California Elk · Northeastern Rocky Mountain Elk Hunt
California Northeastern spans 6,733,574 acres, centered 14 miles north-east of McArthur. 57% of it is public land, mostly national forest (44%) and BLM (8%). In 2022, 33 people hunted rocky mountain here and took 26, a 79% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 305, put up 15 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 3,463 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
4 licenses · NR capped at 1 tag statewide
first choice, NR
2022, rocky mountain
77% Forest Service
6,733,574 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 in 2022. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 79%
- Season
- Nov 12–23
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 343
- If Drawn
- $2,053.79
- Success
- 79%
- Season
- Sep 17–28
- Tags / Apps
- 15 / 3,463
- If Drawn
- $2,053.79
- Success
- 79%
- Season
- Sep 3–14
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 515
- If Drawn
- $2,053.79
Every License in Northeastern
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 304 | Northeastern - General Methods - Antlerless | <1% | — | |
| 305 | Northeastern - General Methods - Bull | <1% | — | |
| 409 · youth | Northeastern Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 411 | Northeastern - Archery - Either - Sex | <1% | — |
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; 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.
Harvest
Rocky Mountain
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (summed) | 33 | 26 | 79% |
All elk
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (summed) | 30 | 18 | 60% |
| 2022 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky mountain · 2 licenses | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Rocky mountain · 10 licenses (hunt 1 of 2) | 9 | 8 | 80% |
| Rocky mountain · 10 licenses (hunt 2 of 2) | 7 | 2 | 20% |
| Rocky mountain · 15 licenses | 15 | 15 | 100% |
What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes no whole-zone line for 2022; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: CDFW 2022 Elk Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2021 Elk Harvest Success Rates.
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 | <1% |
| County or city land | 8,693 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 2,904,311 ac | 43% |
Next Door
- Siskiyou Siskiyou Roosevelt Elk Hunt 48% public
- Marble Mountains Marble Mountains Roosevelt Elk Hunt 67% public
- East Park Reservoir East Park Reservoir Tule Elk Hunt 44% public
- Bear Valley Bear Valley Tule Elk Hunt 16% public
- Lake Pillsbury Lake Pillsbury Tule Elk Hunt 79% public
- Cache Creek Cache Creek Tule Elk Hunt 60% public
▸ Sources 8
- 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 Elk Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2022 Elk Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2021 Elk Harvest Success Rates harvest, 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.
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