Hunt area 45 elk, type 5 (Antlerless Elk)
- Hunt code
- E-045-5
- Unit
- 45, Paint Rock Creek
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 118 residents applied as their first choice for 168 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.
In 2026, 45 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 36.1%.
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 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Over 2, under 3 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Over 1, under 2 | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| 1 | 15 | 13 | 87% |
| Under 1 | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 45 | – | – |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 198 | 118 | – | – | 45 | 23 | 1 |
| 2025 | 196 | 117 | – | – | 51 | 23 | 1 |
| 2024 | 197 | 132 | – | – | 50 | 22 | 0 |
| 2023 | 192 | 111 | – | – | 28 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 197 | 102 | – | – | 35 | 22 | 0 |
| 2021 | 188 | 95 | – | – | 29 | 16 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 166 | 60 | 36.1% |
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 45
- Hunt area 45 antelope, type 1 (Any Antelope)(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 45 antelope, type 1 (Any Antelope) - nonresident special draw(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 45 antelope, type 6 (Doe Or Fawn)(pronghorn)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 5 (Antlerless Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 7 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 45 moose, type 1 (Any Moose, Except Co)(moose)
- Hunt area 45 moose, type 4 (Antlerless Moose, Ex)(moose)
Units listed next to it
In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 41 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 41 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 47 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 47 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 48 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 48 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw