Pinto Creek Hunter Management Area: hunting, access and rules
Pinto Creek Hunter Management Area is 9,312 acres in WGFD's Laramie Region. Hunter Management Areas are private and leased lands where WGFD arranges hunting access; hunters need a WGFD permission slip for the area. WGFD lists elk (hunt area 7) for big game hunting here.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: WGFD's HMA data. Boundary: WGFD GIS. Harvest: WGFD reports to 2025.
BLMState trust landPinto Creek HMAElk hunt area lineLakeHighway
| Size | 9,312 acres (WGFD) |
|---|---|
| WGFD region | Laramie Region |
| Big game listed | Elk |
| Nearest towns | Esterbrook (25 mi), Westview Circle (26 mi) and Rock River (26 mi) |
What is Pinto Creek HMA?
The Pinto-Creek Hunter Management Area (HMA) is located 30 miles north of Rock River, between the Fetterman and Garrett Roads, and is comprised of private and/or leased lands of the Noel Hall Ranch and the Wyoming Office of State Lands & Investments' "Duck Creek" or "Moriah" Ranch.
What are the rules on Pinto Creek HMA?
A permission slip from WGFD is needed to hunt an HMA; WGFD issues them on its website, often by drawing or first come, first served, with limits per hunter. WGFD's page for Pinto Creek has the current slips and rules.
WGFD's permission slip and its page for Pinto Creek set the rules for this private and leased ground.
What can you hunt on Pinto Creek HMA?
WGFD lists the hunt area each big game species is hunted under here: elk in area 7.
What did hunters take in the hunt areas around Pinto Creek HMA?
WGFD reports harvest by hunt area, not by access area. The hunt areas that overlap Pinto Creek HMA, with the acres of the HMA in each and WGFD's latest harvest for the whole hunt area:
| Hunt area | HMA acres in it | Harvest, whole area | Hunter success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Area 7 | 9,312 | 2,386 (2025) | 46.4% |
| Deer Area 64 | 9,312 | 538 (2025) | |
| Antelope Area 42 | 9,312 | 287 (2025) | 97.3% |
| Bighorn sheep Area 19 | 9,312 | 10 (2025) | 90.9% |
Harvest: WGFD harvest reports, latest year each area was reported (WGFD harvest reports). Acres measured by FilledTag from WGFD's boundaries.
What land is around Pinto Creek HMA?
Inside the HMA boundary, by manager (WGFD's own holdings and leases are not in the federal and state layers, so they show as unlisted land):
| Manager | Acres inside |
|---|---|
| State trust land | 8,492 |
| BLM | 809 |
| Other land (WGFD-held, leased or private) | 11 |
Measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land) inside WGFD's boundary (9,312 acres as drawn).
How do you get to Pinto Creek HMA?
Nearest towns: Esterbrook (25 miles), Westview Circle (26 miles), Rock River (26 miles) and Medicine Bow (30 miles).
Questions hunters ask
What can you hunt on Pinto Creek HMA?
WGFD lists elk for big game. Each species follows the season of the hunt area the ground is in.
Where is Pinto Creek HMA?
About 25 miles from Esterbrook, and 26 miles from Westview Circle, measured from the area's boundary.
Do you need permission to hunt Pinto Creek HMA?
Yes. Hunters need a WGFD permission slip for a Hunter Management Area; WGFD's page for Pinto Creek lists the slips and the area's rules.
Which hunt areas is Pinto Creek HMA in?
By WGFD's boundaries it lies in elk Area 7, deer Area 64 and antelope Area 42. Each hunt area's season applies to the ground inside it.
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Where these numbers come from
- Area facts, access dates, rules and species: WGFD Hunter Management Area details; WGFD, Pinto Creek.
- Boundary: WGFD Hunter Management Area boundaries. Surrounding land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).
- Hunt area harvest: WGFD harvest reports, 2021 to 2025.
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.
Wyoming hunting Laramie Region Elk Area 7 Deer Area 64 Antelope Area 42 Bighorn sheep Area 19