Elk Hunt Area 41: Medicine Lodge
In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 any elk license, nonresidents needed about 11 preference points, and residents' first-choice odds were about 59%.
- Herd unit
- Medicine Lodge (211)
- Size
- 666 sq mi
- WGFD region
- Western
- License types drawn
- 7
Type 1 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 17 licenses. The draw ran out at 11 points: 90% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 14 2 100% 13 1 100% just under 13 2 100% just under 12 3 100% 11 10 90% just under 11 121 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 5 licenses, 122 first-choice applicants (about 4%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. Everyone with 8 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 10 2 100% 9 3 100% 8 7 100% just under 8 27 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 4 licenses, 27 first-choice applicants (about 15%).
- Resident: 206 licenses, 348 first-choice applicants (about 59%).
Type 2 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 6 licenses. The draw ran out at 9 points: 80% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 12 1 100% 10 1 100% 9 5 80% just under 9 38 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 1 license, 38 first-choice applicants (about 3%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 4 licenses. Everyone with 3 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 5 2 100% 4 1 100% 3 1 100% just under 3 5 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 1 license, 5 first-choice applicants (about 20%).
- Resident: 56 licenses, 100 first-choice applicants (about 56%).
Type 3 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 1 license. Everyone with 10 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 10 1 100% just under 10 7 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 0 licenses, 7 first-choice applicants (under 1%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 1 license. The draw ran out at 11 points: 25% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 11 4 25% just under 11 7 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 0 licenses, 10 first-choice applicants (under 1%).
- Resident: 17 licenses, 48 first-choice applicants (about 35%).
Type 4 · Antlerless elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 42 licenses. Every applicant drew, whatever their points.
- Nonresident, random draw: 14 licenses, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 18 licenses. Nobody applied for it as a first choice.
- Nonresident special, random draw: 5 licenses, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Resident: 310 licenses, 46 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 6 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 24 licenses, 72 first-choice applicants (about 33%).
- Resident: 125 licenses, 274 first-choice applicants (about 46%).
Type 7 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 32 licenses, 83 first-choice applicants (about 39%).
- Resident: 167 licenses, 80 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 9 · Any elk, archery onl
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 7 licenses. The draw ran out at 10 points: 33.3% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 12 3 100% 11 3 100% 10 3 33.33% just under 10 67 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 2 licenses, 68 first-choice applicants (about 3%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 6 licenses. Everyone with 9 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 10 2 100% just under 10 2 100% 9 2 100% just under 9 15 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 1 license, 15 first-choice applicants (about 7%).
- Resident: 82 licenses, 167 first-choice applicants (about 49%).
Nearby elk areas
- Area 37: Goose
- Area 38: Tongue
- Area 40: Horse Creek
- Area 45: Paint Rock Creek
- Area 66: Basin
- Area 129: Non-Herd Unit
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.