California Elk · West Tinemaha Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt
California West Tinemaha covers 43,449 acres and lies 8 miles south of Big Pine and 75 miles north-east of Visalia. 97% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and national forest (36%). In 2022, 1 person hunted tule here and took 1 (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 315, put up 1 tag (all residencies) in the 2024 draw for 300 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
No more draws here. The last one was 2024.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife held its 2025 elk draw without West Tinemaha. No current hunt code lists this unit; the California elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
1 license · NR capped at 1 tag statewide
first choice, NR
not published
45% BLM
43,449 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in West Tinemaha
The last draw held in West Tinemaha was 2024. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 315 | West Tinemaha Period 1 - General Methods - Bull | <1% (small sample) | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2024 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: CDFW 2024 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
All elk
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (summed) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Tule
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 (summed) | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| 2022 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tule | 1 | 1 | 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
| BLM | 18,881 ac | 43% |
| National Forest | 15,516 ac | 36% |
| County or city land | 7,673 ac | 18% |
| National Park Service | 5 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 1,373 ac | 3% |
Next Door
- Goodale Goodale - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 98% public
- Independence Independence - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 99% public
- Whitney Whitney - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 99% public
- Lone Pine Lone Pine - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt 98% public
- Tehachapi Tehachapi Rocky Mountain Elk Hunt 34% public
- La Panza La Panza Tule Elk Hunt 33% public
▸ Sources 6
- CDFW 2024 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 2024 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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