Unit 3B antlerless elk, muzzleloader (Dec 11 - Dec 31)

Hunt code
3109
Unit
3B
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Season
Muzzleloader, Dec 11 - Dec 31
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 238 of 691 residents drew (34%). The bonus-point pool reached 4 points. 188 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 0 points.

In 2026, 12 of 32 nonresidents drew (38%), all in the random draw; none came from the bonus-point pool. The lowest held 0 points.

Harvest success in 2025 was 61%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
142150%
911100%
74375%
69778%
51919100%
4523718 random71%
311242random38%
221960random27%
118956random30%
08412random14%
All69123834%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
3100%
2117random64%
1103random30%
0102random20%
All321238%

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202650069123843212–
202550069824242884
2024500685237433134
202350062424442164
0242023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202523114261%
202420311255%
202323311047%

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.

  • 2025AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 699 in the point rows vs 698 in the draw report; bonus pass permits (R) 46 in the point rows vs 49 in the draw report; bonus + 1-2 pass permits (R) 233 in the point rows vs 242 in the draw report.
  • 2023AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 627 in the point rows vs 624 in the draw report; 1st+2nd choice applicants (NR) 22 in the point rows vs 21 in the draw report.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 3B

Units listed next to it

In AZGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.