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SALT LAKE CITY -- An overnight mail service may be the best way for hunters to assure their application is received before the conclusion of Utah^s 2000 antlerless application period.
For applications to be entered in the 2000 draw, they must be received through the mail, or an overnight mail service, no later than 5 p.m., June 26.
Applications postmarked before or on that date, but that aren^t received through the mail or an overnight mail service by 5 p.m., June 26, will be rejected. Applications will not be accepted in-person.
Applications must be submitted one of the following ways:
1) through the mail to:
Utah Hunt Application Office
P.O. Box 30389
Salt Lake City, Utah 84130-0389; or
2) through an overnight mail service to:
Utah Hunt Application Office
185 N. Maine St.
Fallon, Nevada 89406
Hunters are reminded that it will take a few days for their application to arrive through the mail at the Hunt Application Office post office box, and that an overnight mail delivery service may be the best way to help ensure their application is received by the 5 p.m., June 26 deadline, said Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources.
To assure hunter^s applications are entered in the draw they also must be completed correctly. Tutorow provides applicants with the following tips and reminders:
* Include your Wildlife Habitat Authorization number, or the $6 fee to purchase one. Not doing so is the most common mistake made by applicants.
* Hunter education is required for anyone born after Dec. 31, 1965. Residents and nonresidents born after that date must list their hunter education course completion number of their application. Beginning May 1, nonresidents are no longer required to provide a photocopy of their hunter education course completion certificate.
* Double-check the hunt numbers you listed. Hunt numbers are highlighted in green in the 2000 Antlerless Addendum. Many applicants end up with the wrong hunt, or no hunt, because they listed the wrong hunt number.
* Send the correct fees. Check your math. You may miss out on your hunt if you don^t send enough money.
* Check your credit card number and expiration date. The card must be valid through September 2000 to issue a permit.
* Up to four people may apply together for deer, elk and pronghorn permits. Group applications are not accepted for moose permits.
* Sign your application.
* Before applying for a hunt that occurs on private property, make sure you^ll be able to use the permit by obtaining written permission from the landowner to access the property. The Division does not guarantee access and does not have the names of landowners where hunts occur. Hunts that occur mostly on private land are indicated by an asterisk in the proclamation^s hunt tables.
Draw results will be posted by Aug. 9 at Division offices and hunter education centers, and the Division^s Internet web site.
Successful applicants may be notified by mail before Aug. 9.
Those with questions may call Hunt Application Office, the private contractor that handles Utah^s hunting draws, at 1-800-221-0659; the nearest Division office; or the Division^s Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.
Uploaded: 6/21/2000
Uploaded: 6/21/2000