(1)(a) A person may not use an airplane, drone, or any other airborne vehicle or device, or any motorized terrestrial or aquatic vehicle, including snowmobiles and other recreational vehicles, except a vessel as provided in Subsection (c), to take protected wildlife.
- (b) A person may not take protected wildlife being chased, harmed, harassed, rallied, herded, flushed, pursued or moved by any vehicle, device, or conveyance listed in Subsection (a).
(c) Big game may be taken from a vessel provided:
- (i) the motor of a motorboat has been completely shut off;
- (ii) the sails of a sailboat have been furled; and
- (iii) the vessel's progress caused by the motor or sail has ceased.
- (2) A person may not use any type of aircraft, drone, or other airborne vehicle or device between July 31 and January 31 to locate, or attempt to observe or locate any protected wildlife.
- (3) Hunters that are transported by aircraft into an area may not hunt protected wildlife until the following day.
KEY: wildlife, game laws, big game seasons
Date of Last Change: October 22, 2025
Notice of Continuation: August 11, 2025
Authorizing, and Implemented or Interpreted Law: 23A-2-304; 23A-2-305; 23A-11-201; 23A-11-202