Hunt area 53 elk, type 2 (Any Elk)

Hunt code
E-053-2
Unit
53, Trout Peak
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2023

Not offered in the draw after 2023. The figures below are its last draws.

In 2023, 77 residents applied as their first choice for 20 licenses: roughly 26% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2023, 7 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 9 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 31.8%.

2023 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
1111100%
911100%
Under 9500%
All7––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20232277––729
20223125––839
20213124––1338
059202120222023
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202322731.8%

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 53

Units listed next to it

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