Nebraska Elk NIOBRARA-WEST-BULL
Niobrara West Bull in Niobrara West Antlerless, rifle only, Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2022.
No nonresident draw results are on file for this hunt. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes resident results only, or none by residency. The numbers below are the resident draw.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2022.
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission held its 2026 elk draw without NIOBRARA-WEST-BULL. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2022 draw
about 1 in 77
You're 1 point below the 2022 cut of 1, which has risen from 0 to 1 point since 2019.
Years to draw on points: never at this creep
- Resident Tags
- —
- Applicants
- 372
- Success
- 9%
First-choice residents. Success: Lo niobrara west ao hunters, 2022.
Points Needed to Draw, 2019–2022
The cut has risen from 0 to 1 point since 2019.
Point creep: drew out at 0 → 1 → 0 → 1 point (2019–2022), +1.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Years to draw project that pace (the median of the last five draws, capped at 2 points/yr); the agency sets quotas and demand sets the cut.
Wait 5 years after drawing before applying again.
What It Costs · 2024 Resident Fees
tag fee not on file
A resident elk bonus point is $25, bought separately.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Resident elk bonus point · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $25 Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Guide
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes no mapped boundary for Niobrara West Antlerless.
Niobrara West Antlerless in full →Details
Odds by Point Level · 2022 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | 1% | 117 | 0 |
| 1 | 3% the cut | 60 | 4 |
| 2 | 4% | 47 | 2 |
| 3 | 5% | 43 | 3 |
| 4 | 7% | 33 | 1 |
| 5 | 8% | 25 | 2 |
| 6 | 9% | 22 | 2 |
| 7 | 10% | 16 | 1 |
| 8 | 11% | 9 | 1 |
| 9–10 | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Nebraska Game and Parks Commission did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, NIOBRARA-WEST-BULL drew no one in 2022, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Draw Results, p. 1, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2022
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lo niobrara west ao | — | 4 | 9% |
| Lo niobrara west bull | — | 11 | 92% |
| Niobrara west bull | — | 9 | 56% |
| Niobrara west early ao | — | 15 | 30% |
| Niobrara west late ao | — | 3 | 10% |
| All of Niobrara West Antlerless | — | 42 | — |
Adding up Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's published lines for Niobrara West Antlerless gives 42 elk taken in 2022 (sum of published hunt rows; hunter counts not published). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: Nebraska Game and Parks 2023 Big Game Recommendations book; Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Big Game Recommendations book.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | — | 372 | — | 1 | Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Draw Results, p. 1 |
| 2021 | — | 333 | — | 0 | Nebraska Game and Parks 2021 Draw Results, p. 1 |
| 2020 | — | 289 | — | 1 | Nebraska Game and Parks 2020 Draw Results, p. 1 |
| 2019 | — | 271 | — | 0 | Nebraska Game and Parks 2019 Draw Results, p. 1 |
Other Licenses Valid in Niobrara West Antlerless
- NIOBRARA-WEST-ANTLERLESS Niobrara West Antlerless Aug 15 – Jan 15 · 26 tags 16%
- NIOBRARA-WEST-ANTLERLESS-LO Niobrara West Antlerless (landowner)Landowner only Aug 1 – Jan 31 · Landowner · 60 tags —
- NIOBRARA-WEST-BULL-LO Niobrara West Bull (landowner)Landowner only Sep 1 – Oct 31 · Landowner · cut 1 0%
- NIOBRARA-WEST-EARLY-ANTLERLESS Niobrara West Early Antlerless Aug 1 – Oct 31 · 50 tags 41%
- NIOBRARA-WEST-LATE-ANTLERLESS Niobrara West Late Antlerless Nov 1 – Jan 31 · 30 tags 27%
Odds at your points, resident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 16 on file for Nebraska elk
16 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Nebraska, 3 of them depending on the load. Rules and sources: Nebraska hunting laws.
▸ Sources 9
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Draw Results, p. 1, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2021 Draw Results, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2020 Draw Results, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2019 Draw Results, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Guide draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Guide fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Season Dates and Application Periods… seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2023 Big Game Recommendations book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Big Game Recommendations book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2022 draw, the latest on file, computed from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's published results (monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools). 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.
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