Pennsylvania Elk · Zone 5 Penfield
Pennsylvania Zone 5 covers 56,075 acres and lies 16 miles south of St. Marys and 46 miles north-west of State College. 59% of it is public land, mostly state land (59%). In 2023, hunters took 9 elk here; hunter counts not published. Its most applied-for hunt, EHZ05-GEN-B, put up 2 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw.
No more draws here. The last one was 2025.
Pennsylvania Game Commission held its 2026 elk draw without Zone 5. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Pennsylvania elk hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
6 licenses
first choice, resident
not published
100% State
56,075 acres
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Every License in Zone 5
The last draw held in Zone 5 was 2025. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice resident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHZ05-ARC-B | Elk Hunt Zone 5 archery season antlered elk | — | — | |
| EHZ05-ARC-C | Elk Hunt Zone 5 archery season antlerless elk | — | — | |
| EHZ05-GEN-B | Elk Hunt Zone 5 general season antlered elk | — | — | |
| EHZ05-GEN-C | Elk Hunt Zone 5 general season antlerless elk | — | — | |
| EHZ05-LATE-B | Elk Hunt Zone 5 late firearms season antlered elk | — | — | |
| EHZ05-LATE-C | Elk Hunt Zone 5 late firearms season antlerless elk | — | — |
First-choice resident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: PGC 2025-26 Hunting & Trapping Digest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2025 resident fees): $57.94 ($11.97 to apply). Open May 1 – Jul 12, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Elk |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2020 | 5 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery season | — | 1 | — |
| General season | — | 7 | — |
| Late season | — | 1 | — |
2023 split: archery 1 (11%), firearm 8 (89%)
What Pennsylvania Game Commission publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Hunter counts not published for 2023. Source: PGC 2023 Historic Harvest Data for Dashboards.
The Ground
| State land | 33,171 ac | 59% |
| Private or other non-public land | 22,904 ac | 41% |
Source: PGC 2023 State Gameland boundaries.
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▸ Sources 4
- PGC 2025-26 Hunting & Trapping Digest draw results, fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- PGC 2023 Historic Harvest Data for Dashboards harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- PGC 2020 Elk Management Zones boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- PGC 2023 State Gameland boundaries land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Pennsylvania Game Commission's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.
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