Arizona Elk — Unit 7W

Arizona Unit 7W covers 304,090 acres and lies 26 miles north-west of Flagstaff and 40 miles north of Sedona. 88% of it is public land, mostly national forest (80%) and state trust land (8%). In 2025, 1,207 people hunted elk here and took 427 — 35% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 350 tags here for 54 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.

Tags (2026):920 Nonresident share:capped at 10% Applicants:739 Hunter success (2025):35% Public land:88% Size:304,090 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 7W, 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

3020 GENERAL ELK | Bull elk | 7 West 50 tags · 321 applicants · needed 9 pts

2% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice
3047 GENERAL ELK | Antlerless elk | Apply - See Note 48) 7 West 350 tags · 54 applicants · needed 6 pts

6% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
3048 GENERAL ELK | Antlerless elk | 7 West 350 tags · 45 applicants · needed 5 pts

35% Long shot 10% as 2nd choice
3068 YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) ELK (Arizona Hunter Education course required for youth ages 10–13) | Antlerless elk | 7 West 100 tags · 54 applicants · needed 5 pts

9% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
3138 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | Apply - See Note 48) 7 West 15 tags · 252 applicants · needed 18 pts

<1% Point builder 1% as 2nd choice
3159 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Bull elk | 7 West 5 tags · 9 applicants · needed 9 pts

19% Long shot 8% as 2nd choice
3181 ARCHERY-ONLY ELK | Antlerless elk | 7 West 50 tags · 4 applicants · needed 7 pts

100% Likely draw 19% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
3020 ↗ GENERAL ELK \| Bull elk \| 7 West Rifle	2% Point builder	2%	9 +2 since 2023	50 / 321	Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2026
3047 ↗ GENERAL ELK \| Antlerless elk \| Apply - See Note 48) 7 West Rifle	6% Point builder	0%	6 steady since 2025	350 / 54	Oct 16–22, 2026
3048 ↗ GENERAL ELK \| Antlerless elk \| 7 West Rifle	35% Long shot	10%	5 +1 since 2023	350 / 45	Dec 4–10, 2026
3068 ↗ YOUTH-ONLY (GENERAL) ELK (Arizona Hunter Education course required for youth ages 10–13) \| Antlerless elk \| 7 West Rifle	9% Point builder	0%	5 steady since 2023	100 / 54	Oct 9–15, 2026
3138 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK \| Bull elk \| Apply - See Note 48) 7 West Archery	<1% Point builder	1%	18 −1 since 2025	15 / 252	Sep 11–24, 2026
3159 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK \| Bull elk \| 7 West Archery	19% Long shot	8%	9 +1 since 2024	5 / 9	Nov 13–26, 2026
3181 ↗ ARCHERY-ONLY ELK \| Antlerless elk \| 7 West Archery	100% Likely draw	19%	7 +1 since 2025	50 / 4	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 7W within Arizona

Unit 7W 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 242,807 ac · 80%
Private 37,693 ac · 12%
State trust land 23,589 ac · 8%

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.