It's time to apply for a cougar permit

Applications accepted until Oct. 13, 2010

If you want to hunt cougars on limited-entry units in Utah, you have until 11 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2010 to apply for a permit. Credit: (Lynn Chamberlain)

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If you want to hunt cougars on limited-entry units in Utah, you have until 11 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2010 to apply for a permit.
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If you want to hunt cougars on limited-entry units in Utah, you have until 11 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2010 to apply for a permit.

You can apply for a permit at wildlife.utah.gov.

A limited-entry cougar permit is the permit you'll be applying for. Permits to hunt on Utah's harvest-objective units this season go on sale Nov. 1, 2010.

Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, reminds you that if you draw a limited-entry permit, you cannot buy a permit to hunt on a harvest-objective unit.

"Before you apply for a permit to hunt on a limited-entry unit," she says, "make sure a limited-entry hunt is the hunt you want to participate in."

More information about the two permits is available on pages 8–10 of the 2010–2011 Utah Cougar Guidebook. The free guidebook is available at wildlife.utah.gov/guidebooks. You can also get a copy at Division offices and from hunting license agents across Utah.

As you're completing your application, if you have questions or need help, call the nearest Division office or 801-538-4700 no later than 6 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2010.

Apply for a bonus point

If you're not going to hunt cougars during the 2010–2011 season, you can still apply for a bonus point. Every cougar bonus point you have increases the chance you'll draw a permit in the future.

Applications for bonus points must be received at wildlife.utah.gov no later than 11 p.m. on Oct. 13, 2010.

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