Elk Hunting

2020 Elk Hunting Seasons

Learn more in the Big Game Hunting Digest.

Hunt Code	Hunt Name	Tag Allocations	Season Dates
484	Cache Creek Period 1 apprentice bull (Tule)	1	Oct 10–25
472	Fort Hunter Liggett apprentice bull (Tule)	1	Dec 22–Jan 3
471	Fort Hunter Liggett apprentice antlerless (Tule)	1	Dec 22–Jan 3
466	Grizzly Island Period 1 apprentice antlerless (Tule)	2	Aug 11–14
469	Grizzly Island Period 2 apprentice spike bull (Tule)	2	Aug 13–16
464	La Panza Period 1 apprentice antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 10–Nov 1
408	Marble Mountain apprentice either-sex (Roosevelt)	4	Sept 9–20
409	Northeastern CA apprentice either-sex (Rocky Mountain)	2	Sept 16–27
450	Fort Hunter Liggett archery only antlerless (Tule)	8	Nov 7–15
449	Fort Hunter Liggett archery only either-sex (Tule)	6	July 25–Aug 2
337	Lone Pine Period 1 archery only antlerless (Tule)	1	Sept 12–27
411	Northeastern CA archery only either-sex (Rocky Mountain)	10	Sept 2–13
422	Owens Valley Multiple Zone Archery only bull (Tule)	3	Aug 8–16
303	Marble Mountains Muzzleloader/Archery either-sex (Roosevelt)	10	Oct 31–Nov 8
367	Independence Period 1 Muzzleloader bull (Tule)	1	Sept 12–27
301	Marble Mountain antlerless (Roosevelt)	8	Sept 9–20
302	Marble Mountain bull (Roosevelt)	34	Sept 9–20
374	Northwestern CA antlerless (Roosevelt)	15	Sept 2–24
355	Northwestern CA bull (Roosevelt)	3	Sept 2–24
483	Northwestern CA either-sex (Roosevelt)	3	Sept 2–24
401	Siskiyou antlerless (Roosevelt)	20	Sept 9–20
300	Siskiyou bull (Roosevelt)	20	Sept 9–20
328	Mendocino bull (Roosevelt/Tule)	2	Sept 23–Oct 4
304	Northeastern CA antlerless (Rocky Mountain)	10	Nov 11–22
305	Northeastern CA bull (Rocky Mountain)	15	Sept 16–27
329	Bear Valley antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 10–18
330	Bear Valley bull (Tule)	2	Oct 10–18
406	Cache Creek Period 1 bull (Tule)	2	Oct 10–25
416	Cache Creek Period 1 antlerless (Tule)	2	Oct 17–Nov 1
463	East Park Reservoir antlerless (Tule)	2	Sept 5–Oct 1
461	East Park Reservoir bull (Tule)	2	Sept 5–Oct 1
448	Fort Hunter Liggett Period 2 antlerless (Tule)	6	Nov 25–Dec 3
447	Fort Hunter Liggett Period 3 bull (Tule)	8	Dec 22–Jan 3
373	Goodale Period 1 bull (Tule)	1	Sept 12–27
365	Goodale Period 2 antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 3–11
366	Goodale Period 3 antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 17–25
433	Grizzly Island Period 1 antlerless (Tule)	2	Aug 11–14
437	Grizzly Island Period 2 spike bull (Tule)	2	Aug 13–16
357	Grizzly Island Period 8 spike bull (Tule)	6	Sept 3–6
358	Grizzly Island Period 9 antlerless (Tule)	4	Sept 8–11
359	Grizzly Island Period 10 bull (Tule)	3	Sept 10–13
360	Grizzly Island Period 11 antlerless (Tule)	4	Sept 15–18
362	Grizzly Island Period 12 bull (Tule)	3	Sept 17–20
363	Grizzly Island Period 13 antlerless (Tule)	4	Sept 22–25
368	Independence Period 2 antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 3–11
369	Independence Period 2 bull (Tule)	1	Oct 3–11
370	Independence Period 3 antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 17–25
371	Independence Period 3 bull (Tule)	1	Oct 17–25
417	La Panza Period 1 antlerless (Tule)	5	Oct 10–Nov 1
419	La Panza Period 1 bull (Tule)	6	Oct 10–Nov 1
418	La Panza Period 2 antlerless (Tule)	6	Nov 14–Dec 6
420	La Panza Period 2 bull (Tule)	6	Nov 14–Dec 6
331	Lake Pillsbury Period 1 antlerless (Tule)	4	Sept 9–18
332	Lake Pillsbury Period 2 bull (Tule)	2	Sept 28–Oct 7
486	Lone Pine Period 2 bull (Tule)	1	Oct 3–11
497	San Luis Reservoir either-sex (Tule)	5	Oct 3–25
315	West Tinemaha Period 1 bull (Tule)	1	Sept 12–27
323	Whitney Period 2 bull (Tule)	1	Oct 3–11
324	Whitney Period 3 antlerless (Tule)	1	Oct 17–25
	Total	281

Hunt Zones and Special Hunt Information

Download hunt zone shapefiles or KML files.

2020 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.

Elk Hunt Statistics by Year

Hunt statistics will be posted below as they become available.

• 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)