Hunt area 56 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl)

Hunt code
E-056-9
Unit
56, Wapiti Ridge
Weapon
Archery
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 2 residents applied as their first choice for 25 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.

In 2026, 10 nonresidents applied.

Harvest success in 2023 was 0%.

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
Over 2, under 333100%
2 or fewer700%
All10––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026282––103–
20252800–73–
2024282––2134
2023301––1147
2022281––2644
2021301––1040
047202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20232400%

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 56

Units listed next to it

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