Elk Hunt Area 25: South Pass
In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 any elk license, nonresidents needed about 13 preference points, and residents' first-choice odds were about 14%.
- Herd unit
- South Wind River (637)
- Size
- 1,213 sq mi
- WGFD region
- Western
- License types drawn
- 5
Type 1 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 13 licenses. Everyone with just under 13 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 18 1 100% 17 1 100% 15 2 100% 14 6 100% 13 1 100% just under 13 2 100% 12 or fewer 189 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 4 licenses, 189 first-choice applicants (about 2%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 9 licenses. The draw ran out at 10 points: 50% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 12 2 100% 11 4 100% just under 11 2 100% 10 2 50% just under 10 47 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 3 licenses, 48 first-choice applicants (about 6%).
- Resident: 140 licenses, 971 first-choice applicants (about 14%).
Type 4 · Antlerless elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. The draw ran out at 0 points: 43.8% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 1 2 100% just under 1 3 100% 0 16 43.75% - Nonresident, random draw: 4 licenses, 8 first-choice applicants (about 50%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 6 licenses. Nobody applied for it as a first choice.
- Nonresident special, random draw: 1 license, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Resident: 84 licenses, 57 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 5 · Antlerless elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 9 licenses. Every applicant drew, whatever their points.
- Nonresident, random draw: 2 licenses, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 4 licenses. Nobody applied for it as a first choice.
- Nonresident special, random draw: 1 license, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Resident: 63 licenses, 22 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 6 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 14 licenses, 45 first-choice applicants (about 31%).
- Resident: 83 licenses, 292 first-choice applicants (about 28%).
Type 7 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 6 licenses, 10 first-choice applicants (about 60%).
- Resident: 29 licenses, 45 first-choice applicants (about 64%).
Nearby elk areas
- Area 24: Green Mountain
- Area 27: Upper Sweetwater
- Area 28: Cony Mountain
- Area 99: Big Sandy
- Area 100: Steamboat
- Area 127: Crowheart Butte
- Area 128: Muskrat
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.