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Wyoming Elk 118-6

Cow or calf valid south of the Mineral X Road (Sweetwater County Road 63 and B.L.M. Road 3206) in Hunt Area 118 — Shamrock Hills, any legal weapon, Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2025. 71% public land, mostly BLM. Type 6.

No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.

No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 elk draw without 118-6. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.

Your odds · 2025 draw

40% Same for everyone

12 tags for 30 first-choice applicants

Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 12 tags went to 30 first-choice applicants.

Points: none, same chance every year

NR Tags
12
Applicants
30
Success
51%

First-choice nonresidents, reduced price draw. Success: Type 6 hunters, 2025.

Odds by Year, 2021–2025

odds (tags ÷ applicants) applicants per tag
47% 56% 43% 47% 40%
2021
2:1
2022
2:1
2023
2:1
2024
2:1
2025
3:1

Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 40% to 56% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 2.1:1 in 2021, 2.5:1 in 2025.

What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees

Cost to Apply
$303
If You Miss
$15
If You Draw
$324.50

The $15 nonresident big game application fee (per species applied for) is not refunded. Drawing adds the $21.50 conservation stamp (annual; required with any hunting license). The $288 nonresident cow/calf elk license (reduced price) is refunded if you miss.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
Rawlins 118
64%hunter success 2025 · 176 hunters, 112 elk
BLM 64% Private 29% State 7% Hunt Area 118 in full →

Details

Odds in This Draw · 2025 Draw

Who Chance Applied Drew
Everyone 40% — —

Tags ÷ applicants. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 118-6 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.

Draw results: WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 3, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

Seasons, 2025

How It Hunted, 2025

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
Type 6 69 35 51%
All of Hunt Area 118 176 112 64%

Across every license type in Hunt Area 118, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 176 hunters and 112 elk taken in 2025, and 64% of them took an elk. The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Wyoming's figures are estimates from a voluntary post-season survey of license holders, extrapolated to every license issued — not a count of animals checked in. Source: WGFD 2025 Elk Harvest Report; WGFD 2024 Elk Harvest Report.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 5 draws

The reduced price draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Per Tag Source
2025 12 30 2.5 WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 3
2024 16 34 2.1 WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 3
2023 10 23 2.3 WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 3
2022 10 18 1.8 WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 3
2021 8 17 2.1 WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 3

Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 118

  • 118-1 Antlered elk Oct 22 – Nov 12 · Regular · 7 tags · 22 applied 6%
  • 118-4 Antlerless elk Oct 22 – Nov 30 · Regular · 8 tags · 5 applied 100%
  • 118-7 Cow or calf valid south of the Mineral X Road… Oct 1 – Nov 30 · 12 tags · 34 applied 35%

Odds for a first-choice nonresident, reduced price class where offered. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Legal Cartridges 21 on file for Wyoming elk

21 cartridges on file are legal for elk with a rifle in Wyoming (this license takes any legal weapon). Rules and sources: Wyoming hunting laws.

.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd .25-06 Remington from $1.82/rd 6.5 Creedmoor from $1.01/rd 6.5 Grendel from $0.72/rd .270 Winchester from $0.15/rd 7mm-08 Remington from $1.84/rd 7mm Remington Magnum from $2.05/rd .30-06 Springfield from $1.11/rd .300 AAC Blackout from $0.60/rd .300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd .30-30 Winchester from $1.08/rd .308 Winchester from $0.82/rd .338 Winchester Magnum from $2.61/rd .350 Legend from $1.10/rd .35 Whelen .360 Buckhammer .400 Legend .444 Marlin .450 Bushmaster from $2.02/rd .45-70 Government from $1.97/rd .50 Beowulf
▸ Sources 15
  1. WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 3 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 3 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 3 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 3 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 3 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  8. Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2025 Chapter 7, p. 25 · seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  9. WGFD 2025 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  10. WGFD 2024 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  11. WGFD 2023 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  12. WGFD 2022 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  13. WGFD 2021 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  14. WGFD 2026 Elk Hunt Areas boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  15. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  16. wy_blm_sma_2026 map shading

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results (tags ÷ applicants). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.

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