Nebraska Elk · Unit 5
Nebraska Unit 5 covers 926,604 acres and lies 24 miles south-west of Gothenburg. 1% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 54 elk here (sum of published hunt rows); hunter counts not published.
5 licenses
first choice, resident
not published
926,604 acres
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Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Resident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Unit 5
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U5-ANTLERLESS-LO Landowner · landowner | U5 Antlerless (landowner) | — | — | |
| U5-BULL Standard | U5 Bull | <1% | 0 ▼2 | |
| U5-BULL-LO Landowner · landowner | U5 Bull (landowner) | 0% | 3 | |
| U5-EARLY-ANTLERLESS Standard | U5 Early Antlerless | 5% | — | |
| U5-LATE-ANTLERLESS Standard | U5 Late Antlerless | 9% | — |
First-choice resident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Draw Results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 resident fees): Standard $232 ($11 to apply) · Landowner $77 ($11 to apply). Open Jun 7 – Jun 11, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 54 |
| 2024 (summed) | 59 |
| 2023 (summed) | 63 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earned lo-elk | — | 1 | — |
| Lo unit 5 ao | — | 8 | 24% |
| Lo unit 5 bull | — | 13 | 87% |
| Unit 5 bull | — | 17 | 85% |
| Unit 5 early ao | — | 11 | 44% |
| Unit 5 late ao | — | 4 | 20% |
What Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2025. Source: Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book; Nebraska Game and Parks 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book; Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Recommendation Book.
The Ground
| Private | 920,485 ac | 99% |
| State land | 3,900 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 2,218 ac | <1% |
Source: Nebraska Game and Parks 2024-2025 NGPC Public Access Atlas land….
Nebraska landowner tags →
Landowner limited permits: 80 acres. Free-earned elk permit: 80 acres. Not sellable. Owning land here does not waive the license.
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What the Agency Says About the Area
NGPC elk hunting unit "Unit 5"; permits drawn as U5 Antlerless (landowner); U5 Bull; U5 Bull (landowner); ...
▸ Sources 9
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Draw Results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Guide fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Press release fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Elk Hunting Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2024-2025 NGPC Public Access Atlas land… land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Guide area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission'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.
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