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Elk · Area 31 · Type 1

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	Oct. 1 – Oct. 31	Any elk

Commission quota: 40 (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. 5. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

No nonresident landowner · any elk point level was guaranteed in 2026; best was 62% at 0 points.
No nonresident regular · any elk applicant drew at any listed point level in 2026 (or no applicants).
No nonresident special · any elk applicant drew at any listed point level in 2026 (or no applicants).
Resident regular · any elk: 32 licenses for 1062 first-choice applicants — roughly 3% estimate.
Resident landowner · any elk: 34 licenses for 2 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	3rd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · random · Any elk	0	44	59	32	0.0%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · special · random · Any elk	0	17	7	5	0.0%	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Any elk	32	1062	539	303	3.0%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · random · Any elk	1	3	0	0	33.3%	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Any elk	34	2	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	5	0	0	100.00%
0	5	5	8	62.50%
< 0	0		0	0.00%

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

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
20	0	0	3	0.00%
< 20	0		41	0.00%

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

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
20	0	0	2	0.00%
< 20	0		15	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.