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Unit 078 elk,any legal weapon season
Season Any Legal Weapon Oct 22–Nov 5·Units: 078·20 tags in 2025·Who can apply: residents
Answer card2025 draw · Resident
20 tags, 224 applied, 5% drew in 2025. 259th hardest of 534 Nevada elk draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
5%
11 of 224 drew
Harvest success
40%
Range, 2025
Tags · 2025
20
Applicants · 2025
224
11 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Who | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Resident | 224 | 11 | 20 |
Nevada prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Legal animal
- Elk Antlered
- Weapon
- Any Legal Weapon
- Tags
- 20 (2025)
- Who can apply
- Residents
- Land ownership
- BLM 88.3%, Private 10.9%, DOD 0.8%
Season dates, 2025
- Any Legal Weapon: Oct 22–Nov 5
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 438
2025–20252540%
2025: 8 taken by 20 hunters.
Other elk hunts in Unit 078
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Before you apply
- Application fee
- “A fee not to exceed $10 may be charged for processing an application for a game species or permit other than an application for an elk. A fee of not less than $5 but not more than $15 must be charged for processing an application for an elk”
- Tag fee
- “Nonresident antlered elk tag.............................................................................. 1,200”
- Points
- “may electronically submit an application for a bonus point for that species or category of species”
Rules for 2026.
Source: NDOW