Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 7
Elk
46.4%
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
1500 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 15–Nov. 20: Any elk.
Nov. 21–Dec. 31: Antlerless elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 2 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
500 licenses.
Nov. 21–Dec. 31: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 6 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
2000 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 15–Dec. 31: Cow or calf.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 8 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Unlimited licenses.
Aug. 15–Oct. 14: Cow or calf valid on private land in Albany and Carbon counties; also valid in all of Platte County; not valid in Converse or Natrona counties or on Commission owned lands.
Oct. 15–Jan. 31: Cow or calf valid on private land in Converse County; also valid off national forest in the remainder of the area.
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 | 5140 | 2386 | 46.4% | 31 | 0.6% | 783 | 15.2% |
| 2024 | 4851 | 2578 | 53.1% | 77 | 1.6% | 912 | 18.8% |
| 2023 | 3644 | 1993 | 54.7% | 27 | 0.7% | 860 | 23.6% |
| 2022 | 4235 | 1779 | 42.0% | 19 | 0.4% | 693 | 16.4% |
| 2021 | 4381 | 1638 | 37.4% | 73 | 1.7% | 568 | 13.0% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.