Hunt area 59 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl)

Hunt code
E-059-9
Unit
59, Boulder Basin
Weapon
Archery
Draw years
2021–2026

No residents applied in 2026.

In 2026, 6 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 5 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 31.3%.

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
1011100%
511100%
Under 5400%
All6––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20262300–625
2025242––1848
20242300–521
2023232––2425
20222300–1632
2021232––1132
048202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
202316531.3%

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 59

Units listed next to it

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