Sources & credits

All data checked 2026-10-23.

Data

• Draw reports (2021–2026, 271 PDFs; maps default to 2026): https://wgfd.wyo.gov/licenses-applications/draw-results-odds
• Fees: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/licenses-applications/license-fee-list
• Deadlines: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/licenses-applications/application-dates-deadlines
• Fishing hub: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/fishing-boating

Hunt area maps

WGFD hunt-area boundary layers from the WGFD Open Data ArcGIS services, simplified for the web. WGFD states these are for overview use only and not legal boundaries; the written boundary descriptions in the regulations take precedence. Layer vintages differ from the 2026 draw year.

• Elk: ElkHuntAreas — 105 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2025 elk hunt area, herd unit, and regions boundaries for Wyoming. The layer was …”
• Deer: DeerHuntAreas — 126 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2026 deer hunt area, herd unit, and regions boundaries for Wyoming. The layer was…”
• Pronghorn Antelope: AntelopeHuntAreas — 102 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2025 antelope hunt area and herd unit boundaries for Wyoming. It was digitized at…”
• Moose: MooseHuntAreas — 38 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2023 moose huntarea and herdunit boundaries for Wyoming. It was digitized at a sc…”
• Bighorn Sheep: BighornSheepHuntAreas — 19 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2023 bighorn sheep hunt area and herd unit boundaries for Wyoming. The layer was …”
• Mountain Goat: RockyMountainGoatHuntAreas — 5 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2021 Rocky Mountain goat hunt area and herd unit boundaries for Wyoming. The laye…”
• Wild Bison: BisonHuntAreas — 3 areas; layer says: “This data set represents the 2016 bison huntarea boundaries for Wyoming. It was digitized at a scale of 1:100,…”

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Preference points

Per WGFD (wgfd.wyo.gov/hunting-trapping/preference-points, checked 2026-10-23): full-price elk, deer and antelope points are for nonresidents only; moose and full-price bighorn sheep points are for residents and nonresidents. No points exist for reduced-price cow/calf or doe/fawn licenses. Mountain goat, bison and turkey have no preference points listed.

Tag type classification

Tag type (any / antlered / antlerless) is read from the start of WGFD’s hunt description, which WGFD truncates to ~20 characters. Antlerless: ANTLERLESS…, COW OR CALF…, DOE OR FAWN…, EWE OR LAMB, ANY FEMALE…, or any cow/calf, doe/fawn, ewe/lamb, female report. Antlered: ANTLERED…, ANY RAM…. Any: ANY <species>…, LIMITED QUOTA, ANY…. “Other (check regs)”: SPIKE OR ANTLERLESS, GENERAL / REGION x GENERAL licenses, and anything else — not guessed.

Photos

• Pronghorn Antelope: Pronghorn buck (15574681907).jpg — Yellowstone National Park from Yellowstone NP, USA — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Bighorn Sheep: A Bighorn Sheep Ram Walks Uphill with Mountains in the Background (51512367249).jpg — GlacierNPS — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Wild Bison: American Bison In Yellowstone National Park.jpg — Graham Morazán — CC0 (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Deer: Mule deer buck in velvet Mariposa Grove.jpg — Guywelch2000 — CC0 (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Elk: 2024-06-19 Rocky Mountain National Park - 009.jpg — mark byzewski — CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Fall Turkey: Wild Turkey (25473218982).jpg — Andy Reago & Chrissy McCla — CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Moose: Bull Moose on the National Elk Refuge (52618309390).jpg — USFWS Mountain Prairie — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)
• Mountain Goat: Mountain Goat USFWS.jpg — Dave Grickson/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Fish_and_Wildl — Public domain (Wikimedia Commons; cropped/resized)

Method & limits

• PDFs converted with pdftotext and parsed by script; an independent QC script re-checks random rows against the PDF text, internal consistency, live WGFD fee/deadline pages and all links on every build.
• "Estimate" = licenses ÷ first-choice applicants, calculated by this site.
• Badges: Great 75%+, Good 40–75%, Long shot 10–40%, Very long shot under 10%.
• Some WGFD point-level rows show more licenses issued than listed remaining quota; shown as published.
• Not yet included: spring turkey, crane, pheasant, beaver, leftover draw, landowner reports before 2024 (WGFD did not post them), years before 2021 (not on WGFD's page).
• Quotas of 9998/9999 appear in some WGFD reports (e.g. general licenses); shown as published.