Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 55
Elk
44.0%
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
60 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Oct. 31: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 9 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
25 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 | 91 | 40 | 44.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 38 | 41.8% |
| 2024 | 90 | 31 | 34.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 31 | 34.4% |
| 2023 | 69 | 37 | 53.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 33 | 47.8% |
| 2022 | 69 | 17 | 24.6% | 6 | 8.7% | 11 | 15.9% |
| 2021 | 58 | 18 | 31.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 18 | 31.0% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.