Hunt area 65 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)

Hunt code
E-065-1
Unit
65
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2024–2026

In 2026, 41 residents applied as their first choice for 10 licenses: roughly 24% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 9 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 8 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

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
811100%
Under 8800%
All9––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
20261141––918
20251754––18110
20241754––140–
0510202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

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 65

Units listed next to it

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