Hunt area 39 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl)

Hunt code
E-039-9
Unit
39, Deer Creek
Weapon
Archery
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 257 residents applied as their first choice for 84 licenses: roughly 33% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 90 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 14 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 39.6%.

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.

PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
1522100%
Over 14, under 1544100%
143267%
Under 148100%
All90––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202693257––90814
202593251––104814
202493227––101715
202393224––86712
202270229––61612
202169222––104612
0815202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20231014039.6%

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).

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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.