Tennessee Elk ELK-ARCH-EHZ5
Elk Archery-Only - EHZ 5 Cross Mountain and Red Ash in EHZ 5 — Cross Mountain and Red Ash, archery only, Sep 26 – Oct 2, 2026. 99% public land, mostly State land.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Your odds · 2026 draw
1 tag
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2026, 1 tag went to the applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 1
- Applicants
- —
- Success
- —
First-choice nonresidents; nonresidents capped at 25%.
Odds by Year
Not enough years with tags and applicants to chart.
Wait 10 years after drawing before applying again.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Feb 24 · 129 daysno separate tag fee on file
The $12 Elk quota hunt application fee is not refunded. Drawing adds the $214 nonresident 7-Day All Game license.
- Opens
- Feb 3, 2027
- Closes
- Feb 24, 2027
Next application window: Open Feb 3 – Feb 24, 2027.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Elk quota hunt application fee · paid at application $12 TWRA 2026 Quota Hunts
- Nonresident 7-Day All Game license · paid if drawn $214 TWRA 2026 Hunting License Fees
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | — | — | — |
The agency did not publish enough counts to compute this level. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency publishes no applicant counts for this hunt, so the chance is the pool average. As a lower choice, ELK-ARCH-EHZ5 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: TWRA 2026 Elk and Youth Elk Hunts, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2018
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of EHZ 5 | — | 1 | — |
Adding up Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's published lines for EHZ 5 gives 1 elk taken in 2018 (sum of published weapon rows; hunter counts not published). Tennessee's figures are counts of elk taken in each zone, as TWRA published them after the hunt - not a survey estimate. TWRA has published no per-zone harvest since 2018. Source: TWRA 2018 news release; TWRA 2017 Strategic Elk Management Plan.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 2 draws
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | — | — | TWRA 2026 Elk and Youth Elk Hunts |
| 2024 | 1 | — | — | TWRA 2024 Elk Quota Draw instructions, p. 3 |
Other Licenses Valid in EHZ 5
- ELK-ARCH Elk Archery-Only Season Sep 27 – Oct 3 · 9 tags —
- ELK-GEN Elk Gun/Muzzleloader/Archery Season Oct 4–10 · 8 tags —
- ELK-GUN-EHZ5 Elk Gun/Muzzleloader/Archery - EHZ 5 Cross Mountain and Red Ash Oct 3–9 · 1 tag —
- ELK-YOUTH Young Sportsman Elk Hunt (resident youth 13-16; any open EHZ)Youth only Oct 10–16 · no draw result on file —
Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Sources 8
- TWRA 2026 Elk and Youth Elk Hunts draw results, draw rules, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TWRA 2024 Elk Quota Draw instructions, p. 3 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TWRA 2026 Quota Hunts fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TWRA 2026 Hunting License Fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TWRA 2018 news release harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TWRA 2017 Strategic Elk Management Plan harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- TWRA 2026 ElkHuntZones_2024 boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project 2026 PAD-US 4.1 Fee Managers land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's published results (the agency did not publish enough counts to compute this level). 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. How we compute these.
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