Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 38
Elk
36.2%
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
400 licenses.
Oct. 10–Oct. 31: Any elk.
Nov. 1–Nov. 15: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 4 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
550 licenses.
Oct. 1–Nov. 15: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
100 licenses.
Sep. 15–Dec. 31: Cow or calf valid off national forest and off the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission’s Amsden Creek and Kerns Wildlife Habitat Management Areas.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 9 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
250 licenses.
Sep. 1–Sep. 30: Any elk, archery only.
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 | 1125 | 407 | 36.2% | 16 | 1.4% | 174 | 15.5% |
| 2024 | 606 | 324 | 53.5% | 7 | 1.2% | 127 | 21.0% |
| 2023 | 1089 | 504 | 46.3% | 7 | 0.6% | 215 | 19.7% |
| 2022 | 1103 | 522 | 47.3% | 24 | 2.2% | 242 | 21.9% |
| 2021 | 1052 | 365 | 34.7% | 12 | 1.1% | 120 | 11.4% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.