kilowatt,
Most archery elk hunts open August 30th and all the elk zonesin the soda springs area open on August 30th for archery hunts.
I should have prof read my early post before I clicked on the "post message" because it is hard to make sense out of it. Buglelk said that his friend was in a draw only unit and there is only one draw unit open to hunting bulls with a rifle right now. The odds of drawing that tag have been less than 1% the last couple years so he is one luck guy to be hunting there.