California Elk — Northeastern

Northeastern Rocky Mountain Elk Hunt

California Northeastern covers 6,733,574 acres and lies 165 miles north of Roseville. 57% of it is public land, mostly national forest (44%) and BLM (8%). In 2022, 33 people hunted rocky mountain here and took 26 — 79% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 15 tags here for 3,463 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):37 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:4,608 Rocky Mountain success (2022):79% Public land:57% Size:6,733,574 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Northeastern, 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

304 Northeastern - General Methods - Antlerless 10 tags · 343 applicants

<1% Point builder
305 Northeastern - General Methods - Bull 15 tags · 3,463 applicants

<1% Point builder
409 Northeastern Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex 2 tags · 287 applicants

<1% Point builder
411 Northeastern - Archery - Either - Sex 10 tags · 515 applicants

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
304 ↗ Northeastern - General Methods - Antlerless Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	10 / 343	Nov 12–23, 2025
305 ↗ Northeastern - General Methods - Bull Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	15 / 3,463	Sep 17–28, 2025
409 ↗ Northeastern Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	2 / 287	Sep 17–28, 2025
411 ↗ Northeastern - Archery - Either - Sex Archery	<1% Point builder	—	10 / 515	Sep 3–14, 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

Northeastern within California

Northeastern 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 2,955,040 ac · 44%
BLM 565,313 ac · 8%
National Park Service 141,029 ac · 2%
State land 72,659 ac · 1%
National Wildlife Refuge 69,919 ac · 1%
Other public 16,606 ac · 0%
County or city land 8,693 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 2,904,311 ac · 43%

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.