Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 49
Elk
48.5%
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
350 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 9–Oct. 31: Any elk.
Nov. 7–Dec. 21: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 4 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
100 licenses.
Sep. 1–Oct. 31: Antlerless elk.
Nov. 7–Dec. 21: 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. 9–Oct. 31: Cow or calf.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 7 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
500 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Nov. 7–Dec. 21: 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 | 824 | 400 | 48.5% | 6 | 0.7% | 120 | 14.6% |
| 2024 | 1020 | 373 | 36.6% | 9 | 0.9% | 188 | 18.4% |
| 2023 | 843 | 366 | 43.4% | 7 | 0.8% | 127 | 15.1% |
| 2022 | 967 | 324 | 33.5% | 18 | 1.9% | 115 | 11.9% |
| 2021 | 995 | 355 | 35.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 146 | 14.7% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.