Southwest Desert, South Limited-entry ALW (rifle) Bull Elk, early any legal weapon

Hunt code: EB3149
Unit: Southwest Desert, South
Weapon: Any weapon
Season: Early Any Legal Weapon
Draw years: 2021–2025

In 2025, 14 of 864 residents drew (2%). The bonus-point pool reached 23 points. 7 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 0 points.

In 2025, 2 of 272 nonresidents drew (0.7%). The bonus-point pool reached 26 points. 1 went to a random-draw winner holding 4 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 77.8%.

2025 draw by point level

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

Points	Residents			Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate	Applied	Drew	Rate
26	–	–	–	2	1	50%
25	2	2	100%	3	0	0%
24	2	2	100%	3	0	0%
23	6	3	50%	4	0	0%
22	6	0	0%	3	0	0%
21	8	0	0%	5	0	0%
20	9	1random	11%	4	0	0%
19	4	0	0%	8	0	0%
18	8	0	0%	7	0	0%
17	14	0	0%	10	0	0%
16	14	0	0%	18	0	0%
15	13	0	0%	12	0	0%
14	20	0	0%	14	0	0%
13	22	1random	5%	15	0	0%
12	18	0	0%	7	0	0%
11	12	0	0%	6	0	0%
10	32	0	0%	11	0	0%
9	34	0	0%	18	0	0%
8	51	0	0%	6	0	0%
7	47	1random	2%	18	0	0%
6	54	0	0%	14	0	0%
5	54	0	0%	13	0	0%
4	70	0	0%	12	1random	8%
3	64	1random	2%	11	0	0%
2	97	1random	1%	12	0	0%
1	111	1random	0.9%	19	0	0%
0	92	1random	1%	17	0	0%
All	864	14	2%	272	2	0.7%

ResidentsNonresidents

Points	Residents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
25	2	2	100%
24	2	2	100%
23	6	3	50%
22	6	0	0%
21	8	0	0%
20	9	1random	11%
19	4	0	0%
18	8	0	0%
17	14	0	0%
16	14	0	0%
15	13	0	0%
14	20	0	0%
13	22	1random	5%
12	18	0	0%
11	12	0	0%
10	32	0	0%
9	34	0	0%
8	51	0	0%
7	47	1random	2%
6	54	0	0%
5	54	0	0%
4	70	0	0%
3	64	1random	2%
2	97	1random	1%
1	111	1random	0.9%
0	92	1random	1%
All	864	14	2%

Points	Nonresidents
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
26	2	1	50%
25	3	0	0%
24	3	0	0%
23	4	0	0%
22	3	0	0%
21	5	0	0%
20	4	0	0%
19	8	0	0%
18	7	0	0%
17	10	0	0%
16	18	0	0%
15	12	0	0%
14	14	0	0%
13	15	0	0%
12	7	0	0%
11	6	0	0%
10	11	0	0%
9	18	0	0%
8	6	0	0%
7	18	0	0%
6	14	0	0%
5	13	0	0%
4	12	1random	8%
3	11	0	0%
2	12	0	0%
1	19	0	0%
0	17	0	0%
All	272	2	0.7%

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2025	–	864	14	23	272	2	26
2024	–	894	12	23	323	1	–
2023	–	757	10	23	281	1	–
2022	–	921	21	21	301	2	24
2021	–	1,081	24	21	377	2	24

ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2024	19	15	77.8%
2023	16	16	100%
2022	30	28	93.3%

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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