Elk Hunt Area 45: Paint Rock Creek
In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 any elk license, nonresidents needed about 13 preference points, and residents' first-choice odds were about 26%.
- Herd unit
- Medicine Lodge (211)
- Size
- 777 sq mi
- WGFD region
- Western
- License types drawn
- 6
Type 1 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 21 licenses. The draw ran out at 13 points: 37.0% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 18 1 100% 17 1 100% 15 1 100% 14 6 100% just under 14 2 100% 13 27 37.04% just under 13 186 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 7 licenses, 203 first-choice applicants (about 3%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 15 licenses. Everyone with 9 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 14 3 100% 13 2 100% 12 4 100% 11 2 100% 10 1 100% 9 3 100% just under 9 49 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 4 licenses, 49 first-choice applicants (about 8%).
- Resident: 237 licenses, 914 first-choice applicants (about 26%).
Type 4 · Antlerless elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 27 licenses. The draw ran out at 0 points: 25% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 7 2 100% just under 2 5 100% 1 12 100% just under 1 2 100% 0 24 25% - Nonresident, random draw: 9 licenses, 17 first-choice applicants (about 53%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. Nobody applied for it as a first choice.
- Nonresident special, random draw: 4 licenses, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Resident: 210 licenses, 94 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 5 · Antlerless elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 23 licenses. The draw ran out at 1 point: 86.7% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 4 2 100% just under 3 3 100% 2 1 100% just under 2 4 100% 1 15 86.67% just under 1 20 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 7 licenses, 22 first-choice applicants (about 32%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 10 licenses. Nobody applied for it as a first choice.
- Nonresident special, random draw: 3 licenses, 0 first-choice applicants.
- Resident: 168 licenses, 118 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 6 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 8 licenses, 65 first-choice applicants (about 12%).
- Resident: 40 licenses, 199 first-choice applicants (about 20%).
Type 7 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 8 licenses, 14 first-choice applicants (about 57%).
- Resident: 41 licenses, 67 first-choice applicants (about 61%).
Type 9 · Any elk, archery onl
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. The draw ran out at 12 points: 33.3% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 16 1 100% 15 2 100% 14 5 100% 13 3 100% 12 3 33.33% just under 12 101 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 4 licenses, 103 first-choice applicants (about 4%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 9 licenses. The draw ran out at 12 points: 60% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 13 4 100% just under 13 2 100% 12 5 60% just under 12 45 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 3 licenses, 47 first-choice applicants (about 6%).
- Resident: 142 licenses, 369 first-choice applicants (about 38%).
Nearby elk areas
- Area 34: Upper Powder River
- Area 35: Hunter Mesa
- Area 36: Rock Creek
- Area 37: Goose
- Area 41: Medicine Lodge
- Area 49: Otter 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.