Hunt area 118 elk, type 1 (Antlered Elk)

Hunt code
E-118-1
Unit
118, Shamrock Hills
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2021–2026

In 2026, 240 residents applied as their first choice for 55 licenses: roughly 23% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2026, 22 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 10 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 82.1%.

2026 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
1711100%
1422100%
1122100%
1011100%
Under 101600%
All22––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202662240––22610
202563192––65715
202463194––25613
202331182––28313
202233149––1238
202121118––10213
0815202120222023202420252026
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2023393282.1%

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 118

Units listed next to it

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