soon.
Starting June 24, the Division of Wildlife Resources will accept
applications for this fall’s sage-grouse, sharp-tailed grouse and
sandhill crane hunts.
To be included in the draw for permits, your application must be
received through www.wildlife.utah.gov no later than 11 p.m. on July 8.
You can also apply over-the-phone by calling the nearest DWR office no
later than 6 p.m. on July 8.
If you’re not going to hunt grouse or cranes this year, you can still
apply for a preference point. Hunters with preference points have the
best chance at obtaining a permit in 2011.
If you apply for a permit, you’ll know by July 29 whether you drew
one.
Sandhill crane tips
Those who obtain a sandhill crane permit you can expect a good hunt.
“About 60 percent of the hunters who draw a permit and go afield to
hunt cranes usually take one,” says Tom Aldrich, migratory game bird
coordinator for the DWR.
Aldrich says scouting before the hunt is the key to success. “I’d
encourage hunters to watch sandhill cranes in the mornings and the
evenings, when they fly between their roosting and feeding areas,” he
says. “Find the fields they’re feeding in. Then get written
permission from the landowner to set up in that field.”
Aldrich says you can also find success pass shooting birds as they fly
between roosting and feeding areas.
“Hunting success is pretty consistent from year-to-year,” Aldrich
says. “Weather and other factors don’t affect the success rate
much.”
Reminder
Aldrich reminds you that some areas in Box Elder and Cache counties are
closed to sandhill crane hunting.
In Box Elder County, the western half of the county is closed. The
Harold Crane, Public Shooting Grounds and Salt Creek waterfowl
management areas, and the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, are also
closed to crane hunting.
In Cache County, a 1½-mile by 11-mile area in and around Mendon is
closed.
For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources
office or the DWR’s Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.
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