Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 33
Elk
29.9%
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
200 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 9–Oct. 31: Any elk.
Nov. 7–Dec. 31: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 4 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
100 licenses.
Aug. 15–Sep. 30: Antlerless elk valid on private land east of Buffalo Creek and the Bar C Road (B.L.M.
Road 6214).
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 9–Oct. 31: Antlerless elk valid in the entire area.
Nov. 7–Dec. 31: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
200 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Nov. 7–Dec. 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 | 402 | 120 | 29.9% | 3 | 0.7% | 55 | 13.7% |
| 2024 | 478 | 119 | 24.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 45 | 9.4% |
| 2023 | 367 | 73 | 19.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 44 | 12.0% |
| 2022 | 363 | 102 | 28.1% | 4 | 1.1% | 64 | 17.6% |
| 2021 | 429 | 112 | 26.1% | 5 | 1.2% | 47 | 11.0% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.