Hunt 261 Imnaha Unit (elk)

Hunt code
261
Unit
261, Imnaha Unit
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2020–2026

In 2026, 32 of 180 residents drew (18%). The preference draw reached 3 points. 8 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

In 2026, 1 of 7 nonresidents drew (14%). The preference draw reached 5 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 60% (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
633100%
544100%
41616100%
33613%
22000%
14400%
05700%
All1803218%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
511100%
2100%
1100%
0400%
All7114%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202633180323715
2025331443232415
2024331613231214
2023332043231013
202233199333120–
2021332253221215
2020833107911442
0352020202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024ODFW draft241560%
2023381026%
202227726%

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 323 first-choice applicants; the draw report used here prints 324.

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Units listed next to it

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