Hunt area 117 elk, type 7 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt code
- E-117-7
- 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, 315 residents applied as their first choice for 625 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.
In 2023, 253 nonresidents applied as their first choice for 117 licenses: roughly 46% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.
Harvest success in 2023 was 53.7%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2023 | 742 | 315 | – | – | 253 | – | – |
| 2022 | 494 | 317 | – | – | 163 | – | – |
| 2021 | 493 | 339 | – | – | 172 | – | – |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 589 | 316 | 53.7% |
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)
- 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 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