Ineligibility Periods for Elk License Recipients

Those who are issued an elk license are subject to an ineligibility period for future elk drawings. This ineligibility period does not apply to Pure Michigan Hunt winners.

• A person issued an antlerless-only elk license is ineligible to apply for, obtain or purchase an elk license for 10 years. For example, those issued an antlerless-only license in 2012 are ineligible from 2013 through 2022.
  
  
• A person issued an any-elk license, which allows the taking of a bull elk, is ineligible to apply for, obtain or purchase a future elk license for the remainder of his or her life.
  
  
• Ineligibility rules were changed in 2004. A person issued an any-elk license prior to 2004 is ineligible to apply for, obtain or purchase an elk license for 10 years.
  
  
• A person issued an antlerless-only elk license prior to 2004 is eligible to apply for an elk license.