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Utah Code Title 23A. Wildlife Resources Act § 23A-11-203. Big game baiting prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) As used in this section:

(a)(i) “Bait” means intentionally placing food or nutrient substances to manipulate the behavior of wildlife for the purpose of taking or attempting to take big game.

(ii) “Bait” does not include:

(A) the use of salt, mineral blocks, or other commonly used types of livestock supplements placed in the field by agricultural producers for normal agricultural purposes; or

(B) standing crops, natural vegetation, harvested croplands, or lands or areas where seeds or grains have been scattered solely as the result of a normal agricultural planting, harvesting, post-harvest manipulation, or normal soil stabilization practice.

(b) “Baited area” means land within a 50-yard radius of the site where bait is placed, including the site where bait is placed.

(2) Unless authorized by a certificate of registration, a person may not:

(a) bait big game;

(b) take big game in a baited area; or

(c) take big game that has been lured to or is traveling from a baited area.

(3) The division may only issue a certificate of registration to allow for the baiting of big game if the division determines that baiting is necessary to:

(a) alleviate substantial big game depredation on cultivated crops; or

(b) facilitate the removal of deer causing property damage within cities or towns.

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