Hi there, Bess.
I'm guessing that you're mostly interested in the big game votes at the RACs, so that's what I'm posting. If you'd like to know about the other agenda items, please let me know.
BUCKS, BULLS & OIAL 2016 SEASON DATES, APPLICATION TIMELINE & R657-5
RULE AMENDMENTS
Northern Region RAC
MOTION: Recommend the Wildlife Board not modify the scope magnification
beyond 1 power on muzzleloaders.
MOTION PASSES 7 to 5
MOTION: Adjust the West Cache Urban Deer extended archery boundary to
accommodate landowner concerns by shifting the boundary to state road 142.
MOTION PASSES unanimously
MOTION: Recommend the Wildlife Board accept the adjustments 1- Box Elder
West pronghorn unit east boundary to align with Box Elder Pilot Mountain elk
and rocky mountain big horn sheep eastern unit boundary. 2- Box Elder
Snowville pronghorn unit, southern boundary to the road paralleling the Union
Pacific rail road grade. 3- Box Elder Snowville pronghorn eastern unit boundary
description change shoreline to high water mark and or fixed elevation.
MOTION PASSES unanimously
MOTION: Recommend the Wildlife Board accept the remainder of Bucks, Bulls
& OIAL 2016 Season Dates, Application Timeline and R657-5 Rule
Amendments as presented.
MOTION PASSES unanimously
Central Region RAC
MOTION: To not allow scopes with increased magnification on muzzleloaders
MOTION PASSES 10 to 1
MOTION: To add a mid-October limited entry rifle elk season on the Wasatch
Unit
MOTION PASSES 10 in favor, 1 abstention (Alan White, stated that he didn't
fully understand the reason for the hunt, and as a landowner, he thinks there are
too many hunters already and this motion would add more hunters)
MOTION: To add a mid-October limited entry rifle elk season on the Manti unit
MOTION PASSES 8 to 2, 1 abstention (Alan White, same reason)
MOTION: To accept the remainder of the recommendations as presented
MOTION PASSES unanimously
Southeastern Region RAC
MOTION 1) That the Division look into revising big game season dates as a
whole with the goal of moving archery seasons to September to improve
opportunity and prevent meat spoilage.
MOTION PASSES with two opposing votes (9 to 2)
MOTION 2) That the muzzleloader scope regulation be left unchanged.
MOTION PASSES with three opposing votes (8 to 3)
MOTION 3) Prohibit the attachment of electronic range finders on bows
MOTION PASSES with four opposing votes (7 to 4)
MOTION 4) That the Division look at all hunt boundaries and remove all
national parks from the hunt boundary descriptions and maps.
MOTION PASSES with four opposing votes (7 to 4)
MOTION 5) That the Central Mountains-Manti deer unit boundary be changed to
include the Green River valley.
MOTION PASSES unanimously
MOTION 6) That the remainder of the Bucks, Bulls and OIAL 2016 Season
Dates, Application Timeline and R657-5 Rule Amendments be accepted as
presented with the inclusion of all aforementioned motions.
MOTION PASSES with one opposing vote (10 to 1)
Northeastern Region RAC
MOTION To accept DWR?s plan as presented.
MOTION PASSES 8 to 1
Southern Region RAC
MOTION: To accept Bucks, Bulls, & OIAL 2016 Season Dates, Application
Timeline & R657-5 Rule Amendments as presented with the exception to
simplify the regulations on sabots and combine the goat hunts into a single season
hunt that starts in September and ends in November.
AMENDMENT TO MOTION: To include in the mid-season elk hunts the
Wasatch and Manti units.
VOTE ON AMENDED MOTION: Passes 9 to 3
MOTION PASSES: 11 to 1