ByCarter Williams, KSL.com| Posted – May 5, 2023 at 2:03 p.m.

Trumpeter swans swim around a wetland in 2017. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is recommending an end to hunting trumpeter swans as the swan hunting season has ended prematurely the last four years. (Utah Division of Wildlife Resources)

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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah doesn’t let hunters harvest that many trumpeter swans every fall; in fact, its quota is actually based on what the federal government allows each year.

However, hunters began to hit that quota well before the season ends, after state wildlife officials expanded the hunting boundaries in 2019. The 2022 swan season ended more than three weeks early when hunters reached the 20th trumpeter swan on Nov. 17. It marked the fourth consecutive year that the hunt ended early, according to…