Hunt area 49 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)

Hunt code: E-049-1
Unit: 49, Otter Creek
Weapon: Any weapon
Draw years: 2021–2026

In 2026, 353 residents applied as their first choice for 255 licenses: roughly 72% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 103 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 10 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 45%.

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
19	1	1	100%
16	1	1	100%
15	1	1	100%
12	2	2	100%
Over 11, under 12	4	4	100%
11	3	3	100%
Over 10, under 11	2	2	100%
10	4	2	50%
Under 10	85	0	0%
All	103	–	–

Year by year

Year	Permits	Residents			Nonresidents
		Applied	Drew	Pts needed	Applied	Drew	Pts needed
2026	276	353	–	–	103	16	10
2025	283	299	–	–	103	17	9
2024	279	327	–	–	141	17	11
2023	284	323	–	–	104	16	9
2022	275	336	–	–	140	15	10
2021	267	337	–	–	138	13	9

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

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Harvest	Success
2023	313	141	45%

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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