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Hunting Information

2026 hunting dates, hunts, applications, and rules for East Canyon Resort members. Hunters must follow Utah DWR licensing and season rules in addition to ECR hunting rules.

2026 application period is now closed.

Important Hunting Dates — 2026

Hunters with incomplete hours will receive an invoice for payment the first week in August.

2026 Available Hunts at ECR

Deer

Deer hunting is one tag per membership. This permit may be given to an immediate family member.

Late-hunt opening weekend rifle deer permits are limited to the first 150 eligible memberships. Each eligible primary member is limited to one hunting permit per membership for Saturday and Sunday, with no exceptions.

Limited-entry HAMSS bull elk

• No limited-entry or all-seasons youth hunts.
• No HAMSS cow elk.
• 30 cow elk permits.
• Bull elk permits: archery 12, rifle 12, and muzzleloader 12. Applicants are limited to one elk permit per primary membership and must choose a weapon when applying.
• East Canyon Resort does not honor the State of Utah unlimited youth general-season elk permit on resort property.

Hunting Requirements

• Be a full member in good standing, with a membership purchased prior to August 1, 2024.
• Attend annual hunter orientation before your hunting season. Photo ID is required.
• Complete 6 hours of approved service at ECR, or pay $240.00, by August 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM.
• All state rules and licensing requirements apply.
• All hunters must sign ECR hunting waivers before hunts.

Transferees issued a membership before August 1 of any given year have a two-season wait before hunting privileges begin. Transferees issued a membership after August 1 have a three-season wait.

You will receive a confirmation email once an application is submitted. Payment information is emailed after June 20, 2026. After that date, applications for tags are locked in. All payments, work hours, or the work-hour payment are due by August 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM.

Fees if drawn

• Bull elk: $100
• Cow elk: $75
• Deer buck: $65
• Deer youth hunters (18 and younger): $65
• Dedicated deer hunters: $100
• Small game: $20 (cottontail rabbits, snowshoe hares, coyotes, and forest grouse)
• Moose: $100
• Bear: $100
• Cougar, spot and stock: no fee
• Cougar using dogs: $100 (refundable with proof of harvest; dogs must be on an active hunt, not for training)

Deer hunters

Deer hunting is one tag per membership. All state tags are open for this permit.

Elk hunters

If you are successful in the archery bull elk draw, ECR follows state regulation and allows harvest of either sex.

East Canyon Resort has one auction bull and one auction cow. The auction is held on June 6, 2026 at the hunter orientation meeting starting at 8:00 AM. You or your representative must be present to bid, and payment is due at that time. The winner of the bull elk auction tag may pick from all three seasons. It is the hunter’s responsibility to purchase a state tag. All elk hunting rules and requirements apply.

A member eligible to hunt cow elk may begin the day after the archery hunt ends and hunt throughout the legal season, except:

• No cow elk hunting on the opening weekend of the first rifle bull elk hunt (October 3–4), regardless of weapon.
• No cow elk hunting on the opening weekend of the second rifle elk hunt (October 10–11), regardless of weapon.
• No cow elk hunting during the muzzleloader bull elk hunt (October 28 – November 5), regardless of weapon.
• Archery cow hunting begins after the archery bull hunt, on September 16.

East Canyon Resort uses an internal bull and cow elk bonus-point system. If you applied the previous year and were not drawn, you receive one point.

Other hunting notes

• No doe harvest. No turkey harvest.
• No running dogs on any ECR big-game hunts, except after December 1 with Outdoor Committee Chair or ECR manager approval above the Druby campground.
• Pick up a hunting packet before your season. Carry the correct Utah licenses/permits and the ECR hunting permit. Wear your ECR hunting ID at all times.
• Immediate family for assigned deer permits: the member’s parents, children, children’s spouses, or grandchildren. Those hunters must be accompanied by the ECR member they applied with.
• Family members and guests must stay within voice range of the primary member they applied to hunt with.
• Relative Rights members may not hunt on their own. They must use one of the full member’s deer tags and stay with that member.
• No hunting on Saddlerock property.
• Tree stands may be placed after August 1 and must be removed by December 1. One tree stand per hunter.
• All hunters and non-hunters must wear DNR-approved hunter orange during any centerfire rifle hunts.
• See Appendix C and the 2026 hunting rules PDF for the full regulations.

Hunting questions

Email, text, or call Outdoor & Hunting Committee Chair Terry Nelson at terryn@nelsonracing.net or (801) 641-7490.

Outdoor Committee contacts:

• Terry Nelson — (801) 641-7490
• Blake Housley — (801) 499-6910
• Cody Barnes — (801) 940-0737

Report hunting violations, poaching, or trespassing to ECR Management, Security, or the Outdoor Committee Chair. Morgan County Sheriff non-emergency dispatch: 801-829-0590 (for a wildlife issue, ask them to dispatch the on-call DNR wildlife officer).