Unit 3A/3C bull elk, general (Sep 25 - Oct 1)

Hunt code: 3001
Unit: 3A/3C
Weapon: Any weapon
Season: General, Sep 25 - Oct 1
Draw years: 2022–2026

In 2026, 18 of 6,156 residents drew (0.3%). The bonus-point pool reached 25 points. 15 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 1 point.

In 2026, 2 of 1,814 nonresidents drew (0.1%). The bonus-point pool reached 30 points. 1 went to a random-draw winner holding 11 points.

Harvest success in 2025 was 92%.

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

Points	Residents			Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate	Applied	Drew	Rate
30	–	–	–	1	1	100%
29	–	–	–	3	0	0%
28	–	–	–	4	0	0%
27	2	1	50%	5	0	0%
26	1	1	100%	5	0	0%
25	9	1	11%	3	0	0%
24	7	0	0%	9	0	0%
23	16	0	0%	13	0	0%
22	12	1random	8%	17	0	0%
21	18	0	0%	20	0	0%
20	21	0	0%	21	0	0%
19	25	0	0%	17	0	0%
18	27	0	0%	16	0	0%
17	41	0	0%	15	0	0%
16	40	0	0%	22	0	0%
15	65	0	0%	29	0	0%
14	81	0	0%	37	0	0%
13	87	0	0%	42	0	0%
12	107	0	0%	45	0	0%
11	165	0	0%	47	1random	2%
10	176	0	0%	56	0	0%
9	286	2random	0.7%	75	0	0%
8	242	1random	0.4%	82	0	0%
7	364	2random	0.5%	109	0	0%
6	444	0	0%	145	0	0%
5	438	3random	0.7%	139	0	0%
4	497	3random	0.6%	60	0	0%
3	697	2random	0.3%	178	0	0%
2	794	0	0%	179	0	0%
1	795	1random	0.1%	177	0	0%
0	709	0	0%	243	0	0%
All	6,156	18	0.3%	1,814	2	0.1%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
27	2	1	50%
26	1	1	100%
25	9	1	11%
24	7	0	0%
23	16	0	0%
22	12	1random	8%
21	18	0	0%
20	21	0	0%
19	25	0	0%
18	27	0	0%
17	41	0	0%
16	40	0	0%
15	65	0	0%
14	81	0	0%
13	87	0	0%
12	107	0	0%
11	165	0	0%
10	176	0	0%
9	286	2random	0.7%
8	242	1random	0.4%
7	364	2random	0.5%
6	444	0	0%
5	438	3random	0.7%
4	497	3random	0.6%
3	697	2random	0.3%
2	794	0	0%
1	795	1random	0.1%
0	709	0	0%
All	6,156	18	0.3%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
30	1	1	100%
29	3	0	0%
28	4	0	0%
27	5	0	0%
26	5	0	0%
25	3	0	0%
24	9	0	0%
23	13	0	0%
22	17	0	0%
21	20	0	0%
20	21	0	0%
19	17	0	0%
18	16	0	0%
17	15	0	0%
16	22	0	0%
15	29	0	0%
14	37	0	0%
13	42	0	0%
12	45	0	0%
11	47	1random	2%
10	56	0	0%
9	75	0	0%
8	82	0	0%
7	109	0	0%
6	145	0	0%
5	139	0	0%
4	60	0	0%
3	178	0	0%
2	179	0	0%
1	177	0	0%
0	243	0	0%
All	1,814	2	0.1%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2026	22	6,156	18	25	1,814	2	30
2025	22	5,740	18	24	1,904	2	29
2024	22	6,182	18	24	1,637	2	29
2023	27	5,793	23	23	1,779	2	29
2022	27	6,190	23	23	1,874	2	27

ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2025	13	12	92%
2024	19	18	95%
2023	22	18	91%

Reading these numbers

Arizona uses bonus points. In each draw, 20% of a hunt's permits first go to the applicants with the most bonus points who listed it as their 1st or 2nd choice. The rest are drawn at random among 1st and 2nd choices together, where each bonus point buys an extra chance, and leftovers go to 3rd-5th choices. Because 1st and 2nd choices compete in the same passes, applicant and permit counts here include both choices, which is how AZGFD prints them. Nonresidents are capped, usually at 10% of a hunt's permits. AZGFD renumbers hunts most years, so a hunt's number can differ from one year to the next.

2026AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 6166 in the point rows vs 6156 in the draw report.
2025AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 5746 in the point rows vs 5740 in the draw report.
2024AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 6183 in the point rows vs 6182 in the draw report.
2023AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 5801 in the point rows vs 5793 in the draw report; 1st+2nd choice applicants (NR) 1782 in the point rows vs 1779 in the draw report.
2022AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 6170 in the point rows vs 6190 in the draw report; 1st+2nd choice applicants (NR) 1919 in the point rows vs 1874 in the draw report.

Sources

20262026 Elk and Pronghorn Bonus Point Report(draw)
20262026 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 1-2 Pass(draw)
20262026 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 3-4-5 Pass(draw)
20262026 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - Bonus Pass(draw)
20252025 Elk and Pronghorn Bonus Point Report(draw)
20252025 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 1-2 Pass(draw)
20252025 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 3-4-5 Pass(draw)
20252025 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - Bonus Pass(draw)
20252025 AZ Elk Harvest Summary(harvest)
20252025 AZ Elk Draw Odds(hunt-table)
20242024 Elk and Pronghorn Bonus Point Report(draw)
20242024 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 1-2 Pass(draw)
20242024 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 3-4-5 Pass(draw)
20242024 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - Bonus Pass(draw)
20242024 AZ Elk Harvest Summary(harvest)
20242024 AZ Elk Draw Odds(hunt-table)
20232023 Elk and Pronghorn Bonus Point Report(draw)
20232023 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 1-2 Pass(draw)
20232023 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 3-4-5 Pass(draw)
20232023 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - Bonus Pass(draw)
20232023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary(harvest)
20232023 AZ Elk Draw Odds(hunt-table)
20222022 Elk and Pronghorn Bonus Point Report(draw)
20222022 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 1-2 Pass(draw)
20222022 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - 3-4-5 Pass(draw)
20222022 Elk and Pronghorn Draw Report - Bonus Pass(draw)
20222022 AZ Elk Draw Odds(hunt-table)

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