California Elk — East Park Reservoir

East Park Reservoir Tule Elk Hunt

California East Park Reservoir covers 440,785 acres and lies 71 miles north of Santa Rosa and 81 miles north-west of Roseville. 44% of it is public land, mostly national forest (41%) and other public land (2%). In 2021, 4 people hunted elk here and took 4 — 100% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 2 tags here for 812 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):4 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:914 All elk success (2021):100% Public land:44% Size:440,785 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in East Park Reservoir, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

461 East Park Reservoir - General Methods - Bull 2 tags · 812 applicants

<1% Point builder
463 East Park Reservoir - General Methods - Antlerless 2 tags · 102 applicants

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
461 ↗ East Park Reservoir - General Methods - Bull	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 812	Sep 6 – Oct 2, 2025
463 ↗ East Park Reservoir - General Methods - Antlerless	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 102	Sep 6 – Oct 2, 2025

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 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.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 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 (2025 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$227.94	$227.94	$2,053.79

Application window: opens Apr 15, closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

East Park Reservoir within California

East Park Reservoir 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 179,418 ac · 41%
Other public 6,792 ac · 2%
BLM 5,634 ac · 1%
County or city land 2,997 ac · 1%
State land 203 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 245,737 ac · 56%

Source: California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) 2026a -- Holdings by Agency Classification

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. California Department of Fish and Wildlife 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.