Wyoming hunt Planner

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Elk range from mountainous wilderness areas to lowland deserts and plains, and are plentiful on public and private lands. Every national forest has elk, and herds are present on mountain ranges and desert areas administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

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Hunt Area 25, 27

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Apply For Season Dates Archery Dates License Limitations
025-1* Oct. 1 - Oct. 31 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Any elk
025-4* Oct. 10 - Oct. 31 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Antlerless elk
025-5* Oct. 21 - Nov. 10 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Antlerless elk
025-6* Nov. 1 - Nov. 20 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Cow or calf valid north of the Sweetwater River
025-7* Aug. 15 - Sep. 30 - Cow or calf valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of private land adjoining the Sweetwater River in Area 25 and Area 100 west of the Three Forks-Atlantic City Road (Fremont County Road 512 and B.L.M. Road 2317)
* Difficult Public Access
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Approx. % of Public Land: 85%
Access to Public Land: Good
Access Notes: Much of Elk Hunt Area 25 is public land, with good access. Most private lands are found along the Beaver Creek and Twin Creek drainages, which hold large numbers of elk, often making access to elk quite difficult. Public access to private lands is very limited. A few Walk-In Hunting Areas occur in Hunt Area 25 (View the hunt planner map for available Walk-In Hunting areas).
Mapping Resources: Lander, South Pass

Additional Information: None
USFS Designated Wilderness Areas: None
Hunting Access in Wyoming - Public Access Summary

Parcels of land where Game and Fish facilitates management of hunters for access to hunt.


Available Walk in Hunting for this Hunt Area

Fremont County Walk In Area 17 More Info
Fremont County Walk In Area 22 More Info
Fremont County Walk In Area 27 More Info
Fremont County Walk In Area 2 More Info

Parcels of land where Game and Fish facilitates management of hunters for access to hunt. SW TEST


Available Wildlife Habitat Management areas for this Hunt Area

Red Canyon More Info

  • Nonresident Deadlines
  • Applications Open: January 2, 2026
  • Application Deadline: February 2, 2026
  • Modify & Withdrawal Deadline: May 8, 2026
  • Tentative Draw Results Available: May 21, 2026
  • Preference Point Only***: July 1, 2026 - November 2, 2026
  • Resident Deadlines
  • Applications Open: January 2, 2026
  • Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Modify & Withdrawal Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Tentative Draw Results Available: June 18, 2026

  • Nonresident Fees
  • Full Price Landowner License: $692.00
  • Full Price Landowner Youth License**: $275.00
  • Full Price License: $692.00
  • Full Price Youth License**: $275.00
  • Preference Point Only Youth***: $10.00
  • Preference Point Only: $52.00
  • Reduced Price Cow/Calf License: $288.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Doe/Fawn License: $288.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $100.00
  • Reduced Price Youth Cow/Calf License**: $100.00
  • Special License: $1,950.00
  • Resident Fees
  • Full Price Landowner License: $57.00
  • Full Price Landowner Youth License**: $25.00
  • Full Price License: $57.00
  • Full Price Youth License**: $25.00
  • Reduced Price Cow/Calf License: $43.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Doe/Fawn License: $43.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $20.00
  • Reduced Price Youth Cow/Calf License**: $20.00

** An applicant may apply for any big game license if he/she is eleven (11) years of age and has not attained eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application. Any person may take a big or trophy game animal at eleven (11) years of age if the person will attain twelve (12) years of age by the end of that calendar year. Persons who are less than eighteen (18) years of age and at least eleven (11) years of age at the time of application may apply for a youth license and remit youth fees. Applicants must be at least fourteen (14) years of age prior to September 15 of the application year in order to hunt wild bison. Applicants under the age of eighteen (18) may have their parent or legal guardian submit an application on their behalf.

Full Price Licenses

2025 Drawing odds

Nonresident Landowner Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
1 24 0 < 1 100.00%
1 24 2 0 100.00%
4 12 0 < 1 100.00%
4 12 0 0 100.00%
5 9 0 < 1 100.00%
5 9 0 0 100.00%

Nonresident Landowner Random

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
1 8 0 100.00%
4 4 0 100.00%
5 3 0 100.00%

Nonresident Special Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
1 9 4 < 15 100.00%
1 5 2 14 100.00%
1 3 0 < 14 100.00%
1 3 0 13 100.00%
1 3 2 < 13 100.00%
1 1 1 12 100.00%
1 0 < 12 0.00%
4 6 0 < 1 100.00%
4 6 0 0 100.00%
5 4 0 < 1 100.00%
5 4 0 0 100.00%

Nonresident Special Random

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 3 42 7.14%
4 1 0 100.00%
5 1 0 100.00%

Nonresident Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
1 14 2 < 17 100.00%
1 12 1 16 100.00%
1 11 0 < 16 100.00%
1 11 3 15 100.00%
1 8 0 < 15 100.00%
1 8 4 14 100.00%
1 4 0 < 14 100.00%
1 4 2 13 100.00%
1 2 0 < 13 100.00%
1 2 0 12 100.00%
1 2 0 < 12 100.00%
1 2 2 11 40.00%
1 0 < 11 0.00%
4 12 1 6 100.00%
4 11 0 < 6 100.00%
4 11 0 5 100.00%
4 11 0 < 5 100.00%
4 11 0 4 100.00%
4 11 0 < 4 100.00%
4 11 1 3 100.00%
4 10 0 < 3 100.00%
4 10 1 2 100.00%
4 9 0 < 2 100.00%
4 9 4 1 100.00%
4 5 0 < 1 100.00%
4 5 5 0 55.56%
4 0 < 0 100.00%
5 9 0 < 1 100.00%
5 9 7 0 100.00%

Nonresident Random

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 4 126 3.17%
4 4 4 100.00%
5 3 0 100.00%

Reduced Price Cow/Calf Licenses

2025 Drawing odds

Nonresident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
6 16 2 100.00%
7 4 0 100.00%

Nonresident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
6 14 49 28.57%
7 4 2 100.00%

Topography and Vegetation: Elk Hunt Area 25 encompasses a diverse range of habitats, from forested lands near Atlantic City, to rolling sagebrush-covered foothills, down to sagebrush steppe and alkaline saltbush and greasewood desert flats in the eastern end. Ephemeral streams, creeks and rivers cut through the hunt area from the forest down to the Popo Agie and Sweetwater Rivers, providing good water sources throughout.
General Statement Regarding this Hunt Area: Elk may be found virtually throughout the hunt area, except north of U.S. Highway 287 (aka Wyoming Highway 789). Hunting pressure often pushes elk onto private lands or into adjacent hunt areas, depending on the circumstances. Weather may vary from dry and windy with temperatures in the 70s and 80s to freezing cold with significant snowfall. Fall snowstorms can initiate migration for many of these elk, particularly out of higher elevations, although most of the elk in this hunt area are yearlong residents. Much of Hunt Area 25 is remote, far from services or cell coverage, and carrying extra fuel, water, food, and spare tires is advised. Most roads in this hunt area become muddy and nearly impassable when wet, while roads in more sandy areas often remain drivable even with a little precipitation. Rut for elk in this area typically peaks in late September.
Additional Hunting Opportunities: Cottontail rabbit are typically found in desert shrub/greasewood habitats and around rock outcrops in this area. Good sage-grouse hunting is found in much of the area. Ruffed and blue (dusky) grouse opportunities are fair on forested lands near Atlantic City. Chukar and gray partridge opportunities are decent, but numbers fluctuate from year to year. Consult the Chapter 11 Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Regulation for season dates, license requirements and bag/possession limits. The Sweetwater River offers opportunities for trout fishing and some waterfowl hunting.
Herd Unit Job Completion Report: Elk Hunt Area 25 is one of four hunt areas making up the South Wind River elk herd, along with Hunt Areas 27, 28, and 99. See the EL637 (South Wind River) Job Completion Report for more detailed information on management of this herd.

Area 25 - Type 1
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 25
# Days Hunted 1272
Days/Hunter 11.3
Total Area Harvest 113
Hunter Success 62.40%
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Area 25 - Type 4
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 25
# Days Hunted 514
Days/Hunter 13.2
Total Area Harvest 39
Hunter Success 41.90%
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Area 25 - Type 5
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 25
# Days Hunted 349
Days/Hunter 11.3
Total Area Harvest 31
Hunter Success 52.50%
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Area 25 - Type 6
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 25
# Days Hunted 429
Days/Hunter 9.8
Total Area Harvest 44
Hunter Success 51.80%
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Area 25 - Type 7
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 25
# Days Hunted 58
Days/Hunter 2.5
Total Area Harvest 23
Hunter Success 100.00%
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Hunter Education Requirements

No person born on or after January 1, 1966, may take any wildlife by the use of firearms on land other than that of his own family, unless the person possesses or can demonstrate they have obtained a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms.

All Elk Hunt Area 75 and 79 (Grand Teton National Park) hunters, regardless of age, must possess and exhibit a valid hunter safety certificate.

Compliance will be checked in the field.

Hunter Education Exemptions

If you meet the Armed Forces/Wyoming Peace Officer exemption requirements or you have obtained special 1 year authorization through the Hunter Mentor Program, you are exempt from hunter education.

Hunter Mentor Program

Any person born on or after January 1, 1966, who has not received a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms, may apply to the Department for a special authorization to take wildlife with the use of a firearm while being accompanied by a mentor. A special authorization issued to an individual shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issue and shall be in the possession of the recipient at all times while in the field.

Animal carcasses must be disposed of properly at designated sites that allow for it. Please click on this link to locate an area near you and check with the disposal site for details regarding your carcass disposal.

Carcass Disposal Sites in Wyoming

Lander Regional Office
260 Buena Vista
Lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-2688

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About Elk Hunting in Wyoming

Applying for a License

The total limit for elk licenses a person may possess differs from deer and antelope in that full price elk licenses and reduced price cow/calf elk licenses are combined together to calculate the total number of elk licenses allowed by any one person. An applicant shall apply for or receive no more than a total of three (3) elk licenses in any one (1) calendar year.

 

An applicant may apply for and receive one (1) general or limited quota full price elk license and one (1) limited quota reduced price cow/calf elk license through the initial license drawing. After the initial drawing, a person may apply for and receive up to a total of three (3) elk licenses, of which no more than one (1) shall be a General, Type 0, 1, 2, 3 or 9 license. However, no person shall apply for and receive more than a total of three (3) elk licenses which shall include not more than one (1) General, Type 0, 1, 2, 3 or 9 license in a single hunting season.

General Elk Licenses

General elk licenses are full-price licenses that are unlimited in the number of licenses issued statewide and are available for purchase "over-the-counter" for Wyoming residents.  Hunters may apply for or purchase a maximum of one general elk license per year.  General elk licenses may be used in any hunt area open to general license hunting and are subject to the season dates and limitations for that hunt area as set forth in the Chapter 7 Elk Hunting Season Regulation.    


 

Nonresident elk hunters wishing to hunt a general area must obtain a Region General License specific to a select region. Region General Licenses allow a nonresident to hunt elk in any hunt area within that region that is open to general license hunting and are subject to the season dates and limitations for that hunt area as set forth in the Chapter 7 Elk Hunting Season Regulation.  For example, nonresident Region S Licenses are valid in Elk Hunt Areas 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 21, 105, 106, 107, 110, and 130, which are open to general license hunting. However, Region S licenses are NOT valid in Elk Hunt Areas 8, 11, 30, 31, 32, 108, 124, and 125 (although these eight hunt areas fall within Region S) as these hunt areas are limited quota. Many general license elk hunt areas also have additional limited quota full-price and/or reduced-price licenses available.

Grand Teton National Park and National Elk Refuge

A person may apply for a reduced price cow/calf elk license without applying for a full price elk license. However, no hunter may take more than one (1) elk in Grand Teton National Park (Elk Hunt Areas 75 and 79) regardless whether he/she possesses both a full price elk license and a reduced price cow/calf elk license valid for the hunt area in Grand Teton National Park. Applicants desiring to hunt within Grand Teton National Park must apply for Elk Hunt Area 75.

 

After the first week of the National Elk Refuge (Elk Hunt Area 77) season, all unused full price elk and reduced price cow/calf elk licenses, excluding limited quota archery only licenses, are eligible for the National Elk Refuge drawing in Elk Hunt Area 77.

 

The Department of the Interior requires hunter safety certification of all hunters, regardless of age, to hunt in Grand Teton National Park (Elk Hunt Areas 75 and 79). The Hunter Mentor Program and Hunter Safety Exemption are not valid in Grand Teton National Park.

Annual Fishing

All nonresident full price elk licenses include an annual fishing privilege. Any hunter who is issued a full price elk license does not need to purchase an additional fishing license once their license is received in June. If you wish to fish prior to receiving your full price elk license, you must purchase a nonresident fishing license. Reduced price cow/calf elk licenses do not include fishing privileges.

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