Elk Hunt Area 125: Elk Mountain
In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 any elk license, nonresidents needed about 5 preference points, and there were enough licenses for every resident who put it first.
- Herd unit
- Snowy Range (533)
- Size
- 288 sq mi
- WGFD region
- Southern
- License types drawn
- 2
Type 1 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 17 licenses. The draw ran out at 5 points: 20% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 10 2 100% 8 1 100% just under 8 4 100% 7 5 100% 6 4 100% 5 5 20% just under 5 54 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 5 licenses, 58 first-choice applicants (about 9%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. The draw ran out at just under 4 points: 41.7% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 5 5 100% 4 2 100% just under 4 12 41.67% 3 or fewer 22 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 3 licenses, 27 first-choice applicants (about 11%).
- Resident: 208 licenses, 103 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 6 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 47 licenses, 40 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
- Resident: 252 licenses, 34 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Nearby elk areas
- Area 11: Medicine Bow River
- Area 12: Kennaday Peak
- Area 15: Spring Creek
- Area 16: Shirley Mountain
- Area 111: Seminoe
How to read this
Odds are what happened in the 2026 draw, published by Wyoming Game and Fish. They are not a forecast; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. Preference-point odds are WGFD's own figures. For random and resident draws WGFD publishes licenses and applicant counts, so the percentage shown is the share of first-choice applicants there were licenses for, before second and third choices. Rows marked “just under” a number are applicants between two point levels, which happens when a party applies together and its points are averaged.
Sources: WGFD draw results and odds (2026) and the WGFD elk hunt area boundaries. Boundaries are for general location, not a survey. Check season dates and boundary descriptions in the WGFD regulations before you hunt.