North Dakota Elk E3-ANTL — Unit E3
Unit E3 antlerless elk · Unit E3
- What you may take
- Unit E3 antlerless elk
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Seasons (2026)
- Sep 4 – Jan 3, 2027 · Aug 7–30, 2026 · Jan 9–17, 2027
- Resident tags (2026)
- 228
- for 228 first-choice applicants
- Hunter success here (2025)
- 67%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Undersubscribed: 228 of 228 tags claimed by first-choice resident applicants in 2026. Everyone who applied drew and the rest went to the leftover draw — the 100% reflects low demand, not a great tag. A code like this can flip the year demand catches up.
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 228 tags, 228 first-choice applicants. Source: 2026 Elk Lottery Stats (resident) · table.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100% | — | — |
Fewer applicants than tags. North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes no per-level applicant counts for this hunt. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 resident fees)
At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $62 (enough points to draw) .
Next application window: closes Mar 25, 2027 (expected). Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
No points in this draw — every applicant has the same chance each year, so there is no cut to creep and nothing to build toward.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Unit E3, North Dakota Game and Fish Department counted 364 hunters and 242 elk taken in 2025 — 67% of them killed something. Full Unit E3 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Big 3 Harvest Statistics (news release, 2026-03-05) North Dakota OUTDOORS, Buffaloberry Patch, May 2025
Year by year
The standard draw for residents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 228 | 228 | 1.0 | — | 2026 Elk Lottery Stats (resident) · table |
| 2025 | 252 | 258 | 1.0 | — | Elk Lottery Stats · #2025 |
| 2024 | 210 | 261 | 1.2 | — | Elk Lottery Stats · #2024 |
| 2023 | 121 | 221 | 1.8 | — | Elk Lottery Stats · #2023 |
| 2022 | 120 | 222 | 1.9 | — | Elk Lottery Stats · #2022 |
Other licenses valid in Unit E3
Legal cartridges for elk in North Dakota
From the North Dakota hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
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This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.