Hunt area 85 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf)

Hunt code
E-085-6
Unit
85, Fall Creek
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 143 residents applied as their first choice for 84 licenses: roughly 59% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 59 nonresidents applied as their first choice for 16 licenses: roughly 27% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

Harvest success in 2023 was 31.8%.

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
2026100143––59––
2025100131––45––
2024100117––50––
2023100107––58––
2022100114––36––
202150103––39––

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2023662131.8%

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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