32 5:51 √ 6 6:54 6:24 √ Eclipse drake
7 7:31 5:52 √ 7 6:52 6:25 √
8 7:30 5:54 √ 8 6:51 6:26 √
9 7:29 5:55 √ 9 6:49 6:28 √
10 7:28 5:56 √ 10 7:48 7:29 √
11 7:27 5:57 √ All hunts end March 10 Hen
12 7:25 5:59 √
13 7:24 6:00 √
Orange bill
14 7:23 6:01 √
15 7:22 6:02 √
16 7:20 6:03 √
19 7:16 6:07 √
20 7:15 6:08 √
21 7:13 6:09 √
Yellow to olive bill Orange feet
22 7:12 6:10 √
23 7:11 6:12 √
24 7:09 6:13 √
25 7:08 6:14 √
26 7:06 6:15 √
27 7:05 6:16 √
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28 7:03 6:17 √
Colored symbols represent species that may be hunted on the dates listed.
❉ Ducks, mergansers, coots and Wilson's snipe–Northern zone ❖ Dark geese in the Northern goose area
✖ Ducks, mergansers, coots and Wilson's snipe–Southern zone ✪ Dark geese in the Wasatch Front goose area
◗ Scaup–Northern zone ✛ Dark geese in the Southern goose area
♦ Scaup–Southern zone ❚ Dark geese in the Eastern Box Elder goose area
√ Light geese Hen Drake
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Identification
Gadwall Pintail
Often mistaken for a mallard. Quicker and more agile than the mallard. Distinguished by long, pointed tail. Length: 26 inches | Weight: 1¾ pounds
Length: 21 inches | Weight: 2 pounds
Eclipse drake
Eclipse drake
Hen
Hen
Orange bill
Yellow feet
Drake
Bluish-black bill
Hen Drake
Drake Hen
Identification
Wigeon Shovelers
The white belly and forewing are very showy in the air. Drakes have a distinctive Often called spoon bill and mistaken for a mallard.
whistle. Length: 21 inches | Weight: 1¾ pounds Length: 19 ½ inches | Weight: 1½ pounds
Hen
Hen
Drake
Drake
Eclipse drake
Hen
Hen
Eclipse drake
Drake
Drake
Hen Drake
Drake Hen
Identification
Scaup Ring-necked duck
The scaup has a blue bill and a white band along the back of the wing. Both sexes have a pale, whitish ring around the tip of their bill. In flight, wings and
Length: 17 inches | Weight: 17/8 pounds back appear darker than on the scaup. Length: 17 inches | Weight: 2½ pounds
Eclipse Drake
Eclipse drake
Hen Hen
Lesser Greater
Hen Hen
Hen Drake
Drake Drake
Identification
Blue-Winged Teal Ruddy duck
Drakes have a white crescent behind their bill and both sexes have blue A small diving duck with a broad bill and small wings.
wing coverts. Length: 16 inches | Weight: 1½ pounds Length: 16 inches | Weight: 1½ pounds
Eclipse Drake
Winter Drake
Cinnamon Teal
Hen
Drakes are dark red with a yellow eye. Males and females look very simi-
lar early in the year. Length: 15 inches | Weight: 1 pound.
Eclipse Drake
Summer Drake
Green-Winged Teal
The smallest of the teal species. Both sexes have green on their wings.
Length: 14 inches | Weight: 1 pound.
Eclipse Drake
Sexes similar
Identification
Common Goldeneye Bufflehead
Drakes have a white spot behind the bill. Immature drakes look similar A small duck with white patches on the wings and head.
to hens. Length: 20 inches | Weight: 2½ pounds Length: 15 inches | Weight: 1½ pounds
Barrow's Drake
Hen
Common Drake
Eclipse Drake
Common Barrow's
Hen Drake
Drake Hen Drake Hen
Identification
Snow goose Swan
Adult Tundra Swan
Length: 55-60 inches | Weight: 12-16 pounds
Dark abdomen
Adult Trumpeter Swan
Length: 65-70 inches | Weight: 20-25 pounds
Ross' Goose Eye appears to be
part of the bill
Short bill
No yellow spot in
front of the eyes
Wart-like bumps
on base of bill
Dowitcher
Not legal to shoot.
Pelican illustrations by Ben Sutter All illustrations USFWS/Bob Hines (except where otherwise noted)
Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 DEFINITIONS Migratory game birds means those migra- Normal agricultural operation means
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of picking, cleaning, freezing, processing, and Wildlife Service. Lead, nickel-plated lead, thereof.
Domicile means the place where an individ-
storage or shipment. copper-plated lead, copper and lead/copper
ual has a fixed permanent home and principal
• Any hunting club that in the normal alloy shot have not been approved. Permanent waterfowl blind means
establishment. It is also the place to which the
individual, if absent, intends to return; and course of operations receives, possesses any waterfowl blind that is left unattended.
in which the individual, and the individual’s or has in custody any migratory game overnight and that is not a portable structure
family voluntarily reside, not for a special or birds belonging to another person for capable of immediate relocation.
temporary purpose, but with the intention of purposes of picking, cleaning, freezing,
processing, storage or shipment. Possession means actual or constructive
possession.
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Utah Waterfowl Guidebook • 2018–2019 Possession limit means the maximum num- An individual DOES NOT qualify as a
ber of migratory game birds of a single species resident if he or she is an absentee landowner
or a combination of species permitted to be paying property tax on land in Utah.
possessed by any one person when lawfully
taken in the United States in any one specified Sinkbox means any type of low floating
geographic area for which a possession limit is device, having a depression, affording the
prescribed. hunter a means of concealment beneath the
surface of the water.
Resident means a person who has a
domicile (fixed permanent home and principal Spoiled means impairment of the flesh of
establishment) in Utah for six consecutive wildlife which renders it unfit for human
months immediately preceding the purchase consumption.
of a license or permit, AND DOES NOT claim Southern zone includes all of Beaver,
residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in Carbon, Emery, Garfield, Grand, Iron, Juab,
any other state or country. Kane, Millard, Piute, San Juan, Sanpete, Sevier,
An individual retains Utah residency if he Washington and Wayne counties and the por-
or she leaves Utah to serve in the armed forces tion of Tooele County that is south of I-80.
of the United States, or for religious or educa-
tional purposes, and does NOT claim residency Tag means a card, label or other identification
for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other device used for attachment to the carcass of
state or country. any protected wildlife.
Members of the armed forces of the United
States and dependents are residents as of Take means to hunt, pursue, harass, catch,
the date the member reports for duty under capture, angle, seine, trap or kill any protected
assigned orders in Utah, if: wildlife or to attempt any of these actions.
• The member is NOT on temporary duty Transport means to ship, export, import or
in Utah and does NOT claim residency for receive or deliver for shipment.
hunting, fishing or trapping in any other
state or country. Waste means to abandon protected wildlife
• The member presents a copy of his or her or to allow protected wildlife to spoil or to be
assignment orders to a Division office to used in a manner not normally associated with
verify the member’s qualification as a its beneficial use.
resident.
Waterfowl means ducks, including mergan-
A nonresident attending an institution of
sers, geese, brant and swans.
higher learning in Utah as a full-time student
may qualify as a resident if the student has Waterfowl blind means any manufactured
been present in Utah for 60 consecutive days place of concealment, including boats, rafts,
immediately preceding the purchase of the tents, excavated pits, or similar structure,
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license or permit and does NOT claim residency which has been designed to partially or
for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other completely conceal a person while hunting
state or country. waterfowl.
A Utah resident license or permit is invalid
if a resident license for hunting, fishing or trap- Youth means a person who will be 17 years of
ping is purchased in any other state or country. age or younger on July 31.
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