Buy deer and elk permits

Permits not allocated in the draw are available starting June 11.

Related information: 2009 Big Game Guidebook

If you don't have a permit to hunt buck deer in Utah this fall, your next chance to get one begins June 11. That's when permits not taken in this year's big game draw go on sale.

Photo by Ron Stewart

Most of Utah's buck deer permits were taken in the draw, but more than 6,200 Northern Region rifle and muzzleloader, and 2,300 statewide general archery permits, are still available.

Bull elk permits to hunt during Utah's general season also go on sale June 11.

You can buy a permit starting at 7 a.m. on this Web site and from DWR offices and more than 300 hunting license agents across Utah.

The Web site will be busy

"The morning of June 11 will be a busy morning on our Web site," says Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the DWR. "If the site reaches the maximum number of people it can serve, a message will pop up indicating the site has reached its full capacity.

"If that happens, be patient," she says. "The planned downtime should last only a few short minutes."

When did permits sell out in 2008?

Buck deer permits to hunt during Utah's general archery hunt were the first permits to sell out last year. They sold out on June 19.

Northern Region rifle and muzzleloader permits were the next to go. They sold out on June 29.

General bull elk permits sold out on Sept. 25.

For more information, call the nearest Division of Wildlife Resources office or the DWR's Salt Lake City office at (801) 538-4700.