California Elk — Grizzly Island

Grizzly Island Tule Elk Hunt

California Grizzly Island covers 8,983 acres and lies 11 miles north of Concord. 99% of it is public land, mostly state land (99%). In 2021, 32 people hunted elk here and took 32 — 100% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 6 tags here for 255 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):37 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:5,549 All elk success (2021):100% Public land:99% Size:8,983 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Grizzly Island, 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

357 Grizzly Island Period 8 - General Methods - Spike Bull 6 tags · 255 applicants

<1% Point builder
358 Grizzly Island Period 9 - General Methods - Antlerless 4 tags · 307 applicants

<1% Point builder
359 Grizzly Island Period 10 - General Methods - Bull 4 tags · 2,402 applicants

<1% Point builder
360 Grizzly Island Period 11 - General Methods - Antlerless 4 tags · 237 applicants

<1% Point builder
362 Grizzly Island Period 12 - General Methods - Bull 4 tags · 711 applicants

<1% Point builder
363 Grizzly Island Period 13 - General Methods - Antlerless 4 tags · 185 applicants

<1% Point builder
381 Grizzly Island Period 13 - General Methods - Bull 3 tags · 703 applicants

<1% Point builder
433 Grizzly Island Period 1 - General Methods - Antlerless 2 tags · 300 applicants

<1% Point builder
437 Grizzly Island Period 2 - General Methods - Spike Bull 2 tags · 176 applicants

<1% Point builder
466 Grizzly Island Apprentice - Period 1 - General Methods - Antlerless 2 tags · 129 applicants

<1% Point builder
469 Grizzly Island Apprentice - Period 2 - General Methods - Spike Bull 2 tags · 144 applicants

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
357 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 8 - General Methods - Spike Bull	<1% Point builder	—	6 / 255	Sep 4–7, 2025
358 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 9 - General Methods - Antlerless	<1% Point builder	—	4 / 307	Sep 9–12, 2025
359 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 10 - General Methods - Bull	<1% Point builder	—	4 / 2,402	Sep 11–14, 2025
360 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 11 - General Methods - Antlerless	<1% Point builder	—	4 / 237	Sep 16–19, 2025
362 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 12 - General Methods - Bull	<1% Point builder	—	4 / 711	Sep 18–21, 2025
363 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 13 - General Methods - Antlerless	<1% Point builder	—	4 / 185	Sep 23–26, 2025
381 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 13 - General Methods - Bull	<1% Point builder	—	3 / 703	Sep 23–26, 2025
433 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 1 - General Methods - Antlerless	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 300	Aug 12–15, 2025
437 ↗ Grizzly Island Period 2 - General Methods - Spike Bull	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 176	Aug 14–17, 2025
466 ↗ Grizzly Island Apprentice - Period 1 - General Methods - Antlerless	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 129	Aug 12–15, 2025
469 ↗ Grizzly Island Apprentice - Period 2 - General Methods - Spike Bull	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 144	Aug 14–17, 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.

8 hunts not offered in 2025 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Grizzly Island

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

The country

Grizzly Island within California

Grizzly Island 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

State land 8,928 ac · 99%
Other public 0 ac · 0%

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.