Nevada Unit 162:elk draw odds & harvest
33 hunt codes for elk. 2025: 1 to 55 tags, 5 to 690 applicants per hunt.
Nevada · Unit 162
- 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 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 079: Elk
- Unit 081: Elk
- Unit 091: Elk
- Unit 108B: Elk
- Unit 108C: Elk
Unit 162Neighbor units
At a glance
Elk hunt codes
33
Archery · muzzleloader · any legal weapon
Tags · 2025
280
across 26 hunts
Applicants · 2025
6,090
22 per tag
Harvest success 3-yr
0–100%
Public land · 473
97.3%
BLM 60.2% · USFS 37% · DOD 0.1%
Compare species at a glance
Hunt codes
Best draw odds
- Deer100% drew
- Elk40% drew
- Pronghorn25% drew
- Bighorn sheep<1% drew
Harvest success, 3 yr
Hardest draw in Unit 1622022 draw
Elk Antlered | Any Legal Weapon | 161 - 164, 171 - 173 | Sep 17 - Sep 307 drew, 2,713 applied.
One of Nevada's hardest elk draws: 50th hardest of 534 in 2022.
Hunt codes
Elk huntsin Unit 162
Whole-hunt draw results: applicants, tags and the share that drew.
| Hunt code | What it is | Draw result · 2025 | Tags | Success 3-yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 538 | Elk Antlered · archery · Aug 25–Sep 16 | 8 of 98 drew | 12 | 22% |
| 783 | Elk Antlerless · archery · Aug 1–Aug 15 | 11 of 48 drew | 40 | 21% |
| 827 | Elk Antlered · archery · Aug 25–Sep 16 | 1 of 127 drew | 1 | 0% |
| 8375940 | Elk Antlerless · archery · Aug 1–Aug 15 | 2 of 7 drew | 4 | 25% |
| 606 | Elk Antlered · muzzleloader · Sep 17–Sep 30 | 7 of 276 drew | 7 | 71% |
| 766 | Elk Antlerless · muzzleloader · Aug 16–Aug 24 | 10 of 58 drew | 17 | 21% |
| 8375949 | Elk Antlerless · muzzleloader · Aug 16–Aug 24 | 1 of 5 drew | 2 | 0% |
| 844 | Elk Antlered · muzzleloader · Sep 17–Sep 30 | 1 of 276 drew | 1 | 100% |
Some hunt codes cover several units; the hunt page lists them all.
Harvest
How hunters didin Unit 162.
Harvest success by hunt, 2025–2025
% success47350%
50%
2025
47546%
46%
2025
53822%
22%
2025
60671%
71%
2025
7498%
8%
2025
75418%
18%
2025
76621%
21%
2025
78322%
22%
2025
8270%
0%
2025
83325%
25%
2025
83450%
50%
2025
837594025%
25%
2025
83759490%
0%
2025
837596219%
19%
2025
844100%
100%
2025
85817%
17%
2025
85967%
67%
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
- 473Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 6–Nov 20
- 475Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 21–Dec 4
- 538Archery · ArcheryAug 25–Sep 16
- 606Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderSep 17–Sep 30
- 749Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponDec 5–Jan 1
- 754Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponOct 1–Oct 20
- 766Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderAug 16–Aug 24
- 783Archery · ArcheryAug 1–Aug 15
- 827Archery · ArcheryAug 25–Sep 16
- 833Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 21–Dec 4
- 834Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponNov 6–Nov 20
- 8375940Archery · ArcheryAug 1–Aug 15
- 8375949Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderAug 16–Aug 24
- 8375962Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponDec 5–Jan 1
- 844Muzzleloader · MuzzleloaderSep 17–Sep 30
- 858Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponDec 5–Jan 1
- 859Any Legal Weapon · Any Legal WeaponOct 1–Oct 20
Confirm in the regulations before you go.
Map & access
Unit 162and 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 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 079: 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
Take Unit 162into your map app
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Members
Unit 162 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 162 · 538
8 of 98 drew
Success22%
Ask FarWide
Answers use the same figures as this page.
Source: NDOW