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Unit 161 elk,archery season
Season Archery Aug 25–Sep 16·Units: 161·12 tags in 2025·Who can apply: residents
Answer card2025 draw · Resident
12 tags, 98 applied, 8% drew in 2025. 367th hardest of 534 Nevada elk draws in 2025.
Draw result · 2025
8%
8 of 98 drew
Harvest success
22%
Range, 2025
Tags · 2025
12
Applicants · 2025
98
8.2 per tag
Draw results · whole hunt
| Year | Who | Applicants | Drew | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Resident | 98 | 8 | 12 |
Nevada prints whole-hunt figures, not results by point level.
What it is
- Legal animal
- Elk Antlered
- Weapon
- Archery
- Tags
- 12 (2025)
- Who can apply
- Residents
- Land ownership
- BLM 60.2%, USFS 37%, Private 1.9%, Other 0.7%, DOD 0.1%
Season dates, 2025
- Archery: Aug 25–Sep 16
Check the regulations for boundaries and restrictions.
Harvest success, 538
2025–20252522%
2025: 2 taken by 9 hunters.
Other elk hunts in Unit 161
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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