Beginner Youth Pheasant Hunt - Pine Canyon Conservation WMA

Calling all new and novice youth hunters! Grab your shotgun, wear hunter orange and join us for a fun, mentored pheasant hunt!
About this Event

The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife are hosting a free pheasant hunt for beginners (youth and adults) at the Pine Canyon Conservation Wildlife Management Area in Tooele County. Hunting mentors will be releasing pen raised rooster pheasants prior to each hunt session so that novice hunters will have an increased opportunity to successfully harvest pheasants.

Requirements:

• Participants must have one year or less of hunting experience and also must not have participated in this event in previous years.
• Each hunt is limited to 16 hunters. Hunters must register in advance to attend.
• Hunters must verify they have completed hunter education or have a trial hunting program number, as well as a valid hunting or combination license.
• All participants must have a ticket and agree to the online waiver. This includes hunters, adults attending to supervise hunters, observers/mentors staying at the event to provide transportation, volunteers and dog handlers.
• The youth session is for those 11-17 years old. All sessions are for hunters with less than one year experience.
• Only one adult can accompany each novice hunter into the field. The adult accompanying the novice hunter may not hunt.
• Do not bring dogs to this event.

Be prepared:

• Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled hunt to get checked in.
• All participants must bring their own shotgun, ammunition, hunter orange, and safety equipment (ear and eye protection). Lead shot is permitted on Pine Canyon Conservation WMA. Please make sure all firearms are unloaded upon arrival.
• Please review — and download to your phone — the 2024–25 Utah Upland Game & Turkey Guidebook for bag and possession limits.

What to expect:

• Each session will be roughly 2.5 hours long. There will be a 40-minute safety briefing and firearm check, followed by a 15-minute stagging period where hunters will pair up with a mentor and make their way to their designated hunting area. Hunters will have approx.1 hour to hunt followed by a 20-minute wrap-up period at the end.
• The youth session will start at 12:30 p.m. (arrive by 12:15).
• Everyone going afield, youth or adults, must wear hunter orange on their head and body.
• Each novice hunter (and their adult companion, if applicable) will be paired with one other novice hunters. A trained hunting mentor will accompany each group. There will be four hunters and two hunting mentors per each of the four hunting areas.
• You will be emailed a survey within a week after your hunt occurs. Please check your email to provide your much-appreciated feedback.

Directions:

Please meet at the main Pine Canyon Conservation parking area. This parking area is located near the junction of Ericson Rd and 2000 E, northeast of Smelter Rd which leads to the Tooele Gun Club: https://maps.app.goo.gl/p3bLJwg3AXB9Yp6t6

The links below shows the areas of the Pine Canyon Conservation WMA we will be hunting:

Four Hunting Areas:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VL9DeiPWGUI0f4dDL_wSpvdV9l_epmGR/view?usp=sharing

Pre-Event Contact:

Nicole Passeri | 385-277-2966 | [email protected]

Michael Packer | 385-225-4322 | [email protected]

For directions or questions on the day of the hunt:

Nicole Passeri | 385-277-2966