California Elk · Tehachapi Rocky Mountain Elk Hunt
California Tehachapi spans 2,471,310 acres, centered 29 miles east of Bakersfield. 34% of it is public land, mostly BLM (16%) and national forest (12%). Its most applied-for hunt, 380, put up 10 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 368 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
2 licenses · NR capped at 1 tag statewide
first choice, NR
not published
48% BLM
2,471,310 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. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Tehachapi
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 379 | Tehachapi - General Methods - Antlerless | 2% | — | |
| 380 | Tehachapi - General Methods - Bull | <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, 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.
The Ground
| BLM | 398,924 ac | 16% |
| National Forest | 306,006 ac | 12% |
| Other public | 83,117 ac | 3% |
| State land | 42,446 ac | 2% |
| County or city land | 3,435 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 1 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 1,637,378 ac | 66% |
Next Door
- Whitney Whitney - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 99% public
- Lone Pine Lone Pine - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 98% public
- Goodale Goodale - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 98% public
- La Panza La Panza Tule Elk Hunt 33% public
- Independence Independence - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 99% public
- West Tinemaha West Tinemaha - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 97% public
▸ Sources 5
- 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 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. How we compute these.
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Prior-draw odds from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All California elk hunts