Nevada Elk · Unit 173 Bennett
Nevada Unit 173 covers 998,902 acres and lies 47 miles north of Tonopah. 96% of it is public land, mostly national forest (49%) and BLM (47%). In 2025, 78 people hunted elk here and took 36, a 46% 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.
4 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
49% Forest Service
998,902 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Unit 173
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | — |
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: 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, 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.
Draw results: NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point and…; NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus Point…; NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Archery Bonus Point and…, 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) | 78 | 36 | 46% |
| 2024 (summed) | 83 | 34 | 41% |
| 2023 (summed) | 78 | 31 | 40% |
| 2022 (summed) | 96 | 36 | 38% |
| 2021 (summed) | 107 | 57 | 53% |
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, 171-173, so the figures cover the whole group, not Unit 173 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 | 489,821 ac | 49% |
| BLM | 472,491 ac | 47% |
| Private | 32,145 ac | 3% |
| Tribal | 4,407 ac | <1% |
| Department of Defense | 36 ac | <1% |
Source: US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 12
- 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
- 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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