Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources announced that the Utah Wildlife Board has approved changes to waterfowl and swan hunting. The last few years has seen the swan hunting season end early because the federal quota of 20 trumpeter swans was being met.
Even though Utah is one of only nine states in the U.S. that allows hunting for swans and
trumpeter swans, the species have low population in the Greater Yellowstone area. “In an effort to prevent the swan hunting season from having to close early, the Utah Wildlife Board voted to prohibit the harvest of trumpeter swans in Utah. Only tundra swan hunting permits will be issued to hunters, and it will be illegal to harvest a trumpeter swan. Hunters will still be required to check in any harvested swans at a DWR office. Trumpeter swans will be seized, and the hunter may face a citation.
