Hunt area 41 elk, type 7 (Cow Or Calf)

Hunt code
E-041-7
Unit
41, Medicine Lodge
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2022–2026

In 2026, 80 residents applied as their first choice for 167 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.

In 2026, 83 nonresidents applied as their first choice for 32 licenses: roughly 39% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

Harvest success in 2023 was 30.2%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202619980––83––
202519856––22––
202415015––19––
202316221––7––
202217410––00–

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20231163530.2%

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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