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Arizona Elk 3801

Antlered elk in Unit 4A, rifle only, Nov 28 – Dec 4, 2025. 66% public land, mostly National Forest.

No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.

Arizona Game & Fish Department held its 2026 elk draw without 3801. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.

Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw · no nonresident tags in 2026 — showing 2025

33% (small sample) Long shot

Years to draw on points: —

NR Tags
1
Applicants
0
Success
33%

First-choice nonresidents; nonresidents capped at 10%. Success: Archery-only bull, early hunters, 2025.

Points Needed to Draw

No cut was published in enough years to chart one.

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

What It Costs · 2025 NR Fees

Cost to Apply
$175
If You Miss
$175
If You Draw
$825

The $15 nonresident hunt permit-tag application fee is not refunded. The $160 nonresident Combination Hunt and Fish license is not refunded. A bonus point only (application fee; no tag fee) is $15, bought separately. Drawing adds the $650 nonresident elk hunt permit-tag ($665 incl. $15 application fee).

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
Winslow Payson Snowflake Flagstaff Sedona 4A
36%hunter success 2025 · 494 hunters, 179 elk
Unit 4A in full →

Details

Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw

Points Chance Applied Drew
0–10 ← you 33% (small sample) — —

Unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools. Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes no per-level counts for this hunt; each point adds entries (points + 1), so the pool average is a floor for anyone holding points and an overstatement for a first-year applicant. As a lower choice, 3801 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.

Draw results: AZGFD 2025 M Draw Report, p. 60, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

How It Hunted, 2025

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
Archery-only bull, early 90 30 33%
Archery-only bull, early (hopi) 0 0 0%
Archery-only bull, late 21 0 0%
Archery-only bull, late (hopi) — — —
Archery-only antlerless 82 8 10%
Archery-only antlerless (hopi) 3 0 0%
General bull 124 47 38%
General bull (hopi) 5 3 60%
General antlerless 81 43 53%
General antlerless (hopi) 3 2 67%
Youth-only (general) 85 46 54%
Youth-only (general) (hopi) — — —
All of Unit 4A 494 179 36%

Adding up Arizona Game & Fish Department's published lines for Unit 4A gives 494 hunters and 179 elk taken in 2025, and 36% of them took an elk (sum of published weapon rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Arizona's figures come from AZGFD's post-season hunter questionnaire - survey estimates carrying a 90% confidence interval and a return count, not a census of animals checked in. Source: AZGFD 2025 AZ Elk Harvest Summary; AZGFD 2024 AZ Elk Harvest Summary.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Per Tag Points Needed Published Odds Source
2026 0 1 — — 0.00% AZGFD 2026 M Draw Report, p. 59
2025 1 — — — — AZGFD 2025 M Draw Report, p. 60
2024 0 — — — — AZGFD 2024 M Draw Report, p. 47
2023 0 1 — — 0.00% AZGFD 2023 M Draw Report, p. 37

Other Licenses Valid in Unit 4A

  • 3013 General Elk Nov 27 – Dec 3 · 17 tags · cut 8 3%
  • 3037 General Elk · Antlerless elk Oct 16–22 · 97 tags · 20 applied 3%
  • 3065 Youth-Only (General) Elk (Arizona Hunter Education course required for youth ages 10–13)…Youth only Oct 9–15 · 97 tags · cut 5 14%
  • 3129 Archery-Only Elk Sep 11–24 · 9 tags · cut 21 <1%
  • 3152 Archery-Only Elk Nov 6–19 · 2 tags · cut 8 39% (small sample)
  • 3173 Archery-Only Elk · Antlerless elk Sep 11–24 · 97 tags · cut 0 100%
  • 3804 General · Antlerless elk Oct 17–23 · 2 tags · 0 applied 64% (small sample)
  • 3806 Youth-Only (General) · Antlerless elkYouth only Oct 10–16 · 7 tags · 0 applied 78%
  • 3813 Archery-Only Sep 12–25 · 25 tags 100%
  • 3816 Archery-Only Nov 7–20 · 1 tag · 0 applied 63% (small sample)
  • 3819 Archery-Only · Antlerless elk Sep 12–25 · 1 tag · 0 applied 100% (small sample)

Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Arizona elk

23 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Arizona. Rules and sources: Arizona hunting laws.

.22-250 Remington from $0.98/rd .223 Remington from $0.43/rd .243 Winchester from $1.11/rd .25-06 Remington from $1.82/rd 6.5 Creedmoor from $1.01/rd 6.5 Grendel from $0.72/rd .270 Winchester from $0.15/rd 7mm-08 Remington from $1.84/rd 7mm Remington Magnum from $2.05/rd .30-06 Springfield from $1.11/rd .300 AAC Blackout from $0.60/rd .300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd .30-30 Winchester from $1.08/rd .308 Winchester from $0.82/rd .338 Winchester Magnum from $2.61/rd .350 Legend from $1.10/rd .35 Whelen .360 Buckhammer .400 Legend .444 Marlin .450 Bushmaster from $2.02/rd .45-70 Government from $1.97/rd .50 Beowulf
▸ Sources 17
  1. AZGFD 2025 M Draw Report, p. 60 · draw results, earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. AZGFD 2024 M Draw Report, p. 47 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. AZGFD 2023 M Draw Report, p. 37 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. AZGFD 2026 Game and Fish Laws and Rules Book draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. AZGFD 2025 Pronghorn and Elk Hunt Draw Information fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. AZGFD 2025 AZ Elk Draw Odds, p. 5 · seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. AZGFD 2025 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. AZGFD 2024 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. AZGFD 2023 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. AZGFD 2022 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. AZGFD 2021 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. AZGFD 2020 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. AZGFD 2019 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. AZGFD 2018 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. AZGFD 2017 AZ Elk Harvest Summary harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  16. AZGFD 2026 AZ Game and Fish Hunt Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  17. Bureau of Land Management Arizona State Office with the Arizona State Land Department (Arizona Land Resources Information System, ALRIS) and Premier Data Services 2026 BLM AZ Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Arizona Game & Fish Department's published results (unweighted tags ÷ applicants — state did not publish pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.

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