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A disabled
veteran of the United States armed forces who is domiciled in a veterans
hospital or veterans nursing home in Utah may receive an annual fishing
license free of charge upon furnishing proof to a Division office of
his or her disability and domicile in a veterans hospital or veterans
nursing home in Utah.
Fish
Springs National Wildlife Refuge
WATERFOWL
HUNTING REGULATIONS
Hunting
is permitted for ducks, coots, and mergansers in the designated public
hunting area. Hunting of all species of geese, swans, snipe, and upland
game birds in NOT permitted on the refuge.
A Special
Blind Area, for use by the mobility impaired, is available. This site
is available by reservation only and can be reserved by calling the
refuge office during business hours (7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday-Friday).
Trespass for any reason into the Special Blind Area by any individual
not registered to utilize that area is strictly prohibited.
All hunters
MUST register at the visitor information station BEFORE entering the
open hunting areas and PRIOR to exiting the refuge. All members of a
party who are hunting, including any junior hunters who are less than
16 years of age, must register.
SPECIAL
BLIND AREA REGULATIONS
This site
is made available to individuals who have mobility impairments. Such
as individual must be accompanied by one non-impaired hunting or non-hunting
companion or a capable retrieving dog. The site is only available for
hunting use on Saturdays, Sundays, and Wednesdays during the waterfowl
hunting season and must be reserved in advance by calling the Refuge
Office from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday-Friday.
All hunters
and companions registered to use this site must sign in and out on the
Special Blind Area Register at the VISITOR INFORMATION STATION
located at the entrance to the Refuge Headquarters Area.
Vehicles
may be driven into the blind site to unload prior to hunting and to
load after hunting but MUST be driven back out and parked at the parking
lot located in the general hunting area adjacent to the beginning of
the Special Blind Area access road. Vehicles utilized by hunters registered
to use the Special Blind Area must have either a Utah Department of
Motor Vehicle disabled license plate or window placard or proof of eligibility
thereof.
The area
within 100 feet around the blind site is the designated Special Blind
Area hunting zone. Beyond the hunting zone for approximately 100 yards
is a posted retrieving zone. Hunters registered to use the Special Blind
Area may go into this zone to retrieve downed waterfowl but may not
possess a loaded firearm. At the far edge of the retrieving zone is
the beginning of the posted closed area. No one may enter this zone
at any time for any public use purpose.
All hunters,
regardless of their degree of mobility, must make a reasonable effort
to retrieve birds downed in an area where birds can legally be retrieved.
Observe
all applicable State and Federal regulations.
Litter
is ugly. Empty shell casings and ammunition boxes are litter.
GENERAL
INFORMATION regarding season dates, bag limits and shooting times
are available at the VISITOR INFORMATION STATION, located near
the entrance to the Refuge Headquarters. When in DOUBT as to any regulation
or use of the Refuge, contact a Refuge staff member.
Utah
Disabled Hunting General Provision Companion Hunting
23-19-1
& R657-5-6
- A person
may take a deer for a person who is legally blind provided the blind
person:
-
meets hunter education requirements as provided in Section 23-19-11;
- purchases
a wildlife habitat authorization and the appropriate permit and
tag;
- obtains
a certificate of registration from the Division; and
- is
accompanied by a companion hunter who has obtained a wildlife
habitat authorization and has completed a Division approved hunter
education course as provided in Section 23-19-11.
- A certificate
of registration may be obtained from the Division by submitting a
signed statement by a licensed ophthalmologist, optometrist, or physician
verifying that the applicant:
-
has no more than 20/200 visual acuity in the better eye when corrected;
or
- has,
in the case of better than 20/200 central vision, a restriction
of the field of vision in the better eye which subtends an angle
of vision 20 degrees or less.
- The
blind person must be accompanied by the companion hunter as the time
of kill and while transporting the deer.
Special
Season Extension For Disabled Persons
R657-5-7
- A person
may request a certificate of registration for an extension of 30 days
for any limited entry hunt, provided the person requesting the extension:
-
is quadriplegic;
- meets
hunter education requirements as provided in Section 23-19-11;
and
- obtains
a wildlife habitat authorization and the appropriate permit and
tag.
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