![]() There were other changes the were discussed during the meeting. Limited-entry late-season any legal weapon hunt on Diamond Mountain: Nov.Limited-entry any legal weapon hunt on 14 units that didn’t previously have a mid-season hunt: Oct.Limited-entry elk HAMS/restricted weapons: Nov.Limited-entry elk early any weapon: Sept.Limited-entry late-season archery elk: Dec.General-season late any legal weapon any bull: Oct.General-season early any legal weapon any bull: Oct.General-season any legal weapon spike bull: Oct.General-season archery spike bull: Aug.General-season early any legal weapon: Oct.Below is a list of season dates for the 2023 hunting season. Examples include December archery hunts on limited-entry units, HAMS hunts on units with very high success rates and/or high bull-to-cow ratios, and limited-entry hunts on general-season units using unique timing or the migration of available bulls.Īs mentioned above, there are now changes to both seasons and season lengths. Developing and recommending adaptive opportunity limited-entry hunts to seize unusual opportunities.Maximizing hunting opportunities by maintaining some units/hunts managed for September archery hunts and HAMS hunts (hunts that allow the use of handgun, archery, muzzleloader, and shotgun).Adjusting the length of the early any-legal-weapon traditional limited-entry elk hunt to five days long.Moving the season dates for the beginning of the hunt and end of the traditional limited-entry archery season to four days later than in past years.Adjusting the weapon splits for traditional limited-entry hunts to place more of the any-legal-weapon hunts in the mid-season hunt.Adding the mid-season any legal weapon hunt on most traditional limited-entry elk units.Restructuring the harvest age objectives for traditional limited-entry units to include three age objectives: 6 ½ to 7 years old, 6 to 6 ½ years old and 5 ½ to 6 years old.This will be reviewed during the three-year management plan review in 2026. However, the hunts won’t include archery - only rifle and muzzleloader. Discontinuing the limited-entry bull elk hunts on the Paunsaugunt Unit and converting them to general-season any bull hunts.Creating an unlimited youth general-season elk permit that will be valid during all general seasons on both any bull and spike units.Continuing to issue 15,000 spike bull permits each year, with a cap of 4,500 available as multi-season permits.Expanding the general spike hunt to the Diamond Mountain unit.Having no cap on permit numbers for the late season any-legal-weapon any bull hunt.Issuing 15,000 general-season permits for the early season any-legal-weapon any bull hunt. ![]() ![]() Dividing the current general-season 13-day any legal weapon any bull hunt into two separate seven-day hunts.Adding six additional general-season hunting units/areas to the any bull elk hunt.(There will still be a multi-season option for spike bulls, and anyone with a multi-season spike bull elk permit can still participate in both the spike and any bull hunts during the archery season.) ![]()
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