California Elk — Whitney

Whitney - Owens Valley Tule Elk Hunt

California Whitney covers 100,129 acres and lies 66 miles east of Visalia and 81 miles east of Clovis. 99% of it is public land, mostly national forest (44%) and BLM (43%). In 2021, 2 people hunted elk here and took 2 — 100% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 1 tag here for 239 first-choice applicants.

Tags (2025):2 Nonresident share:capped at 1 Applicants:323 All elk success (2021):100% Public land:99% Size:100,129 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Whitney, 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

323 Whitney Period 2 - General Methods - Bull 1 tags · 239 applicants

<1% Point builder
324 Whitney Period 3 - General Methods - Antlerless 1 tags · 84 applicants

1% Point builder

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
323 ↗ Whitney Period 2 - General Methods - Bull	<1% Point builder	—	1 / 239	Oct 4–12, 2025
324 ↗ Whitney Period 3 - General Methods - Antlerless	1% Point builder	—	1 / 84	Oct 18–26, 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.

1 hunt not offered in 2025 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Whitney

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

346 — WHITNEY PERIOD 2 - GENERAL METHODS - ANTLERLESS Standard

The country

Whitney within California

Whitney 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 43,880 ac · 44%
BLM 43,414 ac · 43%
County or city land 11,321 ac · 11%
National Park Service 799 ac · 1%

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.