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Elk · Area 16 · Type 2

Hunt type: Any elk · WGFD description: ANY ELK
Last checked: draw reports 2026-10-23 · season regulations 2026-11-03 · Sources: WGFD Ch. 7 regulation · WGFD draw odds reports

Black outline = this hunt area; thin gray = neighbouring hunt areas.
Hunt-area boundaries: WGFD ElkHuntAreas GIS layer. Basemap © OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. GIS overview only; the WGFD regulation text governs.

Season dates (2026)

Special archery dates	Regular season dates	Limitations
Sep. 1 – Sep. 30	Nov. 1 – Nov. 30	Any elk
—	Dec. 1 – Jan. 31	Antlerless elk

Commission quota: 125 (total licenses for this hunt set in regulation; WGFD’s draw reports split licenses across resident / nonresident / special pools, so per-pool draw numbers on this site will not add up to this total in a simple way). Source: WGFD Commission Regulation Ch. 7, Elk Hunting Seasons (2026), PDF p. 3. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident landowner · any elk applicants with 0+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident regular · any elk applicants with 19+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident special · any elk applicants with 19+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Resident regular · any elk: 97 licenses for 727 first-choice applicants — roughly 13% estimate.
Resident landowner · any elk: 105 licenses for 8 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	3rd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · random · Any elk	3	421	77	24	0.7%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · special · random · Any elk	2	85	25	5	2.4%	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Any elk	97	727	426	113	13.3%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · random · Any elk	5	0	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Any elk	105	8	0	0	100.0%	WGFD PDF

Nonresident landowner · any elk preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
< 1	15	0	0	100.00%
0	15	0	0	100.00%

Nonresident regular · any elk preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
20	9	2	2	100.00%
< 20	7	0	0	100.00%
19	7	5	5	100.00%
< 19	2	0	0	100.00%
18	2	2	4	50.00%
< 18	0		419	0.00%

Nonresident special · any elk preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
19	6	1	1	100.00%
< 19	5	3	3	100.00%
18	2	2	5	40.00%
< 18	0		82	0.00%

Draw odds PDFs: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33774/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33775/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33776/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33777/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33778/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33779/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33893/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33894/download?inline

Trend & 2027 outlook

Estimate based on past WGFD draw results, not a WGFD prediction. Straight-line fit through every year with data (needs 3+ years). 2027 quotas are not set yet; quota changes and new regulations can change everything.

Nonresident · landowner

Points for a sure draw: not enough history (1 yr; need 3)
Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3) (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 4 (2024) → 4 (2025) → 5 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 4 → 5 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Nonresident · regular

↑ Points for a sure draw: 14 (2021) → … → 19 (2025) → 19 (2026), 5 yrs · 2027: likely 19–21 pts
→ Odds: 3% (2021) → … → 0% (2025) → 1% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 1% (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 34 (2021) → 262 (2022) → 133 (2023) → 185 (2024) → 452 (2025) → 421 (2026); licenses: 1 (2021) → 1 (2022) → 1 (2023) → 1 (2024) → 2 (2025) → 3 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 2 → 3 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Nonresident · special

↑ Points for a sure draw: 15 (2021) → … → 17 (2025) → 19 (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 19–20 pts
→ Odds: 5% (2021) → … → 2% (2025) → 2% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 2% (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 21 (2021) → 128 (2022) → 83 (2023) → 57 (2024) → 43 (2025) → 85 (2026); licenses: 1 (2021) → 1 (2022) → 1 (2023) → 1 (2024) → 1 (2025) → 2 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 1 → 2 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · landowner

→ Odds: 100% (2024) → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 10 (2024) → 7 (2025) → 8 (2026); licenses: 84 (2024) → 84 (2025) → 105 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 84 → 105 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · regular

→ Odds: 10% (2021) → … → 11% (2025) → 13% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 13%
1st-choice applicants: 529 (2021) → 498 (2022) → 555 (2023) → 722 (2024) → 703 (2025) → 727 (2026); licenses: 51 (2021) → 50 (2022) → 75 (2023) → 74 (2024) → 77 (2025) → 97 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 77 → 97 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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