Hunt area 39 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk)

Hunt code
E-039-4
Unit
39, Deer Creek
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 140 residents applied as their first choice for 126 licenses: roughly 90% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 38 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 1 point. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 65.3%.

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.

PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
333100%
Over 2, under 322100%
288100%
18563%
Under 11700%
All38––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026149140––38181
2025148140––41182
2024150153––40191
2023148116––20170
2022146116––32180
2021148102––22170
012202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20231479665.3%

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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Other hunts in unit 39

Units listed next to it

In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.