Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk, archery
- Hunt code
- EB3146
- Unit
- Southwest Desert, South
- Weapon
- Archery
- Season
- Archery
- Draw years
- 2021–2025
In 2025, 37 of 217 residents drew (17%). The bonus-point pool reached 9 points. 18 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 1 point.
In 2025, 3 of 119 nonresidents drew (3%). The bonus-point pool reached 23 points. 1 went to a random-draw winner holding 7 points.
Harvest success in 2024 was 47.1%.
2025 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 23 | – | – | – | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| 21 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 19 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 18 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 17 | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 16 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 15 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 14 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | – | – | – | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | 100% | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| 11 | 4 | 4 | 100% | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | 100% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 9 | 9 | 61 random | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| 8 | 14 | 5random | 36% | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| 7 | 15 | 3random | 20% | 4 | 1random | 25% |
| 6 | 22 | 3random | 14% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 5 | 16 | 1random | 6% | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | 15 | 1random | 7% | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 27 | 1random | 4% | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 27 | 2random | 7% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 1 | 23 | 1random | 4% | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 0 | 35 | 0 | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 217 | 37 | 17% | 119 | 3 | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2025 | – | 217 | 37 | 9 | 119 | 3 | 23 |
| 2024 | – | 214 | 31 | 9 | 117 | 4 | 22 |
| 2023 | – | 193 | 27 | 9 | 116 | 3 | 20 |
| 2022 | – | 134 | 21 | 9 | 73 | 2 | 18 |
| 2021 | – | 155 | 24 | 8 | 120 | 3 | 17 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36 | 17 | 47.1% |
| 2023 | 31 | 21 | 69% |
| 2022 | 25 | 15 | 58.3% |
Reading these numbers
Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime hunts use bonus points: UDWR reserves 50% of each hunt's permits for applicants with the most bonus points, then draws the rest among everyone left, where each applicant gets one random number for the application plus one per bonus point and their lowest number is used. General-season buck deer uses preference points instead: highest point level draws first. The odds reports count first-choice applications only.
Sources
- 20252025 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
- 20242024 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
- 20242024 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
- 20232023 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
- 20232023 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
- 20222022 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
- 20222022 Limited-entry and once-in-a-lifetime harvest report(harvest)
- 20212021 Big Game Bonus Point Draw Results(draw)
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Other hunts in unit Southwest Desert, South
- Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry ALW (rifle) Bull Elk, early any legal weapon
- Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry ALW (rifle) Bull Elk, late any legal weapon
- Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry ALW (rifle) Bull Elk, mid any legal weapon
- Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry Archery Bull Elk, late archery
- Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry Multi-season Bull Elk, any legal weapon
- Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry Muzzleloader Bull Elk, muzzleloader
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