Elk Hunting

2021 Elk Hunting Seasons

Learn more in the Big Game Hunting Digest.

Hunt Type	Elk Type	Hunt Name	Hunt Code	2021 Tag Quota	2021 Hunt Dates
Apprentice	Rocky Mountain	Northeastern California either-sex	409	2	Sept 15–26
Apprentice	Roosevelt	Marble Mountains either-sex	408	4	Sept 8–19
Apprentice	Tule	Cache Creek Period 1 bull	484	1	Oct 9–Oct 24
Apprentice	Tule	Fort Hunter Liggett antlerless	471	1	Dec 21–Jan 2
Apprentice	Tule	Fort Hunter Liggett bull	472	1	Dec 21–Jan 2
Apprentice	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 1 antlerless	466	2	Aug 17–20
Apprentice	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 2 spike bull	469	2	Aug 19–22
Apprentice	Tule	La Panza antlerless	464	1	Oct 9–31
Archery	Rocky Mountain	Northeastern CA either-sex	411	10	Sept 1–12
Archery	Tule	Fort Hunter Liggett only antlerless	450	8	Nov 6–14
Archery	Tule	Fort Hunter Liggett only either-sex	449	6	July 31–Aug 8
Archery	Tule	Lone Pine Period 1 antlerless	337	1	Sept 11–26
Archery	Tule	Owens Valley Multiple Zone bull	422	3	Aug 14–22
General	Rocky Mountain	Marble Mountain antlerless	301	8	Sept 8–19
General	Rocky Mountain	Marble Mountain bull	302	34	Sept 8–19
General	Rocky Mountain	Northeastern CA antlerless	304	10	Nov 10–21
General	Rocky Mountain	Northeastern CA bull	305	15	Sept 15–26
General	Roosevelt	Northwestern California antlerless	374	15	Sept 1–23
General	Roosevelt	Northwestern California bull	355	3	Sept 1–23
General	Roosevelt	Northwestern California either-sex	483	3	Sept 1–23
General	Roosevelt	Siskiyou antlerless	401	20	Sept 8–19
General	Roosevelt	Siskiyou bull	300	20	Sept 8–19
General	Roosevelt/Tule	Mendocino bull	328	2	Sept 22–Oct 3
General	Tule	Bear Valley antlerless	329	1	Oct 9–17
General	Tule	Bear Valley bull	330	2	Oct 9–17
General	Tule	Cache Creek Period 1 bull	406	2	Oct 9–24
General	Tule	Cache Creek Period 2 antlerless	416	2	Oct 16–Oct 31
General	Tule	East Park Reservoir antlerless	463	2	Sept 4–30
General	Tule	East Park Reservoir bull	461	2	Sept 4–30
General	Tule	Fort Hunter Liggett Period 2 antlerless	448	6	Nov 24–Dec 2
General	Tule	Fort Hunter Liggett Period 3 bull	447	8	Dec 21–Jan 2
General	Tule	Goodale period 1 bull	373	1	Sept 11–26
General	Tule	Goodale Period 2 antlerless	365	1	Oct 2–10
General	Tule	Goodale Period 3 antlerless	366	1	Oct 16–24
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 1 antlerless	433	2	Aug 17–20
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 10 bull	359	3	Sept 16–19
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 11 antlerless	360	4	Sept 21–24
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 12 bull	362	3	Sept 23–26
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 13 antlerless	363	4	Sept 28–Oct 1
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 2 spike bull	437	2	Aug 19–22
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 8 spike bull	357	6	Sept 9–12
General	Tule	Grizzly Island Period 9 antlerless	358	4	Sept 14–17
General	Tule	Independence Period 2 antlerless	368	1	Oct 2–10
General	Tule	Independence Period 2 bull	369	1	Oct 2–10
General	Tule	Independence Period 3 antlerless	370	1	Oct 16–24
General	Tule	Independence Period 3 bull	371	1	Oct 16–24
General	Tule	La Panza Period 1 antlerless	417	5	Oct 9–31
General	Tule	La Panza Period 1 bull	419	6	Oct 9–31
General	Tule	La Panza Period 2 antlerless	418	6	Nov 13–Dec 5
General	Tule	La Panza Period 2 bull	420	6	Nov 13–Dec 5
General	Tule	Lake Pillsbury Period 1 antlerless	331	4	Sept 8–17
General	Tule	Lake Pillsbury Period 2 bull	332	2	Sept 27–Oct 6
General	Tule	Lone Pine Period 2 bull	486	1	Oct 2–10
General	Tule	San Luis Reservoir either-sex	497	5	Oct 2–24
General	Tule	West Tinemaha Period 1 bull	315	1	Sept 11–26
General	Tule	Whitney Period 2 bull	323	1	Oct 2–10
General	Tule	Whitney Period 3 antlerless	324	1	Oct 16–24
Muzzleloader	Rocky Mountain	Independence Period 1 bull	367	1	Sept 11–26
Muzzleloader or Archery	Roosevelt	Marble Mountains either-sex	303	10	Oct 30–Nov 7
				Total: 281

Hunt Zones and Special Hunt Information

Download hunt zone shapefiles or KML files.

Elk Hunt Zones

Hunt availability changes yearly.

Roosevelt Elk Hunts

• Marble Mountains (PDF)
• Northwestern California (PDF)
• Siskiyou (PDF)

Rocky Mountain Elk Hunts

• Northeastern California

Tule Elk Hunts

• Bear Valley (PDF)
• Cache Creek (PDF)
• East Park Reservoir (PDF)
• Fort Hunter Liggett (PDF)
• Goodale (PDF) *
• Grizzly Island (PDF)
• Independence (PDF) *
• La Panza (PDF)
• Lake Pillsbury (PDF)
• Lone Pine (PDF) *
• Owens Valley Multiple Zone Archery Only (PDF) *
• San Luis Reservoir (PDF)
• West Tinemaha (PDF) *
• Whitney (PDF) *

Hunts marked with an asterisk * are Owens Valley Hunts.

Roosevelt and Tule Elk Hunts

• Mendocino (PDF)

Hunting Regulations

Hunting Licenses and Tags

• Hunting License Information
• For information on applying for the Elk Tag Drawing, see the Big Game Hunting Digest.
• Tag Returns

Elk Hunt Statistics by Year

Hunt statistics will be posted below as they become available.

• 2020 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2019 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2018 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2017 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2016 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2015 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2014 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2013 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2012 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2011 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2010 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2009 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2008 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2007 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2006 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2005 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)
• 2004 Elk Hunt Statistics (PDF)