Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 1
Elk
58.0%
For planning only. Seasons, license rules, and boundaries change, and this site can contain errors. Before you apply, buy a license, or hunt, confirm everything in the official WGFD hunting season regulations (Chapters 5, 6 and 7). Published state regulations always control. Terms of use
Elk
Licenses
Limited quota only
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
No general season No General license is valid in this hunt area.
Limited quota licenses are issued in WGFD's initial and leftover drawings; any left after both go on sale first come, first served.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 1 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
100 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 15–Nov. 30: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 4 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
75 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 25–Nov. 30: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
WGFD's harvest reports give harvest and hunter success as estimates from a survey of license holders.
Success rate history
| Year | Hunters | All | Spikes | Bulls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | Harvest | Rate | ||
| 2025 | 169 | 98 | 58.0% | 12 | 7.1% | 47 | 27.8% |
| 2024 | 163 | 93 | 57.1% | 7 | 4.3% | 40 | 24.5% |
| 2023 | 164 | 81 | 49.4% | 5 | 3.0% | 46 | 28.0% |
| 2022 | 158 | 87 | 55.1% | 2 | 1.3% | 49 | 31.0% |
| 2021 | 171 | 72 | 42.1% | 5 | 2.9% | 38 | 22.2% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.
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