Hunt area 55 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw

Hunt code
E-055-1-S
Unit
55, Grinnell
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 50 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 15 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 58.8%.

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
1622100%
1522100%
Under 154600%
All50––

Year by year

YearPermitsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts needed
2026450415
2025421312
2024439313
2023423512
2022430512
2021429411
0815202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2023513058.8%

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 55

Units listed next to it

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