California Elk — Marble Mountains

Marble Mountains Roosevelt Elk Hunt

California Marble Mountains covers 4,580,677 acres and lies 187 miles north-west of Roseville. 67% of it is public land, mostly national forest (62%) and BLM (3%). In 2022, 53 people hunted roosevelt here and took 34 — 64% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 34 tags here for 2,685 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):56 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:3,495 Roosevelt success (2022):64% Public land:67% Size:4,580,677 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Marble Mountains, 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

301 Marble Mountains - General Methods - Antlerless 8 tags · 210 applicants

<1% Point builder
302 Marble Mountains - General Methods - Bull 34 tags · 2,685 applicants

<1% Point builder
303 Marble Mountains - Muzzleloader/Archery - Either - Sex 10 tags · 334 applicants

<1% Point builder
408 Marble Mountains Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex 4 tags · 266 applicants

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
301 ↗ Marble Mountains - General Methods - Antlerless Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	8 / 210	Sep 10–21, 2025
302 ↗ Marble Mountains - General Methods - Bull Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	34 / 2,685	Sep 10–21, 2025
303 ↗ Marble Mountains - Muzzleloader/Archery - Either - Sex Muzzleloader	<1% Point builder	—	10 / 334	Oct 25 – Nov 2, 2025
408 ↗ Marble Mountains Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	4 / 266	Sep 10–21, 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

Marble Mountains within California

Marble Mountains 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 2,845,499 ac · 62%
BLM 157,838 ac · 3%
National Park Service 42,234 ac · 1%
Other public 21,747 ac · 0%
State land 7,622 ac · 0%
County or city land 3,747 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 1,501,987 ac · 33%

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.