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DWR officers look into hunting permit fraud SALT LAKE CITY — Usually, when people hear the term “poaching,” illegally killing wildlife without proper permits comes to mind. But another form of that is illegally obtaining those permits through fraud, and Utah Division of Wildlife Resources conservation officers have recently investigated several of those types of cases. Since 2017, DWR conservation officers have investigated more than 95 cases where someone intentionally committed license fraud to obtain a hunting permit. These cases typically involve a nonresident claiming to be a Utahn in order to increase their odds of obtaining a permit for a once-ina-lifetime or limited-entry hunt or to get the lower permit price offered to Utah residents.
Some of these license fraud cases also include Utahns claiming to be nonresidents in order to obtain bonus points for all of the wildlife species (something only available to nonresidents), so they can increase their odds of drawing permits in the future. However, it is more common for DWR investigators to see nonresidents pretending to be Utahns in an effort to illegally obtain a specific hunting permit. The charges for these cases range from a class B misdemeanor to a third-degree felony. “Any license that is obtained through fraud, deceit or misrepresentation is not valid,” DWR Statewide Investigations Capt. Wade Hovinga said. “With each hunting permit drawing, our investigators
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review the applicants’ data to detect any potential fraud. Our officers have also detected fraud by encountering a hunter in the field and discovering that the individual purchased a Utah hunting license because they have a second home or a cabin in Utah, which doesn’t qualify them as a Utah resident.” Here are a few examples of recent cases DWR officers investigated: In 2017, DWR investigators discovered a Utahn had been using their grandfather’s identity to apply for hunting permits and bonus points for two years. The individual was not successful in drawing a permit, but had obtained bonus points to increase their chances
Trophy mule deer illegally harvested in Henry Mountain in 2019. COURTESY PHOTO
Please see HUNTING FRAUD, Page A2
SPRING CITY ELEMENTARY
COURTESY PHOTOS
KINDNESS TAKES FLIGHT
The group Stand 4 Kind came to Spring City Elementary School on Feb. 10 to put on a kindness assembly. They had quite the attention getters with BMX stunt riding and a couple of magic tricks. They talked to the students and stressed the importance of always being kind. They also stressed the importance of being intentionally kind. In other words, thinking and planning ahead; finding kind things to say and do for others.
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