California Elk 326 — Zone Fort Hunter Liggett

FORT HUNTER LIGGETT - MUZZLELOADER - BULL · Fort Hunter Liggett Tule Elk Hunt

What you may take
FORT HUNTER LIGGETT - MUZZLELOADER - BULL
Weapon
Muzzleloader
Where
Fort Hunter Liggett — Tule Elk Hunt
0% public of 162,100 acres
Season (2019)
Nov 23 – Dec 1, 2019
Tags (2019)
4
for 770 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 1
Tule success here (2022)
82%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2019 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 3 tags, 770 first-choice applicants. Source: 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn... · p. 1.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% 80
1 <1% 65
2 <1% 36
3 <1% 42
4 <1% 41
5 <1% 24
6 <1% 30
7 <1% 47
8 <1% 53
9 <1% 37
10 <1% 28
11 <1% 28
12 <1% 27
13 <1% 26
14 <1% 33
15 <1% 32
16 <1% 46
17 4% 73

Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means California Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2025 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$227.94
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$227.94
Total if drawn
$2,053.79
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2019 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $7,209.28 (enough points to draw) to $177,299.29 (lowest published odds).

Elk Tag Drawing Application · paid at application $8.13 source
Nonresident hunting license · paid at application $219.81 source
Nonresident elk tag (paid only if drawn) · paid if drawn, refundable $1,825.85 source

Next application window: opens Apr 15, closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 15. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

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

Seasons (2019)

Split 1: Nov 23 – Dec 1, 2019 p. 49

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Fort Hunter Liggett, California Department of Fish and Wildlife counted 28 hunters and 23 tule taken in 2022 — 82% of them killed something. Full Fort Hunter Liggett profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2022) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Tule 1 1 100%
Tule 1 1 100%
Tule 7 4 50%
Tule 6 5 83%
Tule 6 5 83%
Tule 7 7 88%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2022 Elk Harvest Statistics 2021 Elk Harvest Success Rates

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. California runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2019 4 770 192.5 1 tagfrom 770 applications 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn... · p. 1
2018 4 727 181.8 1 tagfrom 727 applications 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1
2017 4 781 195.3 1 tagfrom 781 applications 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1

Other licenses valid in Fort Hunter Liggett

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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