SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is recommending a few changes to upland game hunting and waterfowl hunting — including making it illegal to harvest trumpeter swans — as well as changes to a few other items. The DWR is seeking the public’s feedback on the proposals online and at the upcoming public meetings.

https://wildlife.utah.gov/news/utah-wildlife-news/1637-dwr-recommends-prohibiting-trumpeter-swan-hunting-and-proposes-changes-to-upland-game-and-turkey-hunting.html

Waterfowl and swan hunting recommendations

In 2019, swan regulations changed to expand the hunting boundaries in Box Elder County and to increase the total number of swan permits offered in Utah. Since that change, the DWR has hadto close the swan hunting season early for the last four years, due to the federal quota of trumpeter swans being met.

Utah is one of only nine states in the U.S. that allows hunting for swans. Due to the low population size of trumpeter swans in the Greater Yellowstone area, the U.S…