Hunt area 31 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)

Hunt code: E-031-1
Unit: 31, Little Mountain
Weapon: Any weapon
Draw years: 2021–2026

In 2026, 1,062 residents applied as their first choice for 32 licenses: roughly 3% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 44 nonresidents applied.

Harvest success in 2023 was 78.6%.

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
Points	Applied	Drew	Rate
20	3	0	0%
Under 20	41	0	0%
All	44	–	–

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2026	32	1,062	–	–	44	0	–
2025	31	1,104	–	–	102	0	–
2024	40	1,096	–	–	118	0	–
2023	63	1,129	–	–	140	2	17
2022	64	1,356	–	–	188	3	16
2021	63	1,463	–	–	212	4	15

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

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2023	70	55	78.6%

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)
20242024 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20242024 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20242024 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20242024 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20242024 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20242024 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20242024 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20232023 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20232023 Elk harvest report(harvest)
20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20222022 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
20212021 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)

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Other hunts in unit 31

Units listed next to it

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