Unit 21 bull elk, archery-only (Nov 13 - Nov 26)

Hunt code: 3163
Unit: 21
Weapon: Archery
Season: Archery-Only, Nov 13 - Nov 26
Draw years: 2025–2026

In 2026, 9 of 14 residents drew (64%). The bonus-point pool reached 2 points. 7 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 0 points.

In 2026, 1 of 7 nonresidents drew (14%), all in the random draw; none came from the bonus-point pool. The winner held 1 point.

Harvest success in 2025 was 0%.

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
6	1	1	100%	–	–	–
5	4	2random	50%	–	–	–
4	2	2random	100%	1	0	0%
2	3	32 random	100%	–	–	–
1	1	0	0%	1	1random	100%
0	3	1random	33%	5	0	0%
All	14	9	64%	7	1	14%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
6	1	1	100%
5	4	2random	50%
4	2	2random	100%
2	3	32 random	100%
1	1	0	0%
0	3	1random	33%
All	14	9	64%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
4	1	0	0%
1	1	1random	100%
0	5	0	0%
All	7	1	14%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2026	11	14	9	2	7	1	–
2025	16	8	6	3	1	1	–

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

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2025	11	0	0%

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.

20258 more permit(s) went to 3rd-5th choice applicants in a later pass (8 R, 0 NR); their points are not printed.

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)

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Other hunts in unit 21

Unit 21 antlered mule deer, general (Dec 12 - Dec 31)(mule deer)
Unit 21 antlered mule deer, general (Oct 30 - Nov 5)(mule deer)
Unit 21 antlered whitetail deer, general (Dec 11 - Dec 31)(whitetail deer)
Unit 21 antlered whitetail deer, general (Nov 6 - Nov 12)(whitetail deer)
Unit 21 antlered whitetail deer, general (Oct 23 - Oct 29)(whitetail deer)
Unit 21 antlered whitetail, general (Nov 8 - Nov 14)(whitetail deer)
Unit 21 antlerless elk, general (Oct 16 - Oct 22)
Unit 21 any antlered deer, youth-only (general) (Oct 2 - Oct 8)(deer)
Unit 21 buck pronghorn, archery-only (Aug 21 - Sep 3)(pronghorn)
Unit 21 buck pronghorn, general (Sep 4 - Sep 13)(pronghorn)
Unit 21 bull elk, archery-only (Sep 11 - Sep 24)
Unit 21 bull elk, general (Nov 27 - Dec 3)
Unit 21 bull elk, muzzleloader (Sep 29 - Oct 5)
Unit 21 whitetail deer, general (Oct 21 - Oct 27)(whitetail deer)

Units listed next to it

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