Nevada Elk · Unit 223 Menghini

Nevada Unit 223 covers 721,602 acres and lies 20 miles north-west of Caliente. 97% of it is public land, mostly BLM (97%). In 2025, 118 people hunted elk here and took 58, a 49% success rate (sum of published weapon rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 4251-221.222.223-1106, put up 7 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 1,167 first-choice applicants.

NR Tags, 2025
37

8 licenses

Applicants
2,276

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
49%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
97%

97% BLM

Size
1,128 mi²

721,602 acres

Caliente Hiko 223
49%hunter success 2025 · 118 hunters, 58 elk

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

Every License in Unit 223

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
4211-221.222.223-0801 <1% (small sample) —
4251-221.222.223-1106 0% —
4251-221.222.223-1121 0% —
4256-221.222.223-1022 <1% (small sample) —
4261-221.222.223-0825 0% (small sample) —
4276-221.222.223-0917 1% (small sample) —
4281-222.223-0925 <1% —
4281-222.223-1205 <1% (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: 4111-221.222.223-0801, 4151-221.222.223-1106, 4151-221.222.223-1121, 4156-221.222.223-1022, 4161-221.222.223-0825, 4176-221.222.223-0917, 4181-222.223-0925, 4181-222.223-0927, 4181-222.223-1205, 4281-222.223-0927, 4651-222.223-0925, 4651-222.223-0927, 4651-222.223-1205.

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) 118 58 49%
2024 (summed) 115 48 42%
2023 (summed) 141 58 41%
2022 (summed) 85 31 36%
2021 (summed) 107 41 38%

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 222-223, so the figures cover the whole group, not Unit 223 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 700,728 ac 97%
Private 19,597 ac 3%
State land 1,480 ac <1%

Source: US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

▸ Sources 15
  1. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Archery Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus Point… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlered Archery Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless Muzzleloader Bonus… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. NDOW 2025 Elk Antlerless ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Administrative Code Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Revised Statutes Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. NDOW 2025 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. NDOW 2024 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. NDOW 2023 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. NDOW 2022 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. NDOW 2021 Elk Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. NDOW 2026 Game Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. 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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