Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 41
Elk
41.0%
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
250 licenses.
Oct. 15–Nov. 4: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 2 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
75 licenses.
Nov. 5–Nov. 20: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 3 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
25 licenses.
Sep. 1–Oct. 14: Any elk valid off national forest north of Trapper Creek.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 4 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
350 licenses.
Nov. 5–Dec. 21: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
150 licenses.
Dec. 1–Dec. 21: Cow or calf.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 7 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
200 licenses.
Sep. 1–Dec. 21: Cow or calf valid off national forest north of Trapper Creek.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 9 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
100 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 | 869 | 356 | 41.0% | 11 | 1.3% | 142 | 16.3% |
| 2024 | 1174 | 442 | 37.6% | 14 | 1.2% | 163 | 13.9% |
| 2023 | 1107 | 349 | 31.5% | 13 | 1.2% | 169 | 15.3% |
| 2022 | 1084 | 513 | 47.3% | 30 | 2.8% | 222 | 20.5% |
| 2021 | 1049 | 253 | 24.1% | 3 | 0.3% | 126 | 12.0% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.