Don't wait to get your 2010 Big Game application in by March 1st, 2010

Don’t Wait Until the Last Day to Apply

Big game applications due by March 1

If you’re going to apply for a permit to hunt big game in Utah this
fall, a wildlife official has some advice: Apply before the last day of
the application period.

Applications will be accepted at www.wildlife.utah.gov until 11 p.m. on
March 1.

“When you apply depends a lot on how much patience you have,” says
Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the Division of
Wildlife Resources. “If you apply before March 1, you should be able
to get your application in fast.

“If you wait until March 1, it could take longer,” she says.
“Thousands of hunters wait until the last day to apply. Receiving
that much traffic in a short period of time really slows our Web site
down.”

Tutorow says if you do wait until March 1 to apply, make sure you start
applying before 11 p.m.

“Even if you haven’t finished your application by 11 p.m., the
system will let you complete your application as long as you don’t log
out before you’ve completed it,” she says.

“If you log out after 11 p.m., and then you try and get back into the
system, you’ll be out of luck. Starting at 11:01, the only thing you
can apply for is a bonus point or a preference point.”

For more information, call the Utah Wildlife Administrative Services
office at 1-800-221-0659, the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources
office or the DWR’s Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.