Pennsylvania Elk — Zone 14

Kettle Creek

Pennsylvania Zone 14 covers 331,674 acres and lies 36 miles east of St. Marys and 45 miles west of Williamsport. 85% of it is public land, mostly state land (85%). In 2023, hunters took 12 elk here. The 2025 draw put up 4 tags here.

Tags (2025):13 Public land:85% Size:331,674 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Zone 14, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice resident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

6 licenses on offer · 13 tags in the 2025 draw

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice resident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level
  • EHZ14-ARC-B Elk Hunt Zone 14 archery season antlered elk 1 tags
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  • EHZ14-ARC-C Elk Hunt Zone 14 archery season antlerless elk 1 tags
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  • EHZ14-GEN-B Elk Hunt Zone 14 general season antlered elk 2 tags
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  • EHZ14-GEN-C Elk Hunt Zone 14 general season antlerless elk 4 tags
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  • EHZ14-LATE-B Elk Hunt Zone 14 late firearms season antlered elk 2 tags
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  • EHZ14-LATE-C Elk Hunt Zone 14 late firearms season antlerless elk 3 tags
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What these columns mean
Your odds
the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 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 2025 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 (2025 resident fees)

License Up front Gone if you miss If you draw
Per application $11.97 $11.97 $57.94

Application window: opens May 1, closes Jul 12, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

St. Marys Williamsport State College Altoona Bloomsburg
Zone 14 within Pennsylvania
10 11 12 13 2 3 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 4 5 6 8 9 St. Marys Williamsport
Zone 14 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

  • State land 283,252 ac · 85%
  • Private or other non-public land 48,422 ac · 15%

Source: PGC State Gameland (SGL) boundaries

How the hunting has gone

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

Season Harvest
2023 12
2022 12
2021 13
2020 8
2019 8
2018 6

What people carried (2023 harvest)

  • Archery 3 · 25%
  • Firearm 9 · 75%

Boundary: PGC Elk Management Zones 2020 (Elk Hunt Zones 1-14, in effect through the 2025 season)

Harvest: Historic Harvest Data for Dashboards -- Elk Historic Harvests by EHZ (FeatureServer layer 1)

How we compute draw odds · All Pennsylvania elk hunts