Hunt area 123 elk, type 2 (Antlered Elk Five)

Hunt code
E-123-2
Unit
123, Black Thunder
Weapon
Any weapon
Draw years
2022–2024

Not offered in the draw after 2024. The figures below are its last draws.

In 2024, 122 residents applied as their first choice for 35 licenses: roughly 29% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.

In 2024, 49 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 7 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.

Harvest success in 2023 was 88.5%.

2024 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
1111100%
74375%
Under 74400%
All49––

Year by year

YearPermitsResidentsNonresidents
AppliedDrewPts neededAppliedDrewPts needed
202438122––4947
20234534––3531
202248107––114
047202220232024
NonresidentsPoints needed, by year: the trend of past cutoffs, not a forecast.

Harvest

YearHuntersHarvestSuccess
2023524688.5%

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 123

Units listed next to it

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