Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 64
Elk
41.6%
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
Valid in Hunt Areas 63 and 64. 200 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Oct. 21: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 2 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Valid in Hunt Areas 63 and 64. 35 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Oct. 21: Any elk valid within the Washakie Wilderness.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 3 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Valid in Hunt Areas 63 and 64. 75 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Nov. 1–Nov. 15: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
250 licenses.
Sep. 1–Nov. 14: Cow or calf valid in that portion of the Cottonwood Creek drainage downstream of and including the 21-Creek drainage; also valid within the Grass Creek drainage downstream of the Grass Creek/Little Grass Creek confluence.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Nov. 15–Dec. 21: Cow or calf valid in the entire area.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 7 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
300 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 15–Dec. 21: Cow or calf valid south of and including the Cottonwood Creek drainage.
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 | 473 | 197 | 41.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 11 | 2.3% |
| 2024 | 535 | 255 | 47.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 14 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 423 | 280 | 66.2% | 3 | 0.7% | 22 | 5.2% |
| 2022 | 416 | 248 | 59.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 54 | 13.0% |
| 2021 | 513 | 270 | 52.6% | 7 | 1.4% | 52 | 10.1% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.