Utah Hunting License: $40.00, $86 With a Tag
In Utah the licence is $40.00 and the first deer costs $86
What a season in Utah actually costs to start
A resident hunting licence in Utah is $40.00, sold as the Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 18-64). Hunting a deer on it means buying the Resident general-season buck deer / Nonresident general-season buck deer (includes 365-day fishing license) as well, at $46.00, so the first day costs $86 rather than $40.00. That is 115% more than the licence price a search result would have shown. 39 of the 50 states read here work the same way. The licence itself runs a licence 365 days from the day it was bought.
- Resident licence $40.00, the Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 18-64)
- Nonresident licence $144.00
- First deer on top of it $46.00, the Resident general-season buck deer / Nonresident general-season buck deer (includes 365-day fishing license)
- What the first morning costs $86
- The licence runs runs a licence 365 days from the day it was bought
- Hunter education required of anyone born on or after 1965
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources sells it through its own licensing system, which is where a fee change appears first.
Every Utah hunting licence, at the price Utah Division of Wildlife Resources prints
Seven tags and permits were read off Utah Division of Wildlife Resources's own fee pages for Utah, each one priced below with the row it sits in. A tag is a second purchase, and the licence price on its own is the first half of what a season costs.
- Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 18-64)$40.00
small game and upland game, and the right to apply for or buy a big game permit
1-year
Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 18-64) — Purchase multiyear licenses at $39 per year (up to five years) | $40.00
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Nonresident 1-year basic hunting license (age 18 and older)$144.00
small game and upland game, and the right to apply for or buy a big game permit
1-year
Nonresident 1-year basic hunting license (age 18 and older) | $144.00
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Nonresident 3-day small game hunting license (any age)$89.00
small game for three days, and it cannot be used to buy some permits
3-day
Nonresident 3-day small game hunting license (any age) | $89.00
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 14-17)$16.00
the same hunting licence at a youth price
1-year
Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 14-17) | $16.00
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 65 and older)$31.00
the same hunting licence at a reduced price from age 65
1-year
Resident 1-year basic hunting license (age 65 and older) — Purchase multiyear licenses at $31 per year (up to five years) | $31.00
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Resident 1-year combination license (age 18-64)$44.00
hunting and fishing on one document
1-year
Resident 1-year combination license (age 18-64) — Purchase multiyear licenses at $43 per year (up to five years) | $44.00
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source - Resident disabled veteran 1-year hunting license$25.50
the same hunting licence for a Utah resident with a qualifying service connected disability
1-year
The discounted hunting license is $25.50, instead of the $40 full price. Likewise, the discounted combination license is $28.50, instead of the $44 full price.
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
When a Utah hunting license expires 365 days
Utah runs a licence 365 days from the day it was bought, so the month it was bought in makes no difference to what it is worth. 9 of the 50 states read here run instead to 31 December, where a November purchase is a purchase with weeks left in it.
A Utah hunting or combination licence runs 365 days from the day it was bought rather than to a fixed date, and multiyear versions run longer.
A hunting license is required to hunt game animals in Utah, and a combination license serves as both a hunting license and a fishing license. Licenses are valid for 365 days from the date of purchase, unless you buy a multiyear license, which will be valid for longer.Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
Utah hunter education: born on or after 1965
Utah hangs hunter education on a birth date rather than on an age: the requirement reaches anybody born after 1965. Every state that publishes a cutoff publishes a different one, and across this reading they run from 1949 to 1986, which is why a national answer to this question is always wrong somewhere.
Utah publishes a hunter education requirement for anyone born after December 31, 1965, and a three year Trial Hunting Program that lets a beginner hunt accompanied before taking the course.
Completion of a basic hunter education course is required to obtain a hunting license in Utah if you were born after Dec. 31, 1965.Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
Who counts as a Utah resident
Utah defines a resident in its own words rather than by a count of days, and the definition is quoted below because the price on one side of it is rarely close to the price on the other.
Resident means a person who has a domicile (fixed permanent home and principal establishment) in Utah for six consecutive months immediately preceding the purchase of a license, or application of a license, permit, or tag, and does not claim residency for hunting, fishing or trapping in any other state or country.Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, read 23 September 2026. Read it at the source
39 of 50 states sell the animal separately from the right to hunt it
Utah works the way most of the country does. Of the 50 states read here, 39 sell the tag apart from the licence and 11 print it on the licence instead. Where the tag is separate, the middle state adds 95% to the licence price before anybody has left the driveway.
Resident licences across these states run from $10 to $64.54, and nonresident licences from $50 to $410, which is the widest spread on any licence this site has read. 25 states run a licence year of their own, 9 give a full year from the day of sale, and 9 end it on 31 December whatever month it was bought.
The national table puts Utah beside every other state on licence price, first tag, and the two added together.
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Utah Division of Wildlife Resources read 23 September 2026, with every licence price, tag price, expiry rule and hunter education cutoff above linked to the page it came from. Fees are set by statute or by a commission and change between seasons, so the agency page beside each figure is what governs on the day. Tags on top