Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 45
Elk
34.8%
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
300 licenses.
Oct. 15–Nov. 4: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 4 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
250 licenses.
Oct. 15–Nov. 30: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 5 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
200 licenses.
Oct. 1–Oct. 10: Antlerless elk.
Oct. 25–Nov. 30: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
50 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Dec. 1–Dec. 21: Cow or calf.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 7 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
50 licenses.
Sep. 1–Oct. 14: Cow or calf valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 9 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
175 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 | 903 | 314 | 34.8% | 6 | 0.7% | 154 | 17.1% |
| 2024 | 1126 | 362 | 32.1% | 13 | 1.2% | 131 | 11.6% |
| 2023 | 1030 | 406 | 39.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 157 | 15.2% |
| 2022 | 1147 | 403 | 35.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 151 | 13.2% |
| 2021 | 931 | 395 | 42.4% | 17 | 1.8% | 185 | 19.9% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.