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Unit 23 elk,Unit 23
Season YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) ELK (Arizona Hunter Education course required for youth ages 10–13) Oct 9–Oct 15·Units: 23·100 tags in 2026
Answer card2026 draw · All applicants
100 tags, 272 applied, 6% drew in 2026. 180th hardest of 260 Arizona elk draws in 2026.
Draw result · 2026
6%
16 of 272 drew
Harvest success
51–83%
Range, 2023–2025
Tags · 2026
100
Bulls / 100 cows
17
23, 2025
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 272 | 16 | 100 |
Arizona prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Hunt
- Unit 23
- Legal animal
- Antlerless elk
- Tags
- 100 (2026)
Season dates, 2026
- YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) ELK (Arizona Hunter Education course required for youth ages 10–13): Oct 9–Oct 15
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 3072
2021–20252133%227%2351%2483%2565%
2025: 64 taken by 99 hunters.
Other elk hunts in Unit 23
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Before you apply
- Points
- “Bonus points may be accrued for deer, antelope, elk, turkey, javelina, bighorn sheep, buffalo, and bear. In order to accrue a bonus point for a species, a valid application must be submitted into a drawing for that species and the application must be unsuccessful (not…”
- Tag fee
- “Elk Nonpermit-tag $135 $650”
- Application fee
- “prices shown include a $13 application fee per applicant for residents and a $15 application fee per applicant for non-residents.”
Rules for 2027.
Source: AZGFD