Lander Region: Wyoming hunt areas, harvest and public land

WGFD's Lander Region covers 13,882 square miles and is 58.8% public land. 16 elk, 13 deer and 19 antelope hunt areas lie mostly inside it, and those elk areas took 3,543 elk in 2025 by WGFD's harvest report.

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: WGFD reports to 2025. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and the Office of State Lands. Boundaries: WGFD.

The Lander Region covers the east slope of the Wind River Range, the Wind River Basin around Riverton and Lander, and south to Rawlins. Its office is in Lander. The Wind River Reservation lies inside it; tribal land there is not open to hunting on Wyoming licenses.

Which hunt areas are in the Lander Region?

Each hunt area is listed under the region that holds most of it. Some areas cross a region line.

Elk: 16 hunt areas

The elk hunt areas mostly inside the Lander Region took 3,543 elk in 2025, by WGFD's report.

Deer: 13 hunt areas

The deer hunt areas mostly inside the Lander Region took 1,666 deer in 2025, by WGFD's report (mule deer and white-tailed deer added together).

Antelope: 19 hunt areas

The antelope hunt areas mostly inside the Lander Region took 1,713 antelope in 2025, by WGFD's report.

Moose: 2 hunt areas

The moose hunt areas mostly inside the Lander Region took 9 moose in 2025, by WGFD's report.

Bighorn sheep: 4 hunt areas

The bighorn sheep hunt areas mostly inside the Lander Region took 61 bighorn sheep in 2025, by WGFD's report.

Harvest: WGFD harvest reports. Public land measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).

How much public land is in the Lander Region?

In the Office of State Lands and Investments' own parcel layer, the region holds 415,047 acres of state trust land; it classes 42,445 acres as having no known public access and 126,440 acres with road access or access from other state land.

WGFD access areas in the Lander Region

WGFD's data places 10 Wildlife Habitat Management Areas, 13 Public Access Areas, 2 Hunter Management Areas and 189 Walk-In Hunting Areas mostly in this region. Those with a page of their own:

• Chain Lakes WHMA: 62,387 acres
• Spence and Moriarity WHMA: 35,872 acres
• Red Rim-Daley WHMA: 25,915 acres
• Sand Mesa WHMA: 19,357 acres
• Kirk Inberg/Kevin Roy WHMA: 17,280 acres
• Stone Creek HMA: 14,844 acres
• Whiskey Basin WHMA: 12,833 acres
• Ocean Lake WHMA: 11,289 acres
• Badwater Ranch PAA: 10,211 acres
• Morgan Creek WHMA: 4,738 acres
• Mexican Creek PAA: 2,326 acres
• Red Canyon WHMA: 1,987 acres
• Mud Springs PAA: 1,837 acres

Questions hunters ask

How much public land is in WGFD's Lander Region?

58.8% of the region's 8,884,737 acres is public land open to hunting under its manager's rules, measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 and Office of State Lands data.

How many elk hunt areas are in the Lander Region?

16 elk hunt areas lie mostly inside it, along with 13 deer and 19 antelope hunt areas, by WGFD's boundaries.

What WGFD access areas are in the Lander Region?

Among others: Chain Lakes WHMA (62,387 acres), Kirk Inberg/Kevin Roy WHMA (17,280 acres), Morgan Creek WHMA (4,738 acres), Ocean Lake WHMA (11,289 acres) and Red Canyon WHMA (1,987 acres). Each has its own page with WGFD's access dates and rules.

Where these numbers come from

• Region boundaries: WGFD wildlife administrative regions.
• Harvest: WGFD harvest reports.
• 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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