Nevada Elk 4151-051-0917 — Unit 051

Elk antlered | Res | Any Legal Weapon | 051 · Partee

What you may take
Elk antlered | Res | Any Legal Weapon | 051
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 051 — Partee
71% public of 1,725,916 acres
Season (2026)
Sep 17–30, 2026
Resident tags (2025)
2
for 572 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2025)
75%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 2 tags, 572 first-choice applicants. Source: Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% (<1%–<1%) 115 0
1 <1% (<1%–<1%) 79 0
2 <1% (<1%–<1%) 44 0
3 <1% (<1%–<1%) 55 0
4 <1% (<1%–<1%) 63 0
5 <1% (<1%–<1%) 57 0
6 <1% (<1%–<1%) 41 1
7 <1% (<1%–<1%) 27 0
8 <1% (<1%–<1%) 38 0
9 <1% (<1%–<1%) 17 0
10 <1% (<1%–<1%) 10 0
11 <1% (<1%–<1%) 4 1
12 1% (<1%–1%) 8 0
13 1% (1%–1%) 7 0
14 1% (1%–1%) 3 0
15 2% (1%–2%)
16 2% (2%–2%) 1 0
17 2%
18 2% (1%–2%)
19 2%
20 3% (2%–3%)
21 3% (2%–3%) 1 0
22 3% (2%–4%) 1 0
23 3%
24 4%
25 4%
26 4%
27 5%
28 5%
29 5%
30 6%
31 6% (6%–7%) 1 0

Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Nevada Department of Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 resident fees)

Cash to apply
$56
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$56
Total if drawn
$176
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $1,019.60 (enough points to draw) to $811,714.20 (lowest published odds).

Elk tag application fee · paid at application $15 source
Game application fee - predator control / habitat · paid at application $3 source
Resident annual hunting license ($75 for the combination licence) · paid at application $38 source
Resident elk tag · paid if drawn, refundable $120 source

Optional, not counted above: Bonus-point-only purchase (optional: for someone who does NOT apply for a tag that year; an unsuccessful applicant earns the point automatically - FAQ p.3) $10.

Next application window: opens Mar 23, closes May 13, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 29. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Sep 17–30, 2026 p. 8

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 051, Nevada Department of Wildlife counted 4 hunters and 3 elk taken in 2025 — 75% of them killed something. Full Unit 051 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group 2024 Elk Harvest by Unit Group

As a lower choice

2nd choice
0%

Tags issued to lower choices ÷ lower-choice applicants, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for residents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Published odds Source
2025 2 572 286.0 <1% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1
2024 2 435 217.5 <1% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1
2023 1 352 352.0 <1% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1
2022 6 354 59.0 1% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1
2021 6 352 58.7 1% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1
2020 3 321 107.0 <1% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point... · p. 1
2019 10 301 30.1 3% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 1
2018 10 340 34.0 2% Elk Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 1

Other licenses valid in Unit 051

Legal cartridges for elk in Nevada

From the Nevada hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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