Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 125
Elk
73.4%
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
250 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Dec. 31: Any elk.
Jan. 1–Jan. 31: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
300 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Jan. 31: Cow or calf.
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 | 297 | 218 | 73.4% | 5 | 1.7% | 118 | 39.7% |
| 2024 | 318 | 211 | 66.4% | 8 | 2.5% | 91 | 28.6% |
| 2023 | 260 | 177 | 68.1% | 3 | 1.2% | 85 | 32.7% |
| 2022 | 359 | 188 | 52.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 106 | 29.5% |
| 2021 | 423 | 223 | 52.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 86 | 20.3% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.