Wyoming Elk Hunt Area 8
Elk
50.1%
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
150 licenses.
Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Jan. 31: Any elk.
Source: WGFD regulations (2026)
Type 8 limited quota license
Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw
Unlimited licenses.
Aug. 1–Jan. 31: 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 | 377 | 189 | 50.1% | 3 | 0.8% | 53 | 14.1% |
| 2024 | 528 | 182 | 34.5% | 4 | 0.8% | 27 | 5.1% |
| 2023 | 310 | 180 | 58.1% | 4 | 1.3% | 46 | 14.8% |
| 2022 | 277 | 178 | 64.3% | 3 | 1.1% | 45 | 16.2% |
| 2021 | 256 | 85 | 33.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 26 | 10.2% |
Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.