Nebraska Elk — Niobrara West Antlerless
Niobrara West Antlerless
In 2020, hunters took 26 elk here. The 2022 draw put up 60 tags here.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Niobrara West Antlerless, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice resident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2022 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice resident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
— Cut level
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1% Point builder
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0% Point builder
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41% Real chance
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27% Long shot
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | License | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIOBRARA-WEST-ANTLERLESS-LO ↗ Niobrara West Antlerless (landowner) | — Cut level | — | 60 / — | Landowner | Aug 1 – Jan 31, 2023 |
| NIOBRARA-WEST-BULL ↗ Niobrara West Bull | 1% Point builder | 1 +1 since 2019 | — / 372 | Standard | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2022 |
| NIOBRARA-WEST-BULL-LO ↗ Niobrara West Bull (landowner) | 0% Point builder | 1 −1 since 2019 | — / — | Landowner | Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2022 |
| NIOBRARA-WEST-EARLY-ANTLERLESS ↗ Niobrara West Early Antlerless | 41% Real chance | — | 50 / — | Standard | Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2022 |
| NIOBRARA-WEST-LATE-ANTLERLESS ↗ Niobrara West Late Antlerless | 27% Long shot | — | 30 / — | Standard | Nov 1 – Jan 31, 2023 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2022 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 2022 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 (2024 resident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard license | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Landowner license | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Application window: opens Jun 1, closes Jun 12, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Other licenses valid in Niobrara West Antlerless
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2022 draw.
The country
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission does not publish a mapped boundary for Niobrara West Antlerless, so there is no map to draw.
How the hunting has gone
What Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast.
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 26 |
| 2019 | 21 |
What the agency says about the area
One of the named elk units NGPC used through the 2022 draw. The units were restructured and renumbered (Unit 1-14) for the 2023 draw and NGPC publishes only the current numbered boundaries; no official name-to-number crosswalk was found, so no geometry is attached rather than guessed.
Source: Nebraska Big Game Guide 2026 (unit names, public-land statements)
Harvest: 2023 Big Game Recommendations book, April 2023 v3 (2022 season harvest; comparisons 2018-2022)
Harvest: 2022 Big Game Recommendations book (2021 season harvest; comparisons 2017-2021)