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Elk · Area 59 · Type 7

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. Green hatch = wilderness (U.S. Forest Service, National Wilderness Areas (EDW), CC BY 4.0).
Hunt-area boundaries: WGFD ElkHuntAreas GIS layer. Basemap © OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. GIS overview only; the WGFD regulation text governs.

Part of area on some dates WGFD limitation (exact text):

“Cow or calf valid within the Washakie Wilderness”

Season dates (2026)

Special archery dates	Regular season dates	Limitations
Sep. 1 – Sep. 30	—	Cow or calf
—	Oct. 1 – Nov. 30	Cow or calf valid within the Washakie Wilderness

Commission quota: 50 (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. 9. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Wilderness limit mapped: Washakie Wilderness inside Area 59 — regular Oct. 1 – Nov. 30. WGFD text: “Cow or calf valid within the Washakie Wilderness” (WGFD Ch. 7, PDF p. 9). Boundary: U.S. Forest Service, National Wilderness Areas (EDW), CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), per the USFS data.gov record; downloaded 2026-11-04. Clipped to the WGFD hunt area outline. The regulation text governs.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 8 licenses for 12 first-choice applicants — roughly 67% estimate.
Resident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 42 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)	8	12	7	66.7%	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	42	2	14	100.0%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	8	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	42	0	0	n/a	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 (0 yrs; need 3)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 8 (2024) → 8 (2025) → 8 (2026)

Nonresident · regular · cow/calf

↓ Odds: 89% (2021) → … → 100% (2025) → 67% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 67–74%
1st-choice applicants: 9 (2021) → 5 (2022) → 6 (2023) → 11 (2024) → 7 (2025) → 12 (2026); licenses: 8 (2021) → 8 (2022) → 8 (2023) → 8 (2024) → 8 (2025) → 8 (2026)

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · landowner · cow/calf

Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 42 (2024) → 43 (2025) → 42 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 43 → 42 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Resident · regular · cow/calf

→ Odds: 100% (2022) → … → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 5 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2021) → 3 (2022) → 2 (2023) → 5 (2024) → 3 (2025) → 2 (2026); licenses: 42 (2021) → 42 (2022) → 42 (2023) → 42 (2024) → 43 (2025) → 42 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 43 → 42 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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