ELK 38-4 · antlerlessRES + NRPreference draw

Unit 38 elk,Hunt area 38

Season Regular Oct 1–Nov 15·Units: 38·459 tags in 2026·Who can apply: residents and nonresidents

Odds for:Nonresident · 0 pts

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Answer card2026 draw · Nonresident

In 2026, ELK 38-4 had 459 tags on 489 applications. As a FarWide forecast, that makes it a coin flip.

Draw result · 2026

100%

28 of 28 drew

Your odds @ 0 pts

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FarWide forecast

Harvest success

37–57%

Range, 2023–2025

Bulls / 100 cows

El321 - North Bighorn, 2024

Odds by point level · 2026 · Nonresident

You are in the 1 row

Points	Applicants	Drew	Odds · 2026 results	Verdict
2+	8	8	100%
1You · 0 pts	20	20	100%	Likely

Why "drew out at" and your odds differ: the cutoff is one number, while odds count everyone who applied at each level.

Draw history

Year	Who	Draw	Applicants	Tags	Drew	Share drawn
2026	Nonresident	28 of 28 drew	28		28	100%
2026	Resident	489 applicants	489	459
2025	Nonresident	33 of 41 drew	41		33	80%
2025	Resident	336 applicants	336	312
2024	Nonresident	44 of 75 drew	75		44	59%
2024	Resident	461 applicants	461	459
2023	Nonresident	40 of 78 drew	78		40	51%
2023	Resident	515 applicants	515	461
2022	Nonresident	50 of 106 drew	106		50	47%
2022	Resident	408 applicants	408	459
2021	Nonresident	56 of 65 drew	65		56	86%
2021	Resident	347 applicants	347	459

Other applicant tracks

Track	Year	Applied	Drew
Nonresident special	2026	1	1

Draws that run alongside the general one, from the latest results.

What it is

Season dates, 2026

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Harvest success, ELK 38-4

2021–2025

2141%2247%2345%2457%2537%

2025: 179 taken by 490 hunters.

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Before you apply

Points: “Preference points are utilized in conducting the resident and nonresident moose, resident and nonresident full price bighorn sheep, nonresident elk, nonresident deer and nonresident antelope drawings.”
Tag fee: “PERMIT | ELK SPECIAL MANAGEMENT PERMIT | $15.50”
Tag fee: “ELK | NONRESIDENT COW/CALF ELK | $288.00 | If applying for license through drawing, application fee must also be remitted. Application Fee $15.00.”
Tag fee: “ELK | RESIDENT COW/CALF ELK | $43.00 | If applying for license through drawing, application fee must also be remitted. Application Fee $5.00.”