Elk Season Dates and Bag Limits
2025 Elk Season Dates
Core Elk Management Zone public land hunts (by drawn permit only)
- Youth Hunts: Oct. 4-5, 2025, and Oct. 25-26, 2025
- Regular Elk Hunts (youth eligible): Oct. 6-10, 2025, and Oct. 27-31, 2025
Core Elk Management Zone private land hunt (by Private Land Elk Permit)
- Youth Hunts (antlerless elk only): Oct. 4-5, 2025, and Oct. 25-26, 2025
- Regular Elk Hunts (youth eligible): Oct. 6-10, 2025, and Oct. 27-31, 2025
Season Limit
One elk, either sex
Statewide Elk Management Zone
In all counties outside the Core Elk Management Zone (Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Searcy counties), hunters may take any elk they see while deer hunting with muzzleloaders and archery equipment legal for deer or with modern guns of at least .24 caliber.
