Hunt area 117 elk, type 2 (Antlered Elk Five (5) - nonresident special draw

Hunt code
E-117-2-S
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, 14 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.

PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
233100%
Over 1, under 222100%
122100%
Over 0, under 166100%
0 or fewer100%
All14––

Year by year

YearPermitsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts needed
20231614131
202213881
20211000–
01202120222023
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
20232169845.4%

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).

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Other hunts in unit 117

Units listed next to it

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