(1)(a) No person shall wound or kill big game animal without making a reasonable effort to retrieve it and take it into possession.
(b) A reasonable effort under Subsection (1)(a) shall include:
- (i) physically going to the big game animal's location where a person attempted to take it and search for any sign that the big game animal was wounded or killed; and
- (ii) taking the big game animal into possession and properly tagging it as per Section R657-5-17.
- (2) Any hunter who harvests a big game animal shall salvage the meat from the front quarters as far down as the knees, meat from the hindquarters as far down as the hocks, and the meat along the backbone between the neck and hindquarters including the loins and tenderloins, excluding meat on the ribs and neck.
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