Nevada Elk · Unit 103 McAdoo
Nevada Unit 103 covers 162,237 acres and lies 46 miles south-east of Carlin and 73 miles south-west of Wells. 96% of it is public land, mostly national forest (66%) and BLM (28%). In 2025, 180 people hunted elk here and took 41, a 23% success rate (sum of published weapon rows).
0 licenses · NR capped at 10%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
66% Forest Service
162,237 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 103
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no result: 4102-101.102.103-0801, 4102-101.102.103-1001, 4107-101.102.103-0801.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 180 | 41 | 23% |
| 2024 (summed) | 182 | 36 | 20% |
| 2023 (summed) | 195 | 45 | 23% |
| 2022 (summed) | 197 | 41 | 21% |
| 2021 (summed) | 185 | 56 | 30% |
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 101-103, so the figures cover the whole group, not Unit 103 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
| National Forest | 107,688 ac | 66% |
| BLM | 45,882 ac | 28% |
| Private | 7,123 ac | 4% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 1,542 ac | <1% |
Source: US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 7
- NDOW 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDOW 2024 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDOW 2023 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDOW 2022 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDOW 2021 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- NDOW 2026 Game Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
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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