Wyoming elk hunt areas

Every elk hunt area in Wyoming, with what it took to draw a license in 2026: the preference points nonresidents needed, and residents' first-choice odds. Click an area on the map or in the table for every license type, point by point.

Area	Name	Herd	Main license	Nonresident points needed	Resident first-choice odds
1	Black Hills	Black Hills	Type 1, any elk	17	about 9%
2	Fortification	Fortification	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
3	Rawhide	Rawhide	Type 8, cow or calf	—	—
6	Iron Mountain	Iron Mountain	Type 1, any elk	13	about 9%
7	Laramie Peak	Laramie Peak/Muddy Mountain	Type 1, any elk	14	about 33%
8	Boulder Ridge	Snowy Range	Type 1, any elk	2	about 99%
9	South Snowy Range	Snowy Range	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
10	Rock Creek	Snowy Range	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
11	Medicine Bow River	Snowy Range	Type 1, any elk	15	about 14%
12	Kennaday Peak	Snowy Range	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
13	Encampment River	Sierra Madre	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
15	Spring Creek	Sierra Madre	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
16	Shirley Mountain	Shirley Mountain	Type 1, any elk	18	about 10%
19	Muddy Mountain	Laramie Peak/Muddy Mountain	Type 1, any elk	12	about 24%
21	Baggs	Sierra Madre	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
22	Ferris	Ferris	Type 1, any elk	19	about 10%
23	Rattlesnake	Rattlesnake	Type 1, any elk	13	about 19%
24	Green Mountain	Green Mountain	Type 1, any elk	17	about 13%
25	South Pass	South Wind River	Type 1, any elk	13	about 14%
27	Upper Sweetwater	South Wind River	Type 4, antlerless elk	0	about 77%
28	Cony Mountain	South Wind River	Type 4, antlerless elk	Any	about 92%
30	Aspen Mountain	South Rock Springs	Type 1, any elk	20	about 4%
31	Little Mountain	South Rock Springs	Type 1, any elk	Any	about 3%
32	Pine Mountain	South Rock Springs	Type 1, any elk	20	about 5%
33	Middle Fork	South Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	7	everyone drew
34	Upper Powder River	South Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	7	everyone drew
35	Hunter Mesa	North Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	10	about 26%
36	Rock Creek	North Bighorn	Type 9, any elk, archery onl	3	everyone drew
37	Goose	North Bighorn	Type 9, any elk, archery onl	8	everyone drew
38	Tongue	North Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	12	about 32%
39	Deer Creek	North Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	11	about 30%
40	Horse Creek	North Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	10	about 36%
41	Medicine Lodge	Medicine Lodge	Type 1, any elk	11	about 59%
45	Paint Rock Creek	Medicine Lodge	Type 1, any elk	13	about 26%
47	Copper Mountain	South Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	5	everyone drew
48	Upper Nowood	South Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	7	everyone drew
49	Otter Creek	South Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	10	about 72%
51	Sunlight-Crandall	Clark's Fork	Type 1, any elk south and we	16	about 27%
54	Bald Ridge	Clark's Fork	Type 1, any elk	20	about 20%
55	Grinnell	Cody	Type 1, any elk	16	about 22%
56	Wapiti Ridge	Cody	Type 1, any elk	20	about 3%
58	Sage Creek	Cody	Type 1, any elk	19	about 10%
59	Boulder Basin	Cody	Type 1, any elk	20	about 3%
60	Thorofare	Cody	Type 9, any elk, archery onl	12	everyone drew
61	North Greybull River	Cody	Type 1, any elk	13	about 30%
62	South Greybull River	Gooseberry	Type 1, any elk	16	about 17%
63	Wood River-Gooseberry Creek	Gooseberry	Type 1, any elk	17	about 21%
64	Owl Creek	Gooseberry	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
65	Heart Mountain	Clark's Fork	Type 1, any elk	8	about 24%
66	Basin	Cody	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
67	Wigins Fork	Wiggins Fork	Type 9, any elk, archery onl	6	everyone drew
68	Warm Springs	Wiggins Fork	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
69	Whiskey Mountain	Wiggins Fork	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
70	Buffalo Fork	Jackson	None drawn	—	—
71	Pacific Creek	Jackson	None drawn	—	—
72	Berry Creek	Jackson	None drawn	—	—
73	Targhee-Alta	Targhee	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
75	Snake River	Jackson	Type 4, antlerless elk; the	0	about 74%
77	National Elk Refuge	Jackson	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
78	Wilson	Jackson	Type 1, any elk	3	about 77%
79	Teton Park	Jackson	None drawn	—	—
80	Sheep Creek	Jackson	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
81	Spread Creek	Jackson	None drawn	—	—
82	Crystal Peak	Jackson	Type 4, antlerless elk	Any	about 97%
83	Fish Creek	Jackson	None drawn	—	—
84	Lower Hoback	Fall Creek	Type 1, any elk	2	everyone drew
85	Fall Creek	Fall Creek	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
86	Monument Ridge	Piney	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
87	Raspberry Ridge	Upper Green River	Type 1, antlered elk	10	about 31%
88	Greys Feedground	Afton	Type 1, any elk	6	about 45%
89	Lower Greys River	Afton	None drawn	—	—
90	Upper Greys River	Afton	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
91	Salt River	Afton	Type 1, any elk	8	about 29%
92	Piney-Horse Creek	Piney	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
93	Waterdog Lakes	Upper Green River	Type 1, any elk	7	about 99%
94	South Piney	Piney	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
95	Green River	Upper Green River	Type 1, any elk	9	about 51%
96	New Fork	Upper Green River	Type 1, any elk	2	everyone drew
97	Pinedale	Pinedale	Type 1, any elk	5	everyone drew
98	Boulder	Pinedale	Type 1, any elk	6	about 87%
99	Big Sandy	South Wind River	Type 1, any elk	11	about 22%
100	Steamboat	Steamboat	Type 1, any elk	20	about 3%
102	West Green River	West Green River	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
103	Raymond Mountain	West Green River	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
104	Lincoln	West Green River	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
105	Carter Lease	West Green River	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
106	Unita	Uinta	Type 1, any elk	7	about 23%
107	Hickey Mountain	Uinta	Type 4, antlerless elk	Any	everyone drew
108	South Rawlins	Sierra Madre	Type 1, any elk	13	about 27%
110	Upper Platte River	Snowy Range	Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
111	Seminoe	Ferris	Type 1, any elk	20	about 16%
113	Rochelle Hills	Rochelle Hills	Type 1, any elk	19	about 2%
116	North Black Hills	Black Hills	Type 1, any elk	7	everyone drew
117	South Black Hills	Black Hills	Type 1, any elk	10	about 64%
118	Shamrock Hills	Shamrock	Type 1, antlered elk	10	about 23%
120	Buffalo Creek	South Bighorn	Type 1, any elk	13	about 21%
122	Pine Ridge	Pine Ridge	Type 1, any elk	11	everyone drew
123	Black Thunder	Rochelle Hills	Type 1, any elk	17	about 53%
124	Powder Rim	Petition	Type 1, any elk	20	about 4%
125	Elk Mountain	Snowy Range	Type 1, any elk	5	everyone drew
126	Lost Springs		Type 8, cow or calf	—	—
127	Crowheart Butte	Wiggins Fork	None drawn	—	—
128	Muskrat	Green Mountain	None drawn	—	—
129	Non-Herd Unit		Type 6, cow or calf	—	—
130	Bolten Rim	Sierra Madre	None drawn	—	—

“Points needed” is the point level where the 2026 nonresident preference-point draw ran out for the area's main any-elk license; at that level only some applicants drew. Resident odds are licenses divided by first-choice applicants. Sources: WGFD draw results and odds and the WGFD elk hunt area boundaries.