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Elk · Area 69 · 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. 15 – Sep. 30	Oct. 1 – Nov. 30	Cow or calf

Commission quota: 75 (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. 11. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 12 licenses for 7 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.
Resident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 67 licenses for 62 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	12	7	3	100.0%	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	67	62	24	100.0%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	12	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless)	67	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) → 12 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 8 → 12 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Nonresident · regular · cow/calf

↑ Odds: 36% (2021) → … → 89% (2025) → 100% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 11 (2021) → 7 (2022) → 1 (2023) → 6 (2024) → 9 (2025) → 7 (2026); licenses: 4 (2021) → 4 (2022) → 4 (2023) → 8 (2024) → 8 (2025) → 12 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 8 → 12 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

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) → 42 (2025) → 67 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 42 → 67 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Resident · regular · cow/calf

↑ Odds: 62% (2021) → … → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 34 (2021) → 58 (2022) → 53 (2023) → 48 (2024) → 40 (2025) → 62 (2026); licenses: 21 (2021) → 21 (2022) → 21 (2023) → 42 (2024) → 42 (2025) → 67 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 42 → 67 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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