Hunt area 16 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf)

Hunt code
E-016-6
Unit
16, Shirley Mountain
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 607 residents applied as their first choice for 248 licenses: roughly 41% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 212 nonresidents applied as their first choice for 48 licenses: roughly 23% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

Harvest success in 2023 was 62.3%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026296607––212––
2025295638––246––
2024297636––165––
2023296593––168––
2022296547––250––
2021295528––208––

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202323614762.3%

Reading these numbers

Nonresident elk, deer and antelope, and everyone's moose and bighorn sheep: 75% of each hunt's licenses go to the preference-point draw, highest points first (party points are averaged), and the other 25% are drawn at random among everyone who missed, points ignored. Residents draw elk, deer and antelope at random with no points; mountain goat, bison and the doe/fawn, cow/calf and ewe/lamb licenses are random for everyone. Nonresident 'special' licenses cost more and are drawn as a separate pool (hunt codes ending -S).

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Units listed next to it

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