The 2022 swan hunting season opened on Oct. 1st and was scheduled to run until December 11th. Starting November 18th, however, hunters are prohibited from killing any swan in Utah. For the fourth consecutive year, the trumpeter swan quota was met, even though the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service increased that number to 20 swans in 2019 from 10 swans.. Utah is one of only nine states in the U.S. that allows hunting for swans. “This is the fourth year in a row that we have seen a higher number of trumpeter swans harvested because there are more migrating through Utah than in previous years,” shares DWR game bird coordinator Heather Talley. Hunters who harvested any species of swan are required to check in the bird at a DWR office within 72 hours of harvest. Hunters who didn’t harvest a swan before the season was closed will not be refunded the permit fee or have their preference points reinstated.
