As publishedSept. 26, 2026-Feb. 15, 2027
Statewide except Antelope Island (closed to all upland game hunting).Youth hunt Sept. 19-21, 2026. UDWR's 2025 chukar population annual report (most recent published as of Aug 2026) noted below-average production for the 2025 brood year statewide due to unfavorable 2024-25 precipitation, following two better years (2022-24 winters).
UDWR's annual Chukar Partridge Update (game-camera water-source production index) is the governing source, typically published in August. The 2025 edition (already reflected in this dataset's own classification note) found below-average statewide production following dry 2024-25 conditions; no 2026 edition found as of 2026-08-19 despite a direct-fetch check of the expected filename pattern.