Nebraska Elk — Unit 10

Unit 10

Nebraska Unit 10 covers 4,680,317 acres and lies 58 miles north of Ogallala and 68 miles east of Alliance. 2% of it is public land, mostly wildlife refuge (2%). In 2025, hunters took 18 elk here. The 2026 draw put up 30 tags here.

Tags (2026):70 Applicants:81 Public land:2% Size:4,680,317 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 10, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice resident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice resident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

U10-ANTLERLESS-LO U10 Antlerless (landowner) 30 tags · Landowner

— Cut level
U10-BULL U10 Bull — · 81 applicants · needed 3 pts · Standard

<1% Point builder
U10-BULL-LO U10 Bull (landowner) — · needed 2 pts · Landowner

0% Point builder
U10-EARLY-ANTLERLESS U10 Early Antlerless 20 tags · Standard

100% Likely draw
U10-LATE-ANTLERLESS U10 Late Antlerless 20 tags · Standard

83% Likely draw

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
U10-ANTLERLESS-LO ↗ U10 Antlerless (landowner)	— Cut level	—	30 / —	Landowner	Aug 1 – Jan 31, 2027
U10-BULL ↗ U10 Bull	<1% Point builder	3 steady since 2023	— / 81	Standard	Sep 1 – Dec 31, 2026
U10-BULL-LO ↗ U10 Bull (landowner)	0% Point builder	2 +2 since 2023	— / —	Landowner	Sep 1 – Dec 31, 2026
U10-EARLY-ANTLERLESS ↗ U10 Early Antlerless	100% Likely draw	—	20 / —	Standard	Aug 1 – Oct 31, 2026
U10-LATE-ANTLERLESS ↗ U10 Late Antlerless	83% Likely draw	—	20 / —	Standard	Nov 1 – Jan 31, 2027

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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 2026 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 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 resident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$11	$11	$232
Landowner license	$11	$11	$77

Application window: opens Jun 1, closes Jun 12, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Unit 10

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

U10-ANTLERLESS — U10 Antlerless Standard

The country

Unit 10 within Nebraska

Unit 10 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

Private 4,596,891 ac · 98%
National Wildlife Refuge 74,758 ac · 2%
State land 8,667 ac · 0%

Source: NGPC Public Access Atlas land layers: Other Public Recreation Lands, NGPC Properties 2024-2025, Park Areas, Conservation Partner Lands

Nearby areas

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. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission 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.