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Show Permits available tohunters only one elk hunt. Open area bull elk permits allow the hunter to hunt hunter success ratio. On the regular rifle season, 1.980 bull elk were har vested by 18,614 hunters lor a 14 percent huntei success. Persons may purchase open area bull elk or archery elk permits until August 7. The permits are only - available at Wildlife Resources offices of-fices and can be obtained I by mail or personal application. Mailed applications should include in-clude the hunter's big game or combination license number and the correct return address, Hunters may purchase one elk permit allowing them to participate in in any open bull elk area ' during the September 30 to October 13 regular season. Possessors of archery elk permits may also hunt in open bull areas during the August 22 to September 7 archery season. Check the big game proclamation for area boundaries. Last year on the archery elk hunt, elk were harvested har-vested for a nine percent |