California Elk — Northwestern

Northwestern Roosevelt Elk Hunt

California Northwestern covers 2,748,046 acres and lies 182 miles north of Santa Rosa. 36% of it is public land, mostly national forest (23%) and state land (5%). In 2022, 20 people hunted roosevelt here and took 20 — 100% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 25 tags here for 1,139 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):43 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:1,632 Roosevelt success (2022):100% Public land:36% Size:2,748,046 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Northwestern, 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

355 Northwestern - General Methods - Bull 25 tags · 1,139 applicants

<1% Point builder
374 Northwestern - General Methods - Antlerless 15 tags · 166 applicants

2% Point builder
483 Northwestern - General Methods - Either - Sex 3 tags · 327 applicants

<1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
355 ↗ Northwestern - General Methods - Bull	<1% Point builder	—	25 / 1,139	Sep 3–25, 2025
374 ↗ Northwestern - General Methods - Antlerless	2% Point builder	—	15 / 166	Sep 3–25, 2025
483 ↗ Northwestern - General Methods - Either - Sex	<1% Point builder	—	3 / 327	Sep 3–25, 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

Northwestern within California

Northwestern 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 637,648 ac · 23%
State land 140,456 ac · 5%
BLM 96,015 ac · 3%
National Park Service 77,867 ac · 3%
County or city land 10,156 ac · 0%
Tribal 10,010 ac · 0%
Other public 5,252 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 2,710 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 1,767,929 ac · 64%

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.