Pennsylvania Elk — Zone 6

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Pennsylvania Zone 6 covers 26,672 acres and lies 14 miles south-east of St. Marys and 44 miles north-west of State College. 69% of it is public land, mostly state land (69%). In 2023, hunters took 6 elk here. The 2025 draw put up 2 tags here.

Tags (2025):5 Public land:69% Size:26,672 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Zone 6, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice resident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

4 licenses on offer · 5 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
  • EHZ06-GEN-B Elk Hunt Zone 6 general season antlered elk 2 tags
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  • EHZ06-GEN-C Elk Hunt Zone 6 general season antlerless elk 1 tags
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  • EHZ06-LATE-B Elk Hunt Zone 6 late firearms season antlered elk 1 tags
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  • EHZ06-LATE-C Elk Hunt Zone 6 late firearms season antlerless elk 1 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 State College Altoona Williamsport Butler
Zone 6 within Pennsylvania
10 11 12 2 3 301 305 306 307 308 4 5 8 9
Zone 6 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 18,435 ac · 69%
  • Private or other non-public land 8,236 ac · 31%

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 6
2022 8
2021 8
2020 6
2019 6
2018 9
2017 8

What people carried (2023 harvest)

  • Archery 0 · 0%
  • Firearm 6 · 100%

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