From: http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/news/05-11/biggame.php

Big game application period moved back

Getting a hunting application just after the start of the year isn't something Utah's big game hunters will be doing in 2006.

The Utah Wildlife Board has moved the state's big game application period back two weeks. The application period begins Jan. 17, 2006 and ends Feb. 16.

Board members voted to move the application period back at their Nov. 22 meeting in Salt Lake City. All of the big game hunting rules approved by the board for 2006 will be available in the 2006 Utah Big Game Proclamation. The proclamation should be available during the first week in January.

Getting more input from hunters about big game hunting decisions in Utah resulted in a chain of events that moved the application period back.

"The public meetings to discuss big game hunting rules for the following year used to be held in mid-October," said Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources. "Many hunters had a difficult time attending the meetings because a lot of big game hunts were going on at the same time. We want this input from our hunters, so we moved the meetings back to November this year."

Moving the meetings to November moved the process of getting the rules approved by the board, and the big game proclamation designed, printed and into the hands of hunters, back two to three weeks.

"That's why we had to move the application period back two weeks," Tutorow said. "We're getting so many applications via the Internet now that we'll still be able to conduct the draw and have the results of the draw available by the end of April, just like we have in the past."

The 2006 Utah big game application period runs Jan. 17 to Feb. 16, 2006. Draw results will be available by April 28.

No other major changes

The board did not approve any other major big game hunting changes for 2006.

The 2006 Utah Big Game Proclamation is now available on-line for viewing and/or downloading at: http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/proclamations/2006_biggame/

On-line applications are scheduled to begin tomorrow morning (Tuesday, January 17th, 2006) at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time.

http://www.sci-nevada.com/webutapps/

From: http://wildlife.utah.gov/news/06-03/rac.php

Permit recommendations

Permit numbers for 2005, and the number of permits the DWR is recommending for 2006, are listed below:

Hunt - 2005 - 2006

Rocky Mountain goat - 64 - 89 (increase of 25 tags)

Desert bighorn sheep - 35 - 34 (decrease of 1 tag)

Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep - 11 - 15 (increase of 4 tags)

Here is what was approved on April 6th (it was as expected previously with the exception of an INCREASE of one Desert bighorn tag - to 36): http://www.wildlife.utah.gov/hunting/2006permits/oial.pdf

I hear the draw is complete and that some folks are having tag charges hit their credit card.

Nothing here yet, but I'm still holding out hope.

If you were in the draw, and haven't yet rec'd the dreaded "unsuccessful" e-mail from Utah, you can check the draw results at: http://wildlife.utah.gov/draw_results/2006_biggame/

Let us know if someone here draws!

Well, it's official! I'm no longer a virgin! I've received my very first "unsuccessful"! I guess I better prepare myself, I don't take rejection well!!! It's not as bad as I thought it would be but it's still my first. Maybe all those unsuccessfuls in Pa for elk and Maine for moose have me expecting it! At least I tried and I still have a bunch of states to go! Seeya Joe