California Elk 422
Owens Valley Multiple Zone - Archery - Bull in Owens Valley Multiple Zone — Elk Hunt (spans Bishop/Independence/Goodale/Lone Pine zones), archery only, Aug 9–17, 2025.
Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw
about 1 in 735
Years to draw on points: —
- Tags
- 3
- Applicants
- 735
- Success
- 67%
First-choice nonresidents; nonresidents capped at 1 tag statewide. Success: Tule hunters, 2022.
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
Closes Jun 2 · 227 daysThe $8.13 Elk Tag Drawing Application is not refunded. The $219.81 nonresident hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $1,825.85 nonresident elk tag (paid only if drawn).
- Opens
- Apr 15, 2027
- Closes
- Jun 2, 2027
- Results
- about Jun 15
Next application window: Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes 2027.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Elk Tag Drawing Application · paid at application $8.13 CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest
- Nonresident hunting license · paid at application $219.81 CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest
- Nonresident elk tag (paid only if drawn) · paid if drawn, refundable $1,825.85 CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest
California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes no mapped boundary for Owens Valley Multiple Zone.
Owens Valley Multiple Zone in full →Details
Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–22 ← you | <1% (small sample) random pass only | 660 | — |
| 23 | 3% (small sample) | 71 | — |
Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means California Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. California runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, 422 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2022
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tule | 3 | 2 | 67% |
| All of Owens Valley Multiple Zone · tule | 3 | 2 | — |
Adding up California Department of Fish and Wildlife's published lines for Owens Valley Multiple Zone gives 3 hunters and 2 tule taken in 2022 (sum of published hunt rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: CDFW 2022 Elk Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2021 Elk Harvest Success Rates.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 9 draws
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 | Per Tag | Points Needed | Random Pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 735 | 245 | — | 1 tag of 735 | CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 805 | 268.3 | — | 1 tag of 805 | CDFW 2024 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 |
| 2023 | 3 | 823 | 274.3 | — | 1 tag of 823 | CDFW 2023 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 |
| 2022 | 3 | 901 | 300.3 | — | 1 tag of 901 | CDFW 2022 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 968 | 322.7 | — | 1 tag of 968 | CDFW 2021 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1,019 | 339.7 | — | 1 tag of 1,019 | CDFW 2020 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 4 |
| 2019 | 3 | 909 | 303 | — | 1 tag of 909 | CDFW 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn Sheep, p. 1 |
| 2018 | 3 | 828 | 276 | — | 1 tag of 828 | CDFW 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 979 | 326.3 | — | 1 tag of 979 | CDFW 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1 |
▸ Sources 13
- CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 · draw results, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2024 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2023 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2022 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2021 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2020 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 4 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn Sheep, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2026 Big Game Hunting Digest draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2022 Elk Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2021 Elk Harvest Success Rates harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's published results (points pass + random pass, from published 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. How we compute these.
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