Predator Control Program
Predator Control Program
Program implemented in 2012 that provides incentives for members of the public to remove coyotes. The Utah Legislature passed two predator-related bills in 2012. The first bill, Predator Control Funding (S.B. 87), adds a $5 fee to all Utah big game hunting permits to fund a program to control populations of predatory animals that endanger the health of Utah's non-predatory wildlife. The second bill, Mule Deer Protection Act (S.B. 245), allocates general funding to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources ($500,000) and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food ($250,000) to administer programs that reduce and control coyote populations, particularly in areas where predation of mule deer occurs.
Participants in this new program will receive $50 for each properly documented coyote that they kill in Utah. Registration starts July 1, 2012. All rules and regulations must be followed related to trapping and firearm use, as detailed in the 2012–2013 Utah Furbearer Guidebook and the Predator Control Incentives Rule R657-64, Utah Code and local law.
There are two Predatory Animal Control Programs (defined in R657-64-3) that provide financial incentive to participants for the removal of coyotes detrimental to mule deer production. The General Predator Control Program provides a financial incentive to any registered participant to remove coyotes within the State. The financial incentive in the program is $50 compensation per animal. The Targeted Predator Control Program provides compensation by contract to preapproved vendors to remove coyotes within prescribed areas of the State and during specified times of the year where predation on deer is most prevalent.
Under the Targeted Predator Control Program (see R657-64-5) DWR may award contracts and compensate eligible vendors for targeted coyote removal services in areas of the State and at times specified in the contract. Selected vendors will be compensated as prescribed in the contract and are ineligible to receive the $50 incentive under the General Predator Control Program in R657-64-4 for coyotes taken under contract in the Targeted Predator Control Program. Vendors participating in the Targeted Predator Control Program must submit to the division the lower jaw removed from the carcass with canine teeth intact and either the full pelt or the scalp with both ears attached for each coyote for which compensation credit is sought. The division will document each animal and mark its ears, and may retain its lower jaw. DWR keeps a list or pool of preapproved vendors for participation in the Targeted Predator Control Program. Preapproved vendors are eligible to receive a coyote removal contract. The division may select one or more of the approved vendors for use in each targeted area for the season. A person or business entity may become a preapproved vendor in the Targeted Predator Control Program by making an application and agreeing to participate in the General Predator Control Program under R657-64-4 for one or more years with compensation credit awarded by the division for 25 or more coyotes each year. USDA Wildlife Services employees conduct similar coyote removal efforts within targeted areas.
Participants in this new program will receive $50 for each properly documented coyote that they kill in Utah. Registration starts July 1, 2012. All rules and regulations must be followed related to trapping and firearm use, as detailed in the 2012–2013 Utah Furbearer Guidebook and the Predator Control Incentives Rule R657-64, Utah Code and local law.
There are two Predatory Animal Control Programs (defined in R657-64-3) that provide financial incentive to participants for the removal of coyotes detrimental to mule deer production. The General Predator Control Program provides a financial incentive to any registered participant to remove coyotes within the State. The financial incentive in the program is $50 compensation per animal. The Targeted Predator Control Program provides compensation by contract to preapproved vendors to remove coyotes within prescribed areas of the State and during specified times of the year where predation on deer is most prevalent.
Under the Targeted Predator Control Program (see R657-64-5) DWR may award contracts and compensate eligible vendors for targeted coyote removal services in areas of the State and at times specified in the contract. Selected vendors will be compensated as prescribed in the contract and are ineligible to receive the $50 incentive under the General Predator Control Program in R657-64-4 for coyotes taken under contract in the Targeted Predator Control Program. Vendors participating in the Targeted Predator Control Program must submit to the division the lower jaw removed from the carcass with canine teeth intact and either the full pelt or the scalp with both ears attached for each coyote for which compensation credit is sought. The division will document each animal and mark its ears, and may retain its lower jaw. DWR keeps a list or pool of preapproved vendors for participation in the Targeted Predator Control Program. Preapproved vendors are eligible to receive a coyote removal contract. The division may select one or more of the approved vendors for use in each targeted area for the season. A person or business entity may become a preapproved vendor in the Targeted Predator Control Program by making an application and agreeing to participate in the General Predator Control Program under R657-64-4 for one or more years with compensation credit awarded by the division for 25 or more coyotes each year. USDA Wildlife Services employees conduct similar coyote removal efforts within targeted areas.
The Utah Legislature passed two predator-related bills in 2012. The first bill, Predator Control Funding (Senate Bill 87), added a $5 fee to all Utah big game hunting permits. The money funds a program to control populations of predatory animals that endanger the health of Utah's non-predatory wildlife. The second bill, Mule Deer Protection Act (Senate Bill 245), allocated general funding to the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources ($500,000) and the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food ($250,000). The legislation directed our agencies to work together — and with other government entities — to administer programs that reduce and control coyote populations, particularly in areas where predation of mule deer occurs.
