Hunt 223A Melrose Unit (elk)

Hunt code
223A
Unit
223A, Melrose Unit
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2020–2026

In 2026, 10 of 285 residents drew (4%). The preference draw reached 13 points. 3 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

In 2026, 1 of 22 nonresidents drew (5%). The preference draw reached 25 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 51% (ODFW draft).

2026 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew. “Drew” counts the preference draw only; ODFW doesn't report random-draw winners by point level.

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1811100%
1622100%
1433100%
134125%
12400%
11700%
10500%
9900%
81100%
71400%
62200%
51700%
42500%
33800%
23100%
14300%
04900%
All285104%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2511100%
24100%
20100%
19200%
18100%
15100%
14100%
13100%
7200%
4100%
3100%
2100%
1500%
0300%
All2215%

Year by year

Permits are the hunt's total; ODFW doesn't split them by residency in this report.

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202611285101322125
2025113371013310–
202411318101243125
2023113731013310–
20221041991219125
202110462912200–
20201047491115119
013252020202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024ODFW draft1196051%
20231335743%
20221124843%

Reading these numbers

Preference points with a random slice. For each controlled deer, elk and pronghorn hunt, 75% of tags go to first-choice applicants in order of points and 25% are drawn at random among all first-choice applicants, whatever their points. The count drawn at each point level is the preference draw only; the hunt's total drawn includes the random winners, but ODFW doesn't say how many points they held, and it prints no cutoff line. Bighorn sheep and mountain goat are once-in-a-lifetime random draws with no points. Landowner-preference applicants are a separate pool and are not included. Permits are ODFW's tags authorized for the hunt, not split by residency.

  • 2020ODFW's Applicants by Hunt Choice report prints 488 first-choice applicants; the draw report used here prints 489.

Sources

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Units listed next to it

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