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

Hunt code
EB3152
Unit
Southwest Desert, South
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
Late Any Legal Weapon
Draw years
2021–2025

In 2025, 24 of 404 residents drew (6%). The bonus-point pool reached 16 points. 12 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 3 points.

In 2025, 3 of 102 nonresidents drew (3%). The bonus-point pool reached 22 points. 1 went to a random-draw winner holding 17 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 65.2%.

2025 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
1911100%
1811100%
1744100%
1666100%
15100%
1431random33%
1362random33%
12700%
11151random7%
10132random15%
91500%
81600%
7241random4%
6221random5%
52800%
4363random8%
3411random2%
23500%
14800%
08200%
All404246%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2222100%
20200%
18300%
1751random20%
16500%
15400%
14500%
13200%
12500%
11900%
10200%
9300%
8400%
7700%
6700%
5600%
4400%
3600%
2900%
1600%
0600%
All10233%

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2025–4042416102322
2024–36121161111–
2023–3631815881–
2022–4322615148221
2021–4633016162220
0112220212022202320242025
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024241665.2%
2023211573.7%
2022292792%

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.

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