E-E-851-W2-R
Either-sex elk · Ranching for Wildlife (2) rifle · Unit 851 · List A
In the 2026 draw, 136 hunters put E-E-851-W2-R as their 1st choice for 3 licenses. Residents needed 29 points (75% of applicants at 29 drew); no nonresidents applied.
Point creep is real here: residents needed 26 points in 2022 and 29 in 2026. Expect it to take more next year.
Compare hunts in unit 851Your odds by points (2026 draw)
Share of 1st-choice applicants at each point level who drew. Below the cutoff, small odds come from the random hybrid draw.
Points needed by year
Resident trend: getting harder.
| Year | Licenses | 1st-choice apps | Residents | Nonresidents | Youth res. | Hybrid | Left after draw | 2nd draw: offered / unsold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 136 | 29 pts · 75% | No applicants | None drawn | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025 | 3 | 168 | 28 pts · 40% | No applicants | None drawn | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 3 | 167 | 27 pts · 50% | No applicants | None drawn | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 | 3 | 181 | 26 pts · 20% | No applicants | None drawn | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 142 | 26 pts | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 76 | 25 pts · 25% | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 2 | 78 | 25 pts · 67% | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 58 | 24 pts · 50% | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 102 | 24 pts | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 67 | 22 pts · 67% | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 78 | 21 pts · 50% | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 75 | 23 pts | No applicants | None drawn | — | 0 |
“2nd choice” means every 1st-choice applicant drew and licenses went on to later choices. “Leftover” means licenses remained after the primary draw. The secondary draw (June) also re-offers unpaid and returned licenses; “unsold” ones went to the leftover sale in August. Secondary-draw data starts in 2021. A percentage is the share of applicants at the cutoff level who drew.
2026 applicants and successes by point level
1st-choice applications only, adult residents and nonresidents. Highlighted is the resident cutoff; tinted rows below it are random hybrid-draw winners.
| Points | Res. applied | Res. drew | Nonres. applied | Nonres. drew |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | · |
| 28 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 27 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 26 | 4 | · | 0 | · |
| 25 | 4 | · | 0 | · |
| 24 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 23 | 4 | · | 0 | · |
| 22 | 5 | · | 0 | · |
| 21 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 20 | 1 | · | 0 | · |
| 19 | 1 | · | 0 | · |
| 18 | 5 | · | 0 | · |
| 17 | 2 | · | 0 | · |
| 16 | 2 | · | 0 | · |
| 15 | 5 | · | 0 | · |
| 14 | 8 | · | 0 | · |
| 13 | 5 | · | 0 | · |
| 12 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 11 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 10 | 1 | · | 0 | · |
| 9 | 6 | · | 0 | · |
| 8 | 2 | · | 0 | · |
| 7 | 4 | · | 0 | · |
| 6 | 3 | · | 0 | · |
| 5 | 6 | · | 0 | · |
| 4 | 7 | · | 0 | · |
| 3 | 5 | · | 0 | · |
| 2 | 2 | · | 0 | · |
| 1 | 10 | · | 0 | · |
| 0 | 7 | · | 0 | · |
Harvest success
| Season | Hunters | Bulls | Cows | Success |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 72 | 28 | 27 | 76% |
| 2023 | 66 | 24 | 28 | 79% |
| 2022 | 80 | 30 | 20 | 62% |
| 2021 | 96 | 35 | 27 | 66% |
| 2020 | 109 | 44 | 45 | 82% |
| 2019 | 107 | 47 | 34 | 77% |
From CPW's harvest survey estimates. Before 2025, CPW reported harvest by unit and season type, so earlier rows cover all hunters of this weapon and season in the unit, not only this hunt code.