Wyoming Elk 41-7
Cow or calf valid off national forest north of Trapper Creek in Hunt Area 41 — Medicine Lodge, any legal weapon, Sep 1 – Dec 21, 2026. 86% public land, mostly BLM. Type 7.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
Your odds · 2026 draw
32 tags for 83 first-choice applicants
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2026, 32 tags went to 83 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 32
- Applicants
- 83
- Success
- 48%
First-choice nonresidents, reduced price draw. Success: Type 7 hunters, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2023–2026
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 39% to 100% across 2023–2026. Applicants per tag: 0.3:1 in 2023, 2.6:1 in 2026.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
Closes Feb 1 · 106 daysThe $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.
- Opens
- Jan 2, 2027
- Closes
- Feb 1, 2027
- Results
- about May 20
Next application window: Open Jan 2 – Feb 1, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes 2027.
▸ 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 cow/calf elk license (reduced price) · paid at application, refundable $288 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2026 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 39% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 41-7 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 1, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 7 | 156 | 75 | 48% |
| All of Hunt Area 41 | 869 | 356 | 41% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 41, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 869 hunters and 356 elk taken in 2025, and 41% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 83 | 2.6 | WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2025 | 31 | 22 | 0.7 | WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2024 | 24 | 19 | 0.8 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2023 | 24 | 7 | 0.3 | WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2022 | 24 | 0 | 0 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 1 |
Tags left over after the main draws: 2026: 65 tags.
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 41
- 41-1 Any elk Oct 15 – Nov 4 · Regular · 22 tags · 139 applied 4%
- 41-2 Any elk Nov 5–20 · Regular · 7 tags · 45 applied 3%
- 41-3 Any elk valid off national forest north of Trapper Creek Sep 1 – Oct 14 · Regular · 1 tag · 8 applied 0% (small sample)
- 41-4 Antlerless elk Nov 5 – Dec 21 · Regular · 56 tags · 6 applied 100%
- 41-6 Cow or calf Dec 1–21 · 24 tags · 72 applied 33%
- 41-9 Any elk, archery only Sep 1–30 · Regular · 9 tags · 76 applied 3%
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.
▸ Sources 15
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 1 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2026 Chapter 7, p. 7 · 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
- wy_blm_sma_2026 map shading
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 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. How we compute these.
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