California Elk 401 — Zone Siskiyou

Siskiyou - General Methods - Antlerless · Siskiyou Roosevelt Elk Hunt

What you may take
Siskiyou - General Methods - Antlerless
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Siskiyou — Roosevelt Elk Hunt
48% public of 1,364,204 acres
Season (2025)
Sep 10–21, 2025
Tags (2025)
30
for 392 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 1
Roosevelt success here (2022)
54%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 23 tags, 392 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics · p. 2.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 2% 77
1 2% 52
2 2% 30
3 2% 23
4 2% 21
5 2% 31
6 2% 22
7 2% 22
8 2% 13
9 2% 11
10 2% 14
11 2% 15
12 2% 16
13 46% 11
14 100% 6
15 100% 2
16 100% 2
17 100% 1
18 100% 2
19 100% 1
20 100% 0
21 100% 0
22 100% 1
23 100% 1

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 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $2,053.79 (enough points to draw) to $14,590.59 (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 (2025)

Split 1: Sep 10–21, 2025 p. 2

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Siskiyou, California Department of Fish and Wildlife counted 37 hunters and 20 roosevelt taken in 2022 — 54% of them killed something. Full Siskiyou 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
Roosevelt 18 10 50%
Roosevelt 19 10 50%

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
2025 30 392 13.1 7 tagsfrom 392 applications 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics · p. 2
2024 30 386 12.9 7 tagsfrom 386 applications 2024 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics · p. 2
2023 30 416 13.9 7 tagsfrom 416 applications 2023 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics · p. 2
2022 20 433 21.7 5 tagsfrom 433 applications 2022 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics · p. 2
2021 20 395 19.8 5 tagsfrom 395 applications 2021 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics · p. 2
2020 20 381 19.1 5 tagsfrom 381 applications 2020 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics... · p. 5
2019 20 302 15.1 5 tagsfrom 302 applications 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn... · p. 1
2018 20 304 15.2 5 tagsfrom 304 applications 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1
2017 20 262 13.1 5 tagsfrom 262 applications 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1

Other licenses valid in Siskiyou

Legal cartridges for elk in California

From the California hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.