Hunt 263 Keating Unit (elk)

Hunt code
263
Unit
263, Keating Unit
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2020–2026

In 2026, 84 of 173 residents drew (49%). The preference draw reached 1 point. 22 more went to the random draw; ODFW doesn't publish those winners' points.

In 2026, 4 of 27 nonresidents drew (15%). The preference draw reached 5 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 32% (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
41212100%
31212100%
23030100%
159814%
06000%
All1738449%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
733100%
511100%
4400%
3500%
2400%
1200%
0800%
All27415%

Year by year

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

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026881738412745
2025882538422444
2024882428423244
2023882508423443
2022862918223543
2021862728222442
2020862958222143
0352020202120222023202420252026
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024ODFW draft762532%
2023752331%
2022824251%

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.

  • 2024ODFW's Applicants by Hunt Choice report prints 275 first-choice applicants; the draw report used here prints 274.

Sources

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Units listed next to it

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