Nevada Elk · Unit 072 Huebner

Nevada Unit 072 covers 405,848 acres and lies 49 miles north of Wells and 71 miles north of Elko. 93% of it is public land, mostly national forest (57%) and BLM (35%). In 2022, 3 people hunted elk here and took 2 (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 4251-072.073.074-1022, put up 3 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 335 first-choice applicants.

NR Tags, 2025
26

8 licenses

Applicants
1,023

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
—

not published

Public Land
93%

58% Forest Service

Size
634 mi²

405,848 acres

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Unit 072

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
4211-072.073.074-0801 1% (small sample) —
4251-072.073.074-1022 <1% (small sample) —
4251-072.073.074-1106 <1% (small sample) —
4256-072.073.074-1005 0% (small sample) —
4261-072.073.074-0825 <1% (small sample) —
4276-072.073.074-0917 1% (small sample) —
4281-072.073.074-0925 <1% (small sample) —
4281-072.073.074.075-1121 <1% —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: 4111-072.073.074-0801, 4111-072-0801, 4151-072.073.074-1022, 4151-072.073.074-1106, 4156-072.073.074-0901, 4156-072.073.074-0917, 4156-072.073.074-1005, 4161-072.073.074-0816, 4161-072.073.074-0825, 4176-072.073.074-0901, 4176-072.073.074-0917, 4176-072-0901, 4181-072.073.074.075-1121, 4181-072.073.074-0917, 4181-072.073.074-0925, 4181-072.073.074-0927, 4181-072.073.074-1001, 4181-072-0917, 4181-072-0926, 4181-072~wilderness-0917, 4181-072~wilderness-1001, 4211-072-0801, 4256-072.073.074-0901, 4256-072.073.074-0917, 4261-072.073.074-0816, 4276-072.073.074-0901, 4276-072-0901, 4281-072.073.074-0917, 4281-072.073.074-0927, 4281-072.073.074-1001, 4281-072-0917, 4281-072-0926, 4651-072.073.074-0917, 4651-072.073.074-0925, 4651-072.073.074-0927, 4651-072.073.074-1001, 4651-072.073.074-1005, 4651-072.073.074-1121.

Draw results: NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Archery Bonus Point and…; NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point and…; NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus Point… and 3 more, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): $673 ($173 to apply). Open Mar 23 – May 13, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Elk Success
2022 (summed) 3 2 67%
2021 (summed) 4 2 50%

What Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes no whole-unit line for 2022; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: NDOW 2022 Elk Harvest by Unit Group; NDOW 2021 Elk Harvest by Unit Group.

The Ground

National Forest 233,271 ac 57%
BLM 142,913 ac 35%
Private 29,649 ac 7%

Source: US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

▸ Sources 12
  1. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Archery Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus Point… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Archery Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Muzzleloader Bonus… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Administrative Code Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Revised Statutes Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. NDOW 2022 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. NDOW 2021 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. NDOW 2026 Game Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Nevada Department of Wildlife'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. How we compute these.

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