The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will offer Missourians the state’s first elk-hunting season in modern history starting this fall. MDC will issue five permits for hunting bull elk for the 2020 season this fall. Four general permits will be for the public and one permit will be reserved for qualifying area landowners.
To apply for an elk permit, applicants must be Missouri residents at least 11 years of age by the first day of the hunt. Those selected to receive a permit must have their hunter-education certification or be exempt by age (born before Jan. 1, 1967) before they may purchase the permit.
Apply for the random elk-permit drawing May 1 – 31 online here, through MDC’s free MO Hunting app, through a permit vendor, or by calling 1-800-392-4115.
Find more information here.
The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation assisted with the successful restoration of wild, free-ranging elk to their historic Missouri range in 2011.
(Photo source: Missouri Department of Conservation)