Although all deer permits are gone, 19,000 bull elk permits are still available, though

Permits to hunt buck deer in Utah this fall sold out on June 23.

“With the exception of 1,500 archery permits that will be available next month to hunters who are 18 years of age or younger, all of Utah deer permits are gone,” says Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the division of Wildlife Resources. “But plenty of general bull elk permits are still available. This should be a great year to hunt elk.”

The state’s general archery elk season starts Aug. 21. The DWR isn’t limited as to the number of general archery elk permits it can sell, so there’s no problem getting one.

In addition to the archery permits, more than 10,300 permits to hunt on spike bull elk units were still available on June 24. More than 8,900 permits were also available to hunt on the state’s any bull elk units.

Elk permits are available at the DWR’s website (www.wildlife.utah.gov), from more than 300 license agents across
Utah and at any DWR office.