Hunt area 117 elk, type 2 (Antlered Elk Five (5)
- Hunt code
- E-117-2
- Unit
- 117, South Black Hills
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Draw years
- 2021–2023
Not offered in the draw after 2023. The figures below are its last draws.
In 2023, 86 residents applied as their first choice for 208 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.
In 2023, 70 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 1 point. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.
Harvest success in 2023 was 45.4%.
2023 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.
| Points | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 4 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | 100% |
| 1 | 10 | 5 | 50% |
| Under 1 | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 70 | – | – |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2023 | 232 | 86 | – | – | 70 | 18 | 1 |
| 2022 | 193 | 55 | – | – | 16 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 158 | 13 | – | – | 8 | 8 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 216 | 98 | 45.4% |
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).
Sources
- 20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk harvest report(harvest)
- 20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 117
- Hunt area 117 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O)(mule deer)
- Hunt area 117 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O) - nonresident special draw(mule deer)
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 2 (Antlered Elk Five (5) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 3 (Spike Or Antlerless)
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 3 (Spike Or Antlerless) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk)
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 7 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 117 elk, type 8 (Cow Or Calf)
Units listed next to it
In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Hunt area 113 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 113 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 116 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 116 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 118 elk, type 1 (Antlered Elk)
- Hunt area 118 elk, type 1 (Antlered Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 120 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 120 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw