California Elk · Central Coast Tule Elk Hunt
California Central Coast spans 1,418,847 acres, centered 43 miles south of Salinas. 33% of it is public land, mostly national forest (22%) and BLM (3%). Its most applied-for hunt, 376, put up 10 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 526 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
4 licenses · NR capped at 1 tag statewide
first choice, NR
not published
67% Forest Service
1,418,847 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Central Coast
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 375 | Central Coast - General Methods - Antlerless | 2% | — | |
| 376 | Central Coast - General Methods - Bull | <1% | — | |
| 382 | Central Coast - Archery - Antlerless | 3% (small sample) | — | |
| 383 | Central Coast - Archery - Bull | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics; CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $2,053.79 ($227.94 to apply). Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The Ground
| National Forest | 314,484 ac | 22% |
| BLM | 42,349 ac | 3% |
| County or city land | 41,683 ac | 3% |
| Other public | 36,249 ac | 3% |
| State land | 31,830 ac | 2% |
| Tribal | 1,190 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 381 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 229 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 950,449 ac | 67% |
Next Door
- Fort Hunter Liggett Fort Hunter Liggett Tule Elk Hunt 0% public
- Gabilan Gabilan Tule Elk Hunt 14% public
- San Luis Reservoir San Luis Reservoir Tule Elk Hunt 8% public
- La Panza La Panza Tule Elk Hunt 33% public
- Grizzly Island Grizzly Island Tule Elk Hunt 99% public
- Tehachapi Tehachapi Rocky Mountain Elk Hunt 34% public
▸ Sources 5
- CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2023 Elk Hunt Zones boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- GreenInfo Network 2026 Protected Areas Database a land ownership, 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. 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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Prior-draw odds from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All California elk hunts