Hunt area 23 elk, type 9 (Any Elk Archery)
- Hunt code
- E-023-9
- Unit
- 23, Rattlesnake
- Weapon
- Archery
- Draw years
- 2025–2026
In 2026, 59 residents applied as their first choice for 42 licenses: roughly 71% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.
In 2026, 22 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 9 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew. “Drew” counts the preference draw only; WGFD doesn't report random-draw winners by point level.
| Points | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Over 7, under 8 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 7 or fewer | 18 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 22 | – | – |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 46 | 59 | – | – | 22 | 4 | 9 |
| 2025 | 44 | 76 | – | – | 25 | 4 | 12 |
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).
Sources
- 20262026 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 23
- Hunt area 23 antelope, type 1 (Any Antelope)(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 23 antelope, type 1 (Any Antelope) - nonresident special draw(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 23 antelope, type 2 (Any Antelope)(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 23 antelope, type 2 (Any Antelope) - nonresident special draw(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 23 antelope, type 6 (Doe Or Fawn)(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 23 antelope, type 7 (Doe Or Fawn)(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 23 deer, type 3 (Any White-Tailed Dee)(whitetail deer)
- Hunt area 23 deer, type 3 (Any White-Tailed Dee) - nonresident special draw(whitetail deer)
- Hunt area 23 deer, type 7 (Doe Or Fawn)(deer)
- Hunt area 23 deer, type 8 (Doe Or Fawn White-Ta)(whitetail deer)
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 1 (Any Elk;)
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 1 (Any Elk;) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk;)
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk;) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf;)
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 7 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 23 elk, type 9 (Any Elk Archery) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 23 moose, type 1 (Antlered Moose)(moose)
Units listed next to it
In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Hunt area 21 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 21 elk, type 7 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 22 elk, type 1 (Any Elk;)
- Hunt area 22 elk, type 1 (Any Elk;) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 24 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 24 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 25 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 25 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw