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Elk · Area 38 · Type 4

Hunt type: Cow/calf (antlerless) · WGFD description: ANTLERLESS 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
—	Oct. 1 – Nov. 15	Antlerless elk

Commission quota: 550 (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. 6. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident landowner · cow/calf (antlerless) applicants with 0+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident regular · cow/calf (antlerless) applicants with 1+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident special · cow/calf (antlerless) applicants with 0+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Resident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 459 licenses for 489 first-choice applicants — roughly 94% estimate.
Resident landowner · cow/calf (antlerless): 462 licenses for 3 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	3rd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · random · Cow/calf (antlerless)	19	53	54	12	35.9%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · special · random · Cow/calf (antlerless)	9	0	16	1	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	459	489	449	103	93.9%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · random · Cow/calf (antlerless)	22	0	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	462	3	0	0	100.0%	WGFD PDF

Nonresident landowner · cow/calf (antlerless) preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
< 1	66	0	0	100.00%
0	66	0	0	100.00%

Nonresident regular · cow/calf (antlerless) preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
11	59	1	1	100.00%
< 11	58	0	0	100.00%
10	58	0	0	100.00%
< 10	58	0	0	100.00%
9	58	0	0	100.00%
< 9	58	0	0	100.00%
8	58	0	0	100.00%
< 8	58	2	2	100.00%
7	56	0	0	100.00%
< 7	56	0	0	100.00%
6	56	0	0	100.00%
< 6	56	0	0	100.00%
5	56	1	1	100.00%
< 5	55	0	0	100.00%
4	55	0	0	100.00%
< 4	55	4	4	100.00%
3	51	1	1	100.00%
< 3	50	0	0	100.00%
2	50	5	5	100.00%
< 2	45	9	9	100.00%
1	36	20	20	100.00%
< 1	16	18	24	66.67%
≤ 0	0		47	0.00%

Nonresident special · cow/calf (antlerless) preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
< 1	27	0	0	100.00%
0	27	1	1	100.00%

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 (0 yrs; need 3)
Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3) (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 22 (2024) → 15 (2025) → 22 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 15 → 22 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Nonresident · regular

→ Points for a sure draw: 1 (2021) → … → 2 (2025) → 1 (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 1 pts
↓ Odds: 100% (2021) → … → 26% (2025) → 36% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 19–36% (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 9 (2021) → 56 (2022) → 38 (2023) → 31 (2024) → 50 (2025) → 53 (2026); licenses: 19 (2021) → 17 (2022) → 18 (2023) → 20 (2024) → 13 (2025) → 19 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 13 → 19 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: 0 (2021) → … → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 0 pts
Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3) (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2021) → 0 (2022) → 0 (2023) → 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 9 (2021) → 9 (2022) → 9 (2023) → 9 (2024) → 6 (2025) → 9 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 6 → 9 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · landowner

→ Odds: 100% (2024) → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 3 (2024) → 3 (2025) → 3 (2026); licenses: 462 (2024) → 315 (2025) → 462 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 315 → 462 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · regular

↓ Odds: 100% (2021) → … → 93% (2025) → 94% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 92–94%
1st-choice applicants: 347 (2021) → 408 (2022) → 515 (2023) → 461 (2024) → 336 (2025) → 489 (2026); licenses: 459 (2021) → 459 (2022) → 461 (2023) → 459 (2024) → 312 (2025) → 459 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 312 → 459 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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