Arizona Elk — Unit 7E

Arizona Unit 7E covers 584,275 acres and lies 22 miles north of Flagstaff and 46 miles north of Sedona. 76% of it is public land, mostly national forest (45%) and state trust land (23%). In 2025, 902 people hunted elk here and took 333 — 37% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 200 tags here for 20 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 5 points.

Tags (2026):520 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:435 Hunter success (2025):37% Public land:76% Size:584,275 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 7E, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

3019 GENERAL ELK | Bull elk | 7 East 45 tags · 224 applicants · needed 6 pts

5% Point builder 3% as 2nd choice
3044 GENERAL ELK | Antlerless elk | 7 East 200 tags · 20 applicants · needed 5 pts

26% Long shot 2% as 2nd choice
3045 GENERAL ELK | Antlerless elk | 7 East Kachina Peaks Wilderness Hunt Area (Special Restrictions 200 tags · 24 applicants · needed 3 pts

55% Real chance 13% as 2nd choice
3136 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | 7 East Kachina Peaks Wilderness Hunt Area (Special Restrictions 15 tags · 135 applicants · needed 10 pts

2% Point builder 3% as 2nd choice
3158 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | 7 East 5 tags · 26 applicants · needed 6 pts

7% Point builder 9% as 2nd choice
3180 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Antlerless elk | 7 East 55 tags · 6 applicants · needed 4 pts

100% Likely draw 26% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
3019 ↗ GENERAL ELK \| Bull elk \| 7 East Rifle	5% Point builder	3%	6 +1 since 2023	45 / 224	Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2026
3044 ↗ GENERAL ELK \| Antlerless elk \| 7 East Rifle	26% Long shot	2%	5 steady since 2025	200 / 20	Oct 16–22, 2026
3045 ↗ GENERAL ELK \| Antlerless elk \| 7 East Kachina Peaks Wilderness Hunt Area (Special Restrictions Rifle	55% Real chance	13%	3 steady since 2023	200 / 24	Dec 4–10, 2026
3136 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK \| Bull elk \| 7 East Kachina Peaks Wilderness Hunt Area (Special Restrictions Archery	2% Point builder	3%	10 +2 since 2024	15 / 135	Sep 11–24, 2026
3158 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK \| Bull elk \| 7 East Archery	7% Point builder	9%	6 +1 since 2024	5 / 26	Nov 13–26, 2026
3180 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK \| Antlerless elk \| 7 East Archery	100% Likely draw	26%	4 +1 since 2025	55 / 6	Sep 11–24, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Arizona lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$175	$175	$825

Application window: opens Jan 13, closes Feb 3, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Unit 7E within Arizona

Unit 7E and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

National Forest 265,543 ac · 45%
State trust land 136,366 ac · 23%
Private 134,835 ac · 23%
National Park Service 38,456 ac · 7%
Bureau of Reclamation 4,002 ac · 1%
Tribal 2,512 ac · 0%
BLM 2,402 ac · 0%
State land 154 ac · 0%

Source: BLM AZ Surface Management Agency (Polygon)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Arizona Game & Fish Department publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. 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.