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Hunting

Elk Season Dates and Bag Limits

2024 Elk Season Dates

Core Elk Management Zone Public Land Hunts (By Drawn Permit Only)

  • Youth Hunts: Oct. 5-6 and Oct. 26-27, 2024
  • Regular Elk Hunts (youth eligible): Oct. 7-11 and Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2024

Core Elk Management Zone Private Land Hunt (By Private Land Elk Permit Only)

  • Youth Hunts (antlerless elk only): Oct. 5-6 and Oct. 26-27, 2024
  • Regular Elk Hunts: Oct. 7-11 and Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 2024

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.

Statewide Elk Management Zone Legend

Core Elk Management Zone (Boone, Carroll, Madison, Newton and Searcy counties)