Wyoming Elk 123-2
Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler or antlerless elk in Hunt Area 123 — Black Thunder, any legal weapon, Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2024. 32% public land, mostly Forest Service. Type 2.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2024.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 elk draw without 123-2. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2024 draw
no one below 7 points drew in 2024
You're 7 points below the 2024 cut of 7, which has risen from 0 to 7 points since 2022.
Years to draw on points: never at this creep
- NR Tags
- 3
- Applicants
- 49
- Success
- 61%
First-choice nonresidents, regular draw. Success: all hunters in Hunt Area 123, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2022–2024
The cut has risen from 0 to 7 points since 2022. Applicants per tag: 0.1:1 in 2022, 16:1 in 2024.
Point creep: drew out at 0 → 1 → 7 points (2022–2024), +1.5 points/yr (range +1.0 to +2.0). Years to draw project that pace (the median of the last five draws, capped at 2 points/yr); the agency sets quotas and demand sets the cut.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
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 $692 nonresident elk license (regular), includes fishing privileges is refunded if you miss. A nonresident elk preference point is $52, bought separately.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident big game application fee (per species applied for) · paid at application $15 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
- Conservation stamp (annual; required with any hunting license) · paid if drawn $21.50 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
- Nonresident elk license (regular), includes fishing privileges · paid at application, refundable $692 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
- Nonresident elk preference point · bought separately, not counted above — an unsuccessful applicant gets no point without it $52 WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2024 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–6 ← you | 0% (small sample) same at every level counted in one band: 6 points or fewer | 44 | 0 |
| 7 | 75% (small sample) the cut | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 100% (small sample) | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 100% (small sample) | 1 | 1 |
Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level: it prints exact counts around the cut and folds the rest into a band. Wyoming runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, 123-2 drew no one in 2024, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 26, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Hunt Area 123 | 436 | 266 | 61% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 123, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 436 hunters and 266 elk taken in 2025, and 61% of them took an elk. 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 3 draws
The regular draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Wyoming runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Random Pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 7 | 0 tags of 68 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 26 |
| 2023 | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 1 | 1 tag of 56 | WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 23 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 tag of 0 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 22 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 123
- 123-1 Any elk Sep 15 – Oct 20 · 11 tags · cut 16 2%
- 123-4 Antlerless elk Sep 15 – Nov 30 · 16 tags · cut 0 100%
- 123-6 Cow or calf Sep 15 – Nov 30 · Reduced price · 16 tags · 28 applied 57%
- 123-8 Cow or calf valid on private landPrivate land only — you need landowner access Sep 1 – Jan 31 · Reduced price · 1,600 tags · 4 applied 100%
Odds at your points, nonresident, regular 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.
▸ Sources 13
- WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 26 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 23 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 22 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 draw rules, fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2024 Chapter 7, p. 24 · seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Elk Hunt Areas boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
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About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2024 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results (points pass + random pass, from published pools). 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. How we compute these.
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