Game camera boards

The Utah Wildlife Board surveyed 14, big game hunters before voting to restrict the use of trail cameras and other hunting-related technologies for tracking big game. The law passed by the Utah Legislature instructed the Utah Wildlife Board to make some rules governing the use of trail cameras in hunting. Their survey showed that most of the public opposed using transmitting trail cameras for hunting cameras that transmit images and footage in real time.

A trail camera is defined as a device that is not held or manually operated by a person and is used to capture images, video or location data of wildlife and uses heat or motion to trigger the device. There are some exceptions to the new rule. Government or educational organizations gathering wildlife information for private landowners who are monitoring their property for trespass or active agricultural operations are exempt from the law and so are cities involved in the Utah Urban Deer Program.

It is also against the law to use trail cameras on private property to help in the harvest of big game between July 31 and Dec The board also voted to prohibit the sale or purchase of trail camera footage or data to take, attempt to take, or aid in the take or attempted take of big game animals. The restrictions include selling images, location information, time and date of the footage and any other data that could aid in the harvest or attempted take of big game.

The board also approved changes that will prohibit using any night-vision device to locate or attempt to locate a big game animal. Version 3. Rules Rules v3. Setups players. Useful Links. Beginner's Guide. Gift Cards. Follow us in:. Play on:. Subscribe to Newsletter. Technical Issues: support tabletopia. Are you sure? Board member Wade Heaton, an Alton-based outfitter and guide, said he suspects the new rules will be impossible to enforce and could impinge on the rights of camera users who are not deploying them for hunting.

Albrecht noted that HB , a bill sponsored by Rep. So I think the time to act is now. To craft a camera rule, DWR mailed surveys to 9, licensed hunters seeking data on their use own use of cameras and their opinions on regulating them. Around half the respondents favored restrictions on trail cameras, but that portion rises to two thirds if the restriction targets cameras that transmit images, Bubak said in his video presentation.

While about half of the camera users deployed five cameras or less at a time, the survey did included 11 respondents who deployed 30 or more. Apparently there is market for such information. Judge finds no probable cause in case of Texas mother who allegedly put son in trunk to avoid Covid exposure.