2011 Bucks, Bulls and Once-in-a-Lifetime Permit Number Recommendations

1. 2011 Bucks, Bulls and Once-in-a-Lifetime Permit Number Recommendations

2. 2011 General Season and Limited Entry Deer Permits

3. 2010 General Season Deer Harvest Success

4. General Season Harvest Trends 2001-2010

5. Fawn Production Trends 1998-2010 Fawns/100 Does

6. Buck:Doe Ratio Trends 1998-2010 15:100 Bucks:100 Does 1998-2010 (On General Season Public Land Units)

7. Post Season Buck:Doe RatiosGeneral Season Public Land Units 2008-10

8. 2011 General Season Deer Permit Recommendations

9. Premium Limited Entry Deer Units 2008-10 % Bucks in the Harvest 5 Years and Older This objective is used to set Premium LE buck permits Post Season Buck to Doe Ratio This objective is used to set management buck permits

10. 2011 Premium Limited Entry Deer Permit Recommendations

11. 2011 Premium Limited Entry Management Buck Deer Permit Recommendations • There is a base number of permits that are allocated on each unit based on population • 10 permits for the Henry Mountains • 30 permits for the Paunsaugunt • Permits can be added to this base if buck to do ratio rises above 50 bucks per 100 does • Henry Mountains buck:doe ratio is 59 so 30 permits are recommended • Paunsaugunt buck:doe ratio is 51 so 75 permits are recommended

12. Limited Entry Deer Units 2008-10 Post-Season Buck to Doe Ratio

13. 2011 Limited Entry Deer Permit Recommendations

14. 2011 General Season and Limited Entry Elk Permit Recommendations

15. 2011 General Season Elk Permits • The new statewide plan calls for an increase in spike permits to 15,000 in 2011 if hunt success rate is below 20% • Since the success rate was 18% in 2010, we recommend increasing spike permits from 13,750 to 15,000 • We recommend no change to the general any bull permit numbers • 14,300 • 300 youth any bull • 15 Late youth any bull

16. 2011 Limited Entry Elk Permit Recommendations No substantial increase in total Limited Entry permits (11 units increased, 2 units stayed the same, and 16 units decreased)

17. LE Antler Quality Vs. Opportunity • Some have commented that antler quality on our limited entry units has declined • In the statewide plan we manage for antler quality on some units (high harvest age objective) and opportunity on some units (low harvest age objective) • The units managed for opportunity are less likely to produce book heads, but you can still harvest a nice bull on those units

18. LE Antler Quality Vs. Opportunity • Even though we have increased opportunity on some units, we are still the leading state for elk that go into the record books. • Between 2007-2010 Utah led the west with 29 entries of typical elk into B&C followed by Arizona 23 and Montana 22 • In the 2009-2010 reporting period Utah led with 13 entries of typical elk into B&C followed by Montana 9, Arizona 6, Colorado 6 and Wyoming 5

19. Average Age of Harvested Bull Elk *Objective was increased in the new statewide plan 23% reduction in permits on these units (-124)

20. Average Age of Harvested Bull Elk *Objective was increased in the new statewide plan 10% reduction in permits on these units (-51)

21. Average Age of Harvested Bull Elk 10% increase in permits on these units (+156)

22. Average Age of Harvested Bull Elk 10% increase in permits on these units (+31)

23. 2011 Pronghorn Permit Recommendations

24. 2011 Pronghorn Permit Recommendations

25. 2011 Once-in-a-Lifetime Permit Recommendations

26. 2011 Once-in-a-Lifetime Permit Recommendations *Includes Antelope Island Tag

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