Elk Hunt Area 63: Wood River-Gooseberry Creek
In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 any elk license, nonresidents needed about 17 preference points, and residents' first-choice odds were about 21%.
- Herd unit
- Gooseberry (214)
- Size
- 366 sq mi
- WGFD region
- Western
- License types drawn
- 5
Type 1 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 7 licenses. The draw ran out at 17 points: 75% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 18 4 100% 17 4 75% just under 17 214 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 2 licenses, 215 first-choice applicants (under 1%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 6 licenses. The draw ran out at 16 points: 66.7% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 17 4 100% 16 3 66.67% just under 16 89 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 1 license, 90 first-choice applicants (about 1%).
- Resident: 134 licenses, 632 first-choice applicants (about 21%).
Type 2 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 3 licenses. Everyone with 17 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 19 1 100% 17 2 100% just under 17 10 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 0 licenses, 10 first-choice applicants (under 1%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 3 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 14 2 100% 10 2 50% just under 10 12 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 0 licenses, 13 first-choice applicants (under 1%).
- Resident: 27 licenses, 90 first-choice applicants (about 30%).
Type 3 · Any elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 5 licenses. The draw ran out at 15 points: 16.7% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 18 1 100% 16 3 100% 15 6 16.67% just under 15 98 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 1 license, 102 first-choice applicants (under 1%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 4 licenses. The draw ran out at just under 15 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% just under 15 3 33.33% 14 or fewer 35 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 1 license, 35 first-choice applicants (about 3%).
- Resident: 55 licenses, 226 first-choice applicants (about 24%).
Type 4 · Antlerless elk
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. The draw ran out at 0 points: 78.6% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 1 1 100% 0 14 78.57% - Nonresident, random draw: 3 licenses, 3 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
- 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, 18 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
Type 6 · Cow or calf
- Nonresident: 32 licenses, 86 first-choice applicants (about 37%).
- Resident: 167 licenses, 175 first-choice applicants (about 95%).
Nearby elk areas
- Area 59: Boulder Basin
- Area 61: North Greybull River
- Area 62: South Greybull River
- Area 64: Owl Creek
- Area 66: Basin
- Area 67: Wigins Fork
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.