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Elk · Area 56 · Type 6

Hunt type: Cow/calf (antlerless) · WGFD description: COW OR CALF
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 – Dec. 21	Cow or calf

Commission quota: 200 (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. 8. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 31 licenses for 46 first-choice applicants — roughly 67% estimate.
Resident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 166 licenses for 217 first-choice applicants — roughly 76% estimate.
Nonresident landowner · cow/calf (antlerless): 32 licenses for 1 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.
Resident landowner · cow/calf (antlerless): 168 licenses for 2 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	31	46	16	67.4%	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	166	217	79	76.5%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	32	1	0	100.0%	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	168	2	0	100.0%	WGFD PDF

Draw odds PDFs: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33772/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33773/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33891/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33892/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 · cow/calf

Odds: not enough history (2 yrs; need 3)
1st-choice applicants: 3 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 1 (2026); licenses: 24 (2024) → 32 (2025) → 32 (2026)

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Nonresident · regular · cow/calf

↑ Odds: 22% (2021) → … → 43% (2025) → 67% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 66–67%
1st-choice applicants: 59 (2021) → 65 (2022) → 63 (2023) → 60 (2024) → 74 (2025) → 46 (2026); licenses: 13 (2021) → 14 (2022) → 14 (2023) → 21 (2024) → 32 (2025) → 31 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 32 → 31 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · landowner · cow/calf

→ Odds: 100% (2024) → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 1 (2024) → 3 (2025) → 2 (2026); licenses: 126 (2024) → 168 (2025) → 168 (2026)

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · regular · cow/calf

↑ Odds: 37% (2021) → … → 75% (2025) → 76% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 76–86%
1st-choice applicants: 228 (2021) → 216 (2022) → 177 (2023) → 231 (2024) → 221 (2025) → 217 (2026); licenses: 84 (2021) → 84 (2022) → 83 (2023) → 125 (2024) → 165 (2025) → 166 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 165 → 166 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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