Nevada Elk — Unit 251

Nevada Unit 251 covers 849,374 acres and lies 115 miles west of Caliente. 98% of it is public land, mostly BLM (97%) and national forest (2%). In 2025, 4 people hunted elk here and took 0 — 0% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):0% Public land:98% Size:849,374 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit 251, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

0 licenses on offer in the draw

No hunt codes match those filters (2 older hunts hidden — show them).

Other licenses valid in Unit 251

Not in the table above because they had no result in the draw.

The country

Caliente Las Vegas Ely Mesquite Yerington
Unit 251 within Nevada
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Unit 251 and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

Who owns the ground

  • BLM 822,262 ac · 97%
  • National Forest 14,108 ac · 2%
  • Private 13,002 ac · 2%

Source: BLM Nevada Surface Management Agency

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.

Season Hunters Harvest Success
2025 4 0 0%
2024 3 0 0%
2023 4 1 25%
2022 17 3 18%
2021 9 4 44%

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

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