Nevada Elk · Unit 161 Bennett
Nevada Unit 161 covers 926,429 acres and lies 61 miles north of Tonopah. 97% of it is public land, mostly BLM (51%) and national forest (46%). In 2025, 161 people hunted elk here and took 28, a 17% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 4256-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2025 draw for 276 first-choice applicants.
8 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
51% BLM
926,429 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 161
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4211-161.162.163.164-0801 | Elk antlerless | 10% (small sample) | — | |
| 4251-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-1106 | Elk antlered | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 4251-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-1121 | Elk antlered | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 4256-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917 | Elk antlered | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| 4261-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0825 | Elk antlered | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| 4276-161.162.163.164-0816 | Elk antlerless | 2% (small sample) | — | |
| 4281-161.162.163.164-1001 | Elk antlerless | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 4281-161.162.163.164-1205 | Elk antlerless | <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: 4111-161.162.163.164-0801, 4151-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917, 4151-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-1106, 4151-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-1121, 4156-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917, 4156-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-1022, 4161-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0825, 4161-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917, 4176-161.162.163.164-0816, 4176-161.162.163.164-0825, 4176-161.162.163.164-0901, 4181-161.162.163.164-1001, 4181-161.162.163.164-1205, 4251-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917, 4256-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-1022, 4261-161.162.163.164.171.172.173-0917, 4276-161.162.163.164-0825, 4276-161.162.163.164-0901, 4651-161.162.163.164-1001, 4651-161.162.163.164-1205.
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) | 161 | 28 | 17% |
| 2024 (summed) | 128 | 26 | 20% |
| 2023 (summed) | 61 | 8 | 13% |
| 2022 (summed) | 101 | 14 | 14% |
| 2021 (summed) | 166 | 35 | 21% |
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 161-164, so the figures cover the whole group, not Unit 161 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 | 468,347 ac | 51% |
| National Forest | 429,930 ac | 46% |
| Private | 28,151 ac | 3% |
Source: US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 15
- NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Archery Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus Point… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Archery Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Muzzleloader Bonus… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Administrative Code Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Revised Statutes Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
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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