Since the inception of the antlerless control tag I suspect there have been cow elk taken across the state in areas outside of the control unit boundaries. I'm unsure why there isn't more education associated with this tag. All too often I'm talking to someone hunting cow elk and realize they have a control permit and they're in the wrong area by a long shot. Just this week I helped load a cow and sub 5" spike from a group off the mirror lake hwy. Another cow was hit hard but unrecovered. There are legal antlerless hunts going on at the time so I felt fine helping out. When I asked specifically about the tag I saw attached to the animals I was told the DWR said it was ok because they had deer tags in the area last week. They even read off all the areas on the tag it was valid for. The closest of which was still miles away. I attempted to educate them but didn't want to push the issue as the damage was already done.
They were nice people but ignorant of the specifics attached to the permit they were trying to fill.
Anyone else here see this issue happening in their travels?
Utah regs are difficult enough to understand as it is. It seems the education on this subject is insufficient but available if anyone cares to look. Extended archery has a test, online tags have popups, antlerless has its own guidebook. How can this tag be better understood?
They were nice people but ignorant of the specifics attached to the permit they were trying to fill.
Anyone else here see this issue happening in their travels?
Utah regs are difficult enough to understand as it is. It seems the education on this subject is insufficient but available if anyone cares to look. Extended archery has a test, online tags have popups, antlerless has its own guidebook. How can this tag be better understood?