Nevada Elk — Unit 242
Munson
Nevada Unit 242 covers 671,730 acres and lies 17 miles south-east of Caliente and 46 miles north of Mesquite. 97% of it is public land, mostly BLM (97%) and state land (1%). In 2025, 20 people hunted elk here and took 13 — 65% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Every elk license type on offer in Unit 242, 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 242
Not in the table above because they had no result in the draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 648,308 ac · 97%
- Private 17,962 ac · 3%
- State land 5,396 ac · 1%
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 241, 242, so the figures below cover the whole group, not Unit 242 alone.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 13 | 65% |
| 2024 | 22 | 15 | 68% |
| 2023 | 23 | 10 | 43% |
| 2022 | 20 | 13 | 65% |
| 2021 | 17 | 9 | 53% |
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