Stone Creek Hunter Management Area: hunting, access and rules
Stone Creek Hunter Management Area is 14,844 acres in WGFD's Lander 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 areas 22, 111) 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 landStone Creek HMAElk hunt area lineLakeHighway
| Size | 14,844 acres (WGFD) |
|---|---|
| WGFD region | Lander Region |
| Big game listed | Elk |
| Nearest towns | Bairoil (15 mi), Rawlins (22 mi) and Sinclair (24 mi) |
What is Stone Creek HMA?
The Stone Creek Hunter Management Area (HMA) is located North of Rawlins on Buzzard Road (BLM Road 497), and is comprised of private and/or leased lands of BCI Larson Ranch and ULC Stone Ranch L.C.
What are the rules on Stone 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 Stone Creek has the current slips and rules.
WGFD's permission slip and its page for Stone Creek set the rules for this private and leased ground.
What can you hunt on Stone Creek HMA?
WGFD lists the hunt area each big game species is hunted under here: elk in areas 22 and 111.
What did hunters take in the hunt areas around Stone Creek HMA?
WGFD reports harvest by hunt area, not by access area. The hunt areas that overlap Stone 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 111 | 10,618 | 165 (2025) | 43.5% |
| Elk Area 22 | 4,225 | 123 (2025) | 43.5% |
| Deer Area 87 | 14,843 | 43 (2025) | |
| Antelope Area 62 | 14,818 | 19 (2025) | 79.2% |
| Antelope Area 63 | 26 | 71 (2025) | 77.2% |
| Bighorn sheep Area 17 | 14,843 | 52 (2025) | 92.9% |
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 Stone 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 |
|---|---|
| BLM | 472 |
| State trust land | 6 |
| Other land (WGFD-held, leased or private) | 14,365 |
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 (14,843 acres as drawn).
How do you get to Stone Creek HMA?
Highways within 8 miles: WY 789 and US 287. Nearest towns: Bairoil (15 miles), Rawlins (22 miles), Sinclair (24 miles) and Alcova (30 miles).
Questions hunters ask
What can you hunt on Stone Creek HMA?
WGFD lists elk for big game. Each species follows the season of the hunt area the ground is in.
Where is Stone Creek HMA?
About 15 miles from Bairoil, and 22 miles from Rawlins, measured from the area's boundary.
Do you need permission to hunt Stone Creek HMA?
Yes. Hunters need a WGFD permission slip for a Hunter Management Area; WGFD's page for Stone Creek lists the slips and the area's rules.
Which hunt areas is Stone Creek HMA in?
By WGFD's boundaries it lies in elk Areas 111 and 22, deer Area 87 and antelope Areas 62 and 63. 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, Stone 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 Lander Region Elk Area 111 Elk Area 22 Deer Area 87 Antelope Area 62 Antelope Area 63 Bighorn sheep Area 17