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

Hunt code
EB3198
Unit
Southwest Desert, South
Weapon
Any weapon
Season
Mid Any Legal Weapon
Draw years
2023–2025

In 2025, 42 of 401 residents drew (10%). The bonus-point pool reached 15 points. 21 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 0 points.

In 2025, 4 of 128 nonresidents drew (3%). The bonus-point pool reached 24 points. 2 went to random-draw winners, the lowest holding 11 points.

Harvest success in 2024 was 70.7%.

2025 draw by point level

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

Show residents or nonresidents
PointsResidents
AppliedDrewRate
2411100%
2322100%
2222100%
21221 random100%
2011100%
1911100%
1833100%
1722100%
1644100%
151051 random50%
14200%
1392random22%
1271random14%
11112random18%
10800%
9231random4%
8262random8%
7221random5%
6142random14%
5292random7%
4332random6%
34500%
2402random5%
1531random2%
0511random2%
All4014210%
PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
2422100%
23200%
22400%
2141random25%
19200%
18200%
17300%
16400%
15400%
14500%
13700%
12300%
1171random14%
10900%
9100%
8700%
7300%
6500%
5700%
4800%
3900%
2500%
11400%
01100%
All12843%

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2025–4014215128424
2024–3813815111422
2023–362331691424
01224202320242025
ResidentsNonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2024433070.7%
2023372259.5%

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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