Unit 5BS antlerless elk, archery-only (Sep 11 - Sep 24)

Hunt code
3177
Unit
5BS, 5B South
Weapon
Archery
Season
Archery-Only, Sep 11 - Sep 24
Draw years
2023–2026

In 2026, 45 of 245 residents drew (18%). The bonus-point pool reached 6 points. 35 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 0 points.

In 2026, 5 of 31 nonresidents drew (16%), all in the random draw; none came from the bonus-point pool. The lowest held 1 point.

Harvest success in 2025 was 22%.

2026 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
74375%
6881 random100%
5155random33%
43410random29%
34811random23%
2785random6%
1301random3%
0282random7%
All2454518%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
6100%
5200%
432random67%
352random40%
21000%
191random11%
0100%
All31516%

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026100245456315–
202510022839647116
20241002334561656
20231002874462167
0472023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202541922%
2024422252%
2023431126%

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: bonus + 1-2 pass permits (NR) 8 in the point rows vs 11 in the draw report.
  • 2023AZGFD's bonus point report and draw report disagree slightly: 1st+2nd choice applicants (R) 288 in the point rows vs 287 in the draw report; bonus pass permits (R) 6 in the point rows vs 7 in the draw report; bonus + 1-2 pass permits (R) 43 in the point rows vs 44 in the draw report; 1st+2nd choice applicants (NR) 23 in the point rows vs 21 in the draw report; bonus pass permits (NR) 4 in the point rows vs 3 in the draw report; bonus + 1-2 pass permits (NR) 7 in the point rows vs 6 in the draw report.

Sources

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Other hunts in unit 5BS

Units listed next to it

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