Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
Ice fishing season will begin soon.
Looking for that perfect gift for the angler or hunter on your Christmas list? If so, a Utah fishing or hunting license might be the answer. These licenses make great Christmas gifts. And they're easy to buy.
A fishing license is a Christmas gift that keeps giving.
And winter is the perfect time to give one as a gift. Lindy Varney, wildlife licensing coordinator for the Division of Wildlife Resources, says some of the state's fishing waters should be covered with ice soon. "Ice fishing is a fun activity that's growing in popularity in Utah," she says. "Once the ice is safe to walk on, another ice fishing season will be underway."
Hunting opportunities are also available in the winter. Several hunting seasons, including the cottontail rabbit, chukar partridge and snowshoe hare seasons, run through most of the winter.
Buying a license at the DWR's website (wildlife.utah.gov) is the easiest way to get one. You can also buy a license at DWR offices and from more than 260 fishing and hunting license agents across Utah.
Combination licenses — which allow the license holder to fish and hunt small game — are also available at the same locations and at the website.
To buy a license for someone, all you need is the person's name, their approximate height and weight, their eye color, hair color, date of birth, address and phone number. "Once you have that information," Varney says, "you're good to go."
If you buy a license at the website (wildlife.utah.gov), you can have it mailed to you (so you can wrap it and give it as a gift). Or, the license can be mailed directly to the person you're buying it for.
It usually takes about seven days for a license to arrive in the mail.
In addition to enjoying the outdoors in 2018, the person you give the license to will receive an added bonus: they won't have to wait until Jan. 1 to use it. The license is valid starting the day you buy it. So, the person for whom you buy the license can start using it the day they receive it.
Annual Utah fishing and hunting licenses are 365-day licenses. That means they're good for 365 days from the day you buy one.
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