Hunt area 117 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk) - nonresident special draw

Hunt code
E-117-4-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, 1 of 1 nonresidents drew (100%). The preference draw reached 1 point.

Harvest success in 2023 was 37%.

2023 draw by point level

First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.

PointsNonresidents
AppliedDrewRate
111100%
All11100%

Year by year

YearPermitsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts needed
20237111
20221000–
20211300–

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2023813037%

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.