California Elk — Siskiyou

Siskiyou Roosevelt Elk Hunt

California Siskiyou covers 1,364,204 acres and lies 206 miles north of Roseville. 48% of it is public land, mostly national forest (37%) and BLM (4%). In 2022, 37 people hunted roosevelt here and took 20 — 54% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 30 tags here for 392 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):60 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:1,384 Roosevelt success (2022):54% Public land:48% Size:1,364,204 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Siskiyou, 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

300 Siskiyou - General Methods - Bull 20 tags · 839 applicants

<1% Point builder
384 Siskiyou - Archery - Bull 10 tags · 153 applicants

1% Point builder
401 Siskiyou - General Methods - Antlerless 30 tags · 392 applicants

2% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
300 ↗ Siskiyou - General Methods - Bull Rifle	<1% Point builder	—	20 / 839	Oct 25 – Nov 16, 2025
384 ↗ Siskiyou - Archery - Bull Archery	1% Point builder	—	10 / 153	Aug 27 – Sep 9, 2025
401 ↗ Siskiyou - General Methods - Antlerless Rifle	2% Point builder	—	30 / 392	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

Siskiyou within California

Siskiyou 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 510,214 ac · 37%
BLM 57,121 ac · 4%
National Wildlife Refuge 47,395 ac · 3%
State land 30,351 ac · 2%
National Park Service 13,087 ac · 1%
County or city land 1,602 ac · 0%
Other public 890 ac · 0%
Private or other non-public land 703,541 ac · 52%

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.