Nevada Elk — Unit 103

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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 — 23% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):23% Public land:96% Size:162,237 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 103, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

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Other licenses valid in Unit 103

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The country

Carlin Ely Lovelock Fallon Caliente
Unit 103 within Nevada
104 109 121
Unit 103 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

Who owns 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: BLM Nevada Surface Management Agency

How the hunting has gone

What Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season. Nevada Department of Wildlife reports this unit inside the group 101-103, so the figures below cover the whole group, not Unit 103 alone.

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 180 41 23%
2024 182 36 20%
2023 195 45 23%
2022 197 41 21%
2021 185 56 30%

Boundary: NDOW Game Management Units

Harvest: 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group

Harvest: 2024 Elk Harvest by Unit Group

Harvest: 2023 Elk Harvest by Unit Group

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