Hunting the extended archery season

If you didn't get your deer or elk earlier in the season, here's another chance.

If you haven't taken a deer or elk by the time the archery general-season or limited-entry hunt ends, you can continue your archery hunting in Utah’s extended archery areas.

Before hunting in any of Utah's extended archery areas, though, you must complete the Division's Archery Ethics course each year. You must carry your Archery Ethics Course certificate of completion with you while you're hunting.

This hunter ethics course is in addition to Utah's hunter education requirement. We also recommend that archery hunters complete bowhunter education.

Hunting in an extended archery area

After you successfully complete the course, you should print your certificate of completion. You must carry your Archery Ethics Course certificate of completion with you while you’re hunting.

In the Herriman South Valley, Ogden, Southwest Desert/Cedar Valley, Uintah Basin, Utah Lake, Wasatch Front and West Cache extended archery areas, you may use archery equipment to take a deer of either sex (hunter's choice) from Sept. 18–Nov. 30, 2021.

In the Nine Mile/Green River, Pine Valley/New Harmony, Sanpete Valley and South Wasatch Front extended archery areas, you may use archery equipment to take a deer of either sex (hunter's choice) from Sept. 18–Oct. 15, 2021.

In the Uintah Basin, Wasatch Front and West Cache extended archery areas, you may use archery equipment to take an elk of either sex (hunter's choice) from Aug. 21–Dec. 15, 2021.

Limited-entry deer and elk archery hunters must still complete their harvest survey questionnaire within 30 days of the end of their limited-entry hunt.

Please download and read through the Utah Big Game Field Regulations guidebook for complete information regarding the extended archery hunts.

Extended archery season dates

Deer (either sex)

If you have an archery buck deer permit and haven't taken a buck by the end of your hunt — and you complete the required archery ethics course — you may hunt in the extended archery areas during the seasons listed below.

Extended archery area	Season dates
See all extended archery areas for deer	Sept. 18–Nov. 30, 2021

Nine Mile/Green River, Pine Valley/New Harmony, Sanpete Valley & South Wasatch Front	Season dates
See all extended archery areas for deer	Sept. 18–Oct. 15, 2021

Elk (either sex)

If you have an archery elk permit and haven't taken an elk by the end of your hunt—and you complete the required archery ethics course—you may hunt in the extended archery areas during the seasons listed below.

Extended archery area	Season dates
See all extended archery areas for elk	Aug. 21–Dec. 15, 2021

Taking the Archery Ethics Course

The course takes about 30 minutes to complete. You must score 100 percent to pass the course, but if you answer a question incorrectly you will have an opportunity at the end of the test to answer the question again. You may take the course as many times as needed.

Take the course

Reprint your certificate of completion: If you have previously completed this course and wish to reprint your certificate of completion, follow the link and then click "Lookup Certificate of Completion..."