Buck deer permits available June 15

Those hunters who haven't obtained a buck deer permit for this fall's Utah hunts may do so beginning June 15 when permits not taken in this year's big game draw go on sale.

More than 140 Northeastern Region rifle and muzzleloader, 15,500 Northern Region rifle and muzzleloader and 9,500 statewide general archery permits will be available.

Three permits for Utah residents to hunt on Cooperative Wildlife Management Units also will be available. One permit to hunt buck deer on the Engineer Springs CWMU in Box Elder County will be available, and two permits — one buck deer and one bull elk — will be available to hunt on the Bear Mountain CWMU in Sanpete County.

Permits to hunt bull elk on general season any bull elk and spike bull elk units also will go on sale June 15.

The three CWMU permits will be available at DWR offices and from 270 hunting license agents across the state. The CWMU permits are available only to Utah residents.

In addition to DWR offices and license agent locations, buck deer and bull elk permits will also be available at the DWR's Web site: wildlife.utah.gov. Residents and nonresidents can purchase them.

The time when permits can be purchased will vary. DWR offices will open at 8 a.m.

Buck deer and bull elk permits will also be available at the DWR's Web site beginning at 8 a.m. that day.

License agents cannot sell permits earlier than 8 a.m. on June 15, but some of them may not open for business until later in the morning.

"I would encourage hunters to contact their nearest license agent before June 15 to learn what time they'll open for business that day," said Judi Tutorow, wildlife licensing coordinator for the DWR.

A list of agents who sell Utah hunting licenses is available at wildlife.utah.gov/licenses.