Nevada Elk · Unit 073 Huebner

Nevada Unit 073 covers 798,890 acres and lies 30 miles north of Elko and 46 miles north-east of Carlin. 72% of it is public land, mostly BLM (72%). In 2025, 209 people hunted elk here and took 90, a 43% success rate (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
43%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
72%

72% BLM

Size
1,248 mi²

798,890 acres

Elko Wells Carlin 073
43%hunter success 2025 · 209 hunters, 90 elk

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

Every License in Unit 073

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, 4111-073-0801, 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, 4176-073-0901, 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, 4181-073-0917, 4256-072.073.074-0901, 4256-072.073.074-0917, 4261-072.073.074-0816, 4276-072.073.074-0901, 4281-072.073.074-0917, 4281-072.073.074-0927, 4281-072.073.074-1001, 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
2025 (summed) 209 90 43%
2024 (summed) 275 114 41%
2023 (summed) 246 95 39%
2022 (summed) 252 93 37%
2021 (summed) 409 147 36%

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 2025; a year's total is the sum of published weapon rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Nevada Department of Wildlife reports this unit inside the group 072-074, so the figures cover the whole group, not Unit 073 alone. Source: NDOW 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group; NDOW 2024 Elk Harvest by Unit Group; NDOW 2023 Elk Harvest by Unit Group.

The Ground

BLM 572,910 ac 72%
Private 225,448 ac 28%
Tribal 532 ac <1%

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

▸ Sources 15
  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 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. NDOW 2024 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. NDOW 2023 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. NDOW 2022 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. NDOW 2021 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. NDOW 2026 Game Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. 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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