Elk · Area 100 · Type 7
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Purple hatch = WGFD limitation-area polygon (where this hunt is valid) — “Valid 100-7”. Black outline = this hunt area; thin gray = neighbouring hunt areas.
Hunt-area boundaries: WGFD ElkHuntAreas GIS layer. Limitation polygon: WGFD LimitationAreas2026_Final, downloaded 2026-11-03. Basemap © OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. GIS overview only; the WGFD regulation text governs.
Part of area only WGFD limitation (exact text):
“Cow or calf valid east of U.S. Highway 191, south of Sweetwater County Road 17 and Sweetwater County Road 15, and west of Sweetwater County Road 19”
Season dates (2026)
| Special archery dates | Regular season dates | Limitations |
|---|---|---|
| Sep. 1 – Sep. 30 | Oct. 1 – Oct. 31 | Cow or calf valid east of U.S. Highway 191, south of Sweetwater County Road 17 and Sweetwater County Road 15, and west of Sweetwater County Road 19 |
Commission quota: 25 (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. 18. Last checked 2026-11-03.
Draw odds (2026, first choice)
- Nonresident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 4 licenses for 95 first-choice applicants — roughly 4% estimate.
- Resident regular · cow/calf (antlerless): 20 licenses for 654 first-choice applicants — roughly 3% estimate.
- Resident landowner · cow/calf (antlerless): 21 licenses for 1 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.
Applicants & licenses (2026)
| Pool | Licenses | 1st choice | 2nd | 3rd | Ratio estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nonresident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless) | 4 | 95 | 44 | 0 | 4.2% | WGFD PDF |
| resident · regular · all · Cow/calf (antlerless) | 20 | 654 | 149 | 0 | 3.1% | WGFD PDF |
| nonresident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | WGFD PDF |
| resident · landowner · all · Cow/calf (antlerless) | 21 | 1 | 0 | 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 (0 yrs; need 3)
- 1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 16 (2024) → 4 (2025) → 4 (2026)
Nonresident · regular · cow/calf
- ↓ Odds: 12% (2021) → … → 4% (2025) → 4% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 3–4%
- 1st-choice applicants: 131 (2021) → 106 (2022) → 88 (2023) → 122 (2024) → 98 (2025) → 95 (2026); licenses: 16 (2021) → 16 (2022) → 16 (2023) → 16 (2024) → 4 (2025) → 4 (2026)
Resident · landowner · cow/calf
- Odds: not enough history (1 yr; need 3)
- 1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 1 (2026); licenses: 84 (2024) → 21 (2025) → 21 (2026)
Resident · regular · cow/calf
- ↓ Odds: 16% (2021) → … → 3% (2025) → 3% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 1–3%
- 1st-choice applicants: 527 (2021) → 680 (2022) → 533 (2023) → 612 (2024) → 617 (2025) → 654 (2026); licenses: 84 (2021) → 84 (2022) → 84 (2023) → 84 (2024) → 21 (2025) → 20 (2026)
- ⚠ Quota changed 21 → 20 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.