Utah DWR Explains Elk Hunting Change

By Duncan Johnson

Utah –-(Ammoland.com)- If you enjoy hunting elk in Utah, some changes — including a new hunting opportunity — are waiting for you this fall. The changes mostly involve the hunting of female elk, also called cow elk.

Antlerless elk-control permits

• Antlerless elk-control permits are no longer available for most of Utah’s general spike only elk hunting units. That includes three of the state’s most popular units: the two Wasatch units in north-central Utah and the Mount Dutton unit in south-central Utah.
  (Antlerless elk-control permits allow hunters, who already have a buck deer, bull elk or once-in-a-lifetime permit for a particular unit, to also take a cow elk on the unit during their hunt.)
• If you buy a general spike bull permit and an antlerless-elk control permit, the northern portion of the San Juan unit (in southeastern Utah) is the only place you can take a cow elk. Antlerless elk-control permits are no longer available for any of the remaining spike-only units in Utah.

If you have a general spike bull elk permit — and you’d like to buy an antlerless elk-control permit for the portion …Read the Rest

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