3 CSR 10-7.710 - Elk: Application and Draw Process
(1) Missouri residents, as defined in 3 CSR 10-5.220, may apply for elk hunting permits.
(A) Quotas for elk hunting permits are established annually by the Conservation Commission. For the 2025 season,
five (5) Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permits and zero (0) Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permits will be awarded. At least ten (10) percent of the
Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit quota and ten (10) percent of the Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit quota will be awarded annually to
approved resident landowners, as defined in 3 CSR 10-20.805, whose qualifying property is in Carter, Reynolds, or Shannon Counties. If the number of
qualifying landowner applicants is less than the percentage of the permits allocated for landowners, that portion of the quota not issued to a
qualifying landowner will be reallocated to other applicants.
(B) To be eligible for the Resident
Antlered Elk Hunting Permit(s) or the Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit(s) awarded to approved resident landowners, an application must have
been submitted to and have been approved by the department as described in 3 CSR
10-7.412 prior to applying for a Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit or a Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit.
(C) Permit Draw.
1. The application period will be from May 1-31 annually and
results will be available by July 1 annually.
2. Application fee for Resident Antlered Elk Hunting
Permit: ten dollars ($10).
3. Application fee for Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit: ten dollars
($10).
4. Only one (1) application per elk hunting permit type is allowed per year.
5. Only one (1) person is allowed per application.
6. Only one (1) elk
hunting permit may be awarded to a person per year. Antlered elk hunting permits will be awarded before antlerless elk hunting permits.
7. Persons drawn for a Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit will not be eligible to apply for that permit again for
ten (10) years. Persons drawn for a Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit will not be eligible to apply for that permit again for five (5)
years.
8. Permits are nontransferable.
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(1) Missouri residents, as defined in 3 CSR 10-5.220, may apply for elk hunting permits.
(A) Quotas for elk hunting permits are established annually by the Conservation Commission. For the 2024 season, five (5) Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permits will be awarded. At least ten (10) percent of the Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit quota and ten (10) percent of the Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit quota will be awarded annually to approved resident landowners, as defined in 3 CSR 1020.805, whose qualifying property is in Carter, Reynolds, or Shannon counties. If the number of qualifying landowner applicants is less than the percentage of the permits allocated for landowners, that portion of the quota not issued to a qualifying landowner will be reallocated to other applicants.
(B) To be eligible for the Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit(s) or the Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit(s) awarded to approved resident landowners, an application must have been submitted to and have been approved by the department as described in 3 CSR 10-7.412 prior to applying for a Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit or a Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit.
(C) Permit Draw.
1. The application period will be from May 1-31 annually and results will be available by July 1 annually.
2. Application fee for Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit: ten dollars ($10).
3. Application fee for Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit: ten dollars ($10).
4. Only one (1) application per elk hunting permit type is allowed per year.
5. Only one (1) person is allowed per application.
6. Only one (1) elk hunting permit may be awarded to a person per year. Antlered elk hunting permits will be awarded before antlerless elk hunting permits.
7. Persons drawn for a Resident Antlered Elk Hunting Permit will not be eligible to apply for that permit again for ten (10) years. Persons drawn for a Resident Antlerless Elk Hunting Permit will not be eligible to apply for that permit again for five (5) years.
8. Permits are nontransferable.