Nevada Elk — Unit 104
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Nevada Unit 104 covers 851,115 acres and lies 51 miles north of Ely and 68 miles south-east of Elko. 99% of it is public land, mostly BLM (95%) and wildlife refuge (5%). In 2025, 304 people hunted elk here and took 162 — 53% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 8 nonresident tags here for 97 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 104, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
2% Point builder 17% as 2nd choice
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4251-104.121.108B-1106 Elk antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 108 B , 121 Early 6 tags · 528 applicants<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
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4251-104.121.108B-1121 Elk antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 108 B , 121 Late 6 tags · 134 applicants<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
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<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
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<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
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2% Point builder 6% as 2nd choice
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4281-104.121.108B-0925 Elk antlerless | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 121, North portion of 108 (see CR 25-07) 8 tags · 97 applicants<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
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4281-104.121.108B-1205 Elk antlerless | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 108 B , 121 Late 3 tags · 55 applicants<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
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| 4211-104.121.108B-0801 ↗ Elk antlerless | NR | Archery | 104, 108 B , 121 Archery | 2% Point builder | 17% | — | 2 / 2 | Aug 1–24, 2026 |
| 4251-104.121.108B-1106 ↗ Elk antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 108 B , 121 Early Rifle | <1% Point builder | <1% | — | 6 / 528 | Nov 6–20, 2026 |
| 4251-104.121.108B-1121 ↗ Elk antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 108 B , 121 Late Rifle | <1% Point builder | <1% | — | 6 / 134 | Nov 21 – Dec 4, 2026 |
| 4256-104.121.108B-1022 ↗ Elk antlered | NR | Muzzleloader | 104, 108 B , 121 Muzzleloader | <1% Point builder | <1% | — | 1 / 37 | Oct 22 – Nov 5, 2026 |
| 4261-104.121.108B-0825 ↗ Elk antlered | NR | Archery | 104, 108 B , 121 Archery | <1% Point builder | <1% | — | 2 / 204 | Aug 25 – Sep 16, 2026 |
| 4276-104.121.108B-0917 ↗ Elk antlerless | NR | Muzzleloader | 104, 108 B , 121 Muzzleloader | 2% Point builder | 6% | — | 4 / 7 | Sep 17–26, 2026 |
| 4281-104.121.108B-0925 ↗ Elk antlerless | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 121, North portion of 108 (see CR 25-07) Rifle | <1% Point builder | <1% | — | 8 / 97 | Sep 25 – Oct 4, 2025 |
| 4281-104.121.108B-1205 ↗ Elk antlerless | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 104, 108 B , 121 Late Rifle | <1% Point builder | 0% | — | 3 / 55 | Dec 5 – Jan 1, 2027 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- Nevada lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $173 | $173 | $673 |
Application window: opens Mar 23, closes May 13, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Other licenses valid in Unit 104
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 806,036 ac · 95%
- National Wildlife Refuge 38,582 ac · 5%
- Private 5,583 ac · 1%
- National Forest 784 ac · 0%
- Tribal 130 ac · 0%
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 104, 108, 121, so the figures below cover the whole group, not Unit 104 alone.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
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| 2025 | 304 | 162 | 53% |
| 2023 | 207 | 118 | 57% |
| 2022 | 204 | 119 | 58% |
| 2021 | 217 | 130 | 60% |
Boundary: NDOW Game Management Units
Harvest: 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group
Harvest: 2023 Elk Harvest by Unit Group
Harvest: 2022 Elk Harvest by Unit Group