Wyoming elk hunt areas: harvest, seasons and public land

WGFD divides Wyoming into 105 elk hunt areas. Its 2025 harvest report estimates hunters took 30,568 elk statewide. The most were taken in Area 7 (2,386), Area 21 (1,400) and Area 129 (1,087).

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: WGFD reports to 2025. Seasons: Chapter 7, final April 2026. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and the Office of State Lands.

Map of Wyoming's 105 elk hunt areas with WGFD's eight regions outlined; areas with a FilledTag page are shaded — Shaded: areas with a page of their own. Black lines: WGFD's wildlife regions.

How many elk are harvested in Wyoming?

Year	Elk harvested
2025	30,568
2024	30,744
2023	28,353
2022	27,011
2021	24,333

Source: WGFD's statewide tables in its annual harvest reports, 2021 to 2025. FilledTag checked that every year's hunt area rows add up to WGFD's statewide figure before using them.

Every Wyoming elk hunt area

105 areas, with WGFD's latest harvest and hunter success, measured public land and whether the 2026 table has a general license season.

Area	Name	Region	Square miles	Public land	Harvest, latest	Success	General license, 2026
Area 1	Black Hills	Casper	100	89.1%	98	58%	No
Area 2	Fortification	Sheridan	392	32.7%	224	50.7%	Yes
Area 3	Rawhide	Laramie	5,295	8.8%	253	41.3%	Yes
Area 6	Iron Mountain	Laramie	2,175	15.7%	614	49.7%	Yes
Area 7	Laramie Peak	Laramie	4,042	28.5%	2,386	46.4%	No
Area 8	Boulder Ridge	Laramie	377	18.2%	189	50.1%	No
Area 9	South Snowy Range	Laramie	409	61.9%	266	17.3%	Yes
Area 10	Rock Creek	Laramie	662	29.1%	306	24%	Yes
Area 11	Medicine Bow River	Laramie	692	33.8%	393	53.9%	No
Area 12	Kennaday Peak	Laramie	446	56.5%	561	39.1%	Yes
Area 13	Encampment River	Laramie	303	73.8%	315	28.2%	Yes
Area 15	Spring Creek	Laramie	503	61.5%	317	31.6%	Yes
Area 16	Shirley Mountain	Laramie	1,756	52.4%	562	56.8%	No
Area 19	Muddy Mountain	Casper	743	45%	287	45.1%	No
Area 21	Baggs	Green River	1,002	73.2%	1,400	44.9%	Yes
Area 22	Ferris	Lander	325	87.6%	123	43.5%	No
Area 23	Rattlesnake	Casper	1,265	52.9%	204	42.6%	No
Area 24	Green Mountain	Lander	679	90.7%	216	51.4%	No
Area 25	South Pass	Lander	1,213	83.6%	250	58.3%	No
Area 27	Upper Sweetwater	Lander	118	93.8%	47	35.1%	No
Area 28	Cony Mountain	Lander	542	82%	398	32%	Yes
Area 30	Aspen Mountain	Green River	552	57.4%	102	69.4%	No
Area 31	Little Mountain	Green River	280	89.5%	85	61.2%	No
Area 32	Pine Mountain	Green River	378	96.2%	116	57.4%	No
Area 33	Middle Fork	Sheridan	625	51.9%	120	29.9%	No
Area 34	Upper Powder River	Sheridan	826	40.2%	470	37.1%	No
Area 35	Hunter Mesa	Sheridan	251	75.5%	143	26.5%	No
Area 36	Rock Creek	Sheridan	209	67.9%	145	17.7%	Yes
Area 37	Goose	Sheridan	684	52.9%	282	17.9%	Yes
Area 38	Tongue	Sheridan	564	76.5%	407	36.2%	No
Area 39	Deer Creek	Cody	230	87.5%	231	45.9%	No
Area 40	Horse Creek	Cody	462	82.2%	131	29.7%	No
Area 41	Medicine Lodge	Cody	666	84.9%	356	41%	No
Area 45	Paint Rock Creek	Cody	777	82.9%	314	34.8%	No
Area 47	Copper Mountain	Lander	697	62.9%	46	32.2%	No
Area 48	Upper Nowood	Lander	930	58.1%	420	40.4%	No
Area 49	Otter Creek	Cody	1,237	69.5%	400	48.5%	No
Area 51	Sunlight-Crandall	Cody	650	97.6%	120	42.7%	No
Area 54	Bald Ridge	Cody	523	68%	195	68.7%	No
Area 55	Grinnell	Cody	392	99.8%	40	44%	No
Area 56	Wapiti Ridge	Cody	473	87.7%	212	32.1%	Yes
Area 58	Sage Creek	Cody	255	33%	168	57.1%	No
Area 59	Boulder Basin	Cody	393	91.1%	307	50.7%	Yes
Area 60	Thorofare	Cody	331	99.9%	154	63.4%	Yes
Area 61	North Greybull River	Cody	385	69.3%	537	56.2%	No
Area 62	South Greybull River	Cody	256	80%	187	55.5%	No
Area 63	Wood River-Gooseberry Creek	Cody	366	70.1%	278	51.7%	No
Area 64	Owl Creek	Cody	1,022	34.8%	197	41.6%	No
Area 65	Heart Mountain	Cody	1,679	62%	90	23.3%	No
Area 66	Basin	Cody	1,915	78.2%	76	29.3%	Yes
Area 67	Wigins Fork	Lander	700	80.4%	953	42.9%	Yes
Area 68	Warm Springs	Lander	214	85.8%	206	30.7%	Yes
Area 69	Whiskey Mountain	Lander	332	93.4%	115	48.7%	Yes
Area 70	Buffalo Fork	Jackson	448	99.1%	218	41.3%	Yes
Area 71	Pacific Creek	Jackson	234	84%	108	39.9%	Yes
Area 72	Berry Creek	Jackson	60	0.6%			Closed
Area 73	Targhee-Alta	Jackson	382	96.2%	57	39.9%	Yes
Area 75	Snake River	Jackson	47	1.9%	13	76.5%	No
Area 77	National Elk Refuge	Jackson	39	0%	36	19.4%	No
Area 78	Wilson	Jackson	71	36%	106	45.5%	Yes
Area 79	Teton Park	Jackson	65	0.5%			Closed
Area 80	Sheep Creek	Jackson	89	98.6%	7	8%	Yes
Area 81	Spread Creek	Jackson	351	98.8%	147	27.7%	Yes
Area 82	Crystal Peak	Jackson	234	99%	147	46.2%	Yes
Area 83	Fish Creek	Jackson	161	99.9%	116	35.5%	Yes
Area 84	Lower Hoback	Jackson	395	91.4%	499	37.2%	Yes
Area 85	Fall Creek	Jackson	280	92.3%	258	35.2%	Yes
Area 86	Monument Ridge	Pinedale	116	97.1%	227	31.4%	Yes
Area 87	Raspberry Ridge	Pinedale	115	91.3%	132	26.8%	Yes
Area 88	Greys Feedground	Jackson	18	63.4%	32	56.1%	No
Area 89	Lower Greys River	Jackson	263	99.8%	253	27.6%	Yes
Area 90	Upper Greys River	Jackson	221	100%	116	18.4%	Yes
Area 91	Salt River	Jackson	465	60.5%	516	40.2%	Yes
Area 92	Piney-Horse Creek	Pinedale	658	54.7%	497	39.1%	Yes
Area 93	Waterdog Lakes	Pinedale	260	65.1%	162	41.1%	No
Area 94	South Piney	Pinedale	976	75.3%	548	34%	Yes
Area 95	Green River	Pinedale	322	99.5%	169	43.8%	No
Area 96	New Fork	Pinedale	250	66.2%	155	24%	Yes
Area 97	Pinedale	Pinedale	473	83.5%	140	28.2%	Yes
Area 98	Boulder	Pinedale	1,931	92.2%	392	36%	Yes
Area 99	Big Sandy	Pinedale	688	91.5%	153	49.8%	No
Area 100	Steamboat	Green River	3,735	72.6%	425	74.7%	No
Area 102	West Green River	Green River	1,490	73.6%	559	34.7%	Yes
Area 103	Raymond Mountain	Green River	265	76.5%	308	35.7%	Yes
Area 104	Lincoln	Green River	676	71.2%	588	35.8%	Yes
Area 105	Carter Lease	Green River	1,698	51.6%	214	25%	Yes
Area 106	Unita	Green River	732	24.4%	625	40.8%	Yes
Area 107	Hickey Mountain	Green River	1,525	69.7%	166	22.5%	Yes
Area 108	South Rawlins	Lander	574	50.7%	325	81.7%	No
Area 110	Upper Platte River	Laramie	457	72.7%	596	27.5%	Yes
Area 111	Seminoe	Lander	919	57.7%	165	43.5%	No
Area 113	Rochelle Hills	Casper	860	54.2%	349	87%	No
Area 116	North Black Hills	Casper	2,296	19.4%	451	33.3%	Yes
Area 117	South Black Hills	Casper	758	22.4%	664	46.9%	No
Area 118	Shamrock Hills	Lander	1,093	66.4%	112	63.6%	No
Area 120	Buffalo Creek	Casper	1,451	65.9%	192	55.8%	No
Area 122	Pine Ridge	Casper	1,275	26.5%	288	73.5%	No
Area 123	Black Thunder	Sheridan	626	32.5%	266	61%	No
Area 124	Powder Rim	Green River	2,869	70.2%	220	81.5%	No
Area 125	Elk Mountain	Laramie	288	33.3%	218	73.4%	No
Area 126	Lost Springs	Casper	5,489	18%	367	38.4%	Yes
Area 127	Crowheart Butte	Lander	3,080	0%	54	44.3%	Yes
Area 128	Muskrat	Lander	2,198	80.4%	109	28.5%	Yes
Area 129	Non-Herd Unit	Sheridan	7,750	18.3%	1,087	46.3%	Yes
Area 130	Bolten Rim	Lander	268	46.8%	4	14.3%	Yes

Harvest: WGFD harvest reports (latest year each area was reported). Seasons: WGFD Commission Chapter 7 (final, April 2026). Public land measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).

Questions hunters ask

How many elk hunt areas does Wyoming have?

WGFD's elk hunt area map has 105 areas in 2026. 2 of them are closed in 2026 by Chapter 7.

How many elk were harvested in Wyoming in 2025?

WGFD estimates 30,568 elk statewide in 2025.

Which Wyoming elk hunt areas had the most harvest in 2025?

Area 7 Laramie Peak (2,386), Area 21 Baggs (1,400) and Area 129 Non-Herd Unit (1,087), by WGFD's 2025 report.

How many elk hunt areas have a general license season?

52 of 105, by WGFD Commission Chapter 7 for 2026. The rest are limited quota only, or closed.

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Where these numbers come from

Hunt areas: WGFD elk hunt areas.
Harvest: WGFD harvest reports.
Seasons: WGFD Commission Chapter 7 (final, April 2026).
Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).

FilledTag is not part of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Numbers are copied from WGFD and the other agencies named, or measured by FilledTag from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag. WGFD's regulations are the final word on every rule.

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