Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 54
Elk
68.7%
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
50 licenses.
Oct. 1–Oct. 31: Any elk valid south of the Clark's Fork River; also valid in Area 65.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 2 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
25 licenses.
Oct. 1–Oct. 31: Any elk valid north of the Clark's Fork River and west of Wyoming Highway 120.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 3 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
15 licenses.
Nov. 1–Nov. 30: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
50 licenses.
Oct. 1–Oct. 31: Cow or calf.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 7 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
200 licenses.
Aug. 15–Dec. 21: Cow or calf valid north of the Clark's Fork River and west of Wyoming Highway 120; also valid within the North Fork of the Shoshone River drainage.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 9 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
40 licenses.
Sep. 1–Sep. 30: Any elk, archery only; also valid in Area 65.
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 | 284 | 195 | 68.7% | 2 | 0.7% | 75 | 26.4% |
| 2024 | 283 | 148 | 52.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 78 | 27.6% |
| 2023 | 451 | 256 | 56.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 54 | 12.0% |
| 2022 | 453 | 197 | 43.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 48 | 10.6% |
| 2021 | 403 | 167 | 41.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 52 | 12.9% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.