Yes I was there. The unit will more than likely change in one way or another.
The DWR says that the Wasatch Front was designed for managing the deer away from houses and streets where they are doing damage to property and vehicles. The problem is most people are not harvesting does or young bucks, including me. This also is a catch 22. If people hunt too close to houses it makes land owners mad, if deer eat flowers and trees it makes land owners mad. We need to police our own on this unit, so it dosent change for the worse.
As for what UBA is proposing, this dosen't mean it will get passed. I don't speak for UBA, they will write up a formal letter of what was said. I am just trying to sum up meeting.
1. You will get a permit for a buck/doe, you will have until Oct 31, to fill your tag. If you want to particape in the hunt after Oct 31, you will need to harvest a doe before Oct 31, and turn it in to the DWR for another $$ buck tag. They hope this will cut down on pressure later in the season and harvest more deer.
2. A bow hunter education class was also brougt up.
3. The boundary is probably going to change from East of I-15 to above houses.
4. I brought up higher penatalities for law breakers. I feel 90% of hunteres are ethical and it's the other 10% screwing things up. This is a legislative issue and not a DWR issue. Maybe UBA or other hunting organizations can work on geting something passed.
I hope the DWR dosen't change this unit very much but hey this is Utah.
I am getting excited though. Hope we get some nasty weather.
