
Nevada Unit 079:elk draw odds & harvest
28 hunt codes for elk. 2025: 3 to 135 tags, 9 to 1,979 applicants per hunt.
Nevada · Unit 079
- Unit 101: Elk
- Unit 102: Elk
- Unit 103: Elk
- Unit 104: Elk
- Unit 105: Elk
- Unit 106: Elk
- Unit 107: Elk
- Unit 109: Elk
- Unit 111: Elk
- Unit 112: Elk
- Unit 113: Elk
- Unit 114: Elk
- Unit 115: Elk
- Unit 121: Elk
- Unit 131: Elk
- Unit 132: Elk
- Unit 144: Elk
- Unit 145: Elk
- Unit 161: Elk
- Unit 162: Elk
- Unit 163: Elk
- Unit 164: Elk
- Unit 171: Elk
- Unit 172: Elk
- Unit 173: Elk
- Unit 221: Elk
- Unit 222: Elk
- Unit 223: Elk
- Unit 231: Elk
- Unit 241: Elk
- Unit 242: Elk
- Unit 251: Elk
- Unit 262: Elk
- Unit 051: Elk
- Unit 061: Elk
- Unit 062: Elk
- Unit 064: Elk
- Unit 066: Elk
- Unit 067: Elk
- Unit 068: Elk
- Unit 071: Elk
- Unit 072: Elk
- Unit 073: Elk
- Unit 074: Elk
- Unit 075: Elk
- Unit 076: Elk
- Unit 077: Elk
- Unit 078: Elk
- Unit 081: Elk
- Unit 091: Elk
- Unit 108B: Elk
- Unit 108C: Elk
Unit 079Neighbor units
At a glance
Elk hunt codes
28
Archery · muzzleloader · any legal weapon
Tags · 2025
756
across 27 hunts
Applicants · 2025
10,227
14 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
14–100%
Public land · 414
68.1%
BLM 68.1%
Hardest draw in Unit 0792025 draw
8135 tags, 223 applied, under 1% drew.
One of Nevada's hardest elk draws: 1st hardest of 534 in 2025.
Hunt codes
Elk huntsin Unit 079
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 | Elk Antlered · archery · Aug 25–Sep 16 | 16 of 104 drew | 45 | 37% |
| 774 | Elk Antlerless · archery · Aug 1–Aug 24 | 52 of 114 drew | 90 | 21% |
| 813 | Elk Antlered · archery · Aug 25–Sep 16 | 0 of 223 drew | 5 | 40% |
| 915 | Elk Antlerless · archery · Aug 1–Aug 24 | 4 of 9 drew | 10 | 14% |
| 583 | Elk Antlered · muzzleloader · Oct 22–Nov 5 | 12 of 100 drew | 25 | 58% |
| 792 | Elk Antlerless · muzzleloader · Sep 17–Sep 30 | 38 of 143 drew | 70 | 47% |
| 841 | Elk Antlered · muzzleloader · Oct 22–Nov 5 | 2 of 41 drew | 3 | 100% |
| 918 | Elk Antlerless · muzzleloader · Sep 17–Sep 30 | 2 of 12 drew | 6 | 33% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 079.
Harvest success by hunt, 2025–2025
% success41465%
65%
2025
42461%
61%
2025
53337%
37%
2025
58358%
58%
2025
70349%
49%
2025
70640%
40%
2025
77422%
22%
2025
79247%
47%
2025
79560%
60%
2025
79661%
61%
2025
81340%
40%
2025
82067%
67%
2025
82263%
63%
2025
837621257%
57%
2025
837621367%
67%
2025
841100%
100%
2025
91514%
14%
2025
91833%
33%
2025
45%+28–45%Under 28%
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.
Season dates · 2025
- 414Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 21–Dec 4
- 424Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 6–Nov 20
- 533Archery · ArcheryAug 25–Sep 16
- 583Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderOct 22–Nov 5
- 703Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponDec 5–Jan 1
- 706Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponOct 1–Oct 20
- 774Archery · ArcheryAug 1–Aug 24
- 792Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderSep 17–Sep 30
- 795Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponOct 1–Oct 20
- 796Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponDec 5–Jan 1
- 813Archery · ArcheryAug 25–Sep 16
- 820Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 21–Dec 4
- 822Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 6–Nov 20
- 8376212Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponOct 1–Oct 20
- 8376213Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponDec 5–Jan 1
- 841Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderOct 22–Nov 5
- 915Archery · ArcheryAug 1–Aug 24
- 918Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderSep 17–Sep 30
Confirm in the regulations before you go.
Map & access
Unit 079and the units around it
Neighbors with a FarWide page open on click.
- Unit 101: Elk
- Unit 102: Elk
- Unit 103: Elk
- Unit 104: Elk
- Unit 105: Elk
- Unit 106: Elk
- Unit 107: Elk
- Unit 109: Elk
- Unit 111: Elk
- Unit 112: Elk
- Unit 113: Elk
- Unit 114: Elk
- Unit 115: Elk
- Unit 121: Elk
- Unit 131: Elk
- Unit 132: Elk
- Unit 144: Elk
- Unit 145: Elk
- Unit 161: Elk
- Unit 162: Elk
- Unit 163: Elk
- Unit 164: Elk
- Unit 171: Elk
- Unit 172: Elk
- Unit 173: Elk
- Unit 221: Elk
- Unit 222: Elk
- Unit 223: Elk
- Unit 231: Elk
- Unit 241: Elk
- Unit 242: Elk
- Unit 251: Elk
- Unit 262: Elk
- Unit 051: Elk
- Unit 061: Elk
- Unit 062: Elk
- Unit 064: Elk
- Unit 066: Elk
- Unit 067: Elk
- Unit 068: Elk
- Unit 071: Elk
- Unit 072: Elk
- Unit 073: Elk
- Unit 074: Elk
- Unit 075: Elk
- Unit 076: Elk
- Unit 077: Elk
- Unit 078: Elk
- Unit 081: Elk
- Unit 091: Elk
- Unit 108B: Elk
- Unit 108C: Elk
Public land & access
Each program opens on the state's site. Check on-the-ground signage.
Offline maps
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Members
Unit 079 hunt pack
One file, layered: the unit boundary, with each elk hunt's draw odds and harvest success attached to the unit.
- Unit boundary
- Draw odds per hunt
- Harvest success per hunt
Unit 079 · 533
16 of 104 drew
Success37%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: NDOW