North Dakota Elk — Unit E6

Unit E6

North Dakota Unit E6 covers 582,943 acres and lies 33 miles west of Linton and 44 miles south of Lincoln. 8% of it is public land, mostly military (5%) and state trust land (3%). A further 92% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 13 people hunted elk here and took 3 — 23% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 10 resident tags here for 14 first-choice applicants.

Resident tags (2026):12 Applicants:428 Hunter success (2025):23% Public land:8% Size:582,943 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Unit E6, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice resident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice resident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

E6-ANTL Unit E6 antlerless elk 10 tags · 14 applicants

71% Real chance
E6-ANY Unit E6 any elk 2 tags · 414 applicants

<1% Long shot

Hunt	Your odds	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
E6-ANTL ↗ Unit E6 antlerless elk	71% Real chance	—	10 / 14	Oct 2 – Jan 3, 2027
E6-ANY ↗ Unit E6 any elk	<1% Long shot	—	2 / 414	Oct 2 – Jan 3, 2027

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 resident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Per application	$27	$7	$62

Application window: closes Mar 25, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Unit E6 within North Dakota

Unit E6 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

Tribal 534,725 ac · 92%
Department of Defense 29,603 ac · 5%
State trust land 16,567 ac · 3%
Private 1,259 ac · 0%
National Forest 477 ac · 0%
State land 298 ac · 0%
BLM 10 ac · 0%

Source: PAD-US 4.1 — Manager Type (fee interests), North Dakota subset

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What North Dakota Game and Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast.