Wyoming Elk 53-4
Antlerless elk in Hunt Area 53 — Trout Peak, any legal weapon, Oct 1 – Dec 15, 2022. Type 4.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2022.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 elk draw without 53-4. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2022 draw
4 tags on offer, nobody listed it first
4 tags were on offer in 2022 and nobody listed this hunt first. Anyone who had would have drawn.
Years to draw on points: —
- NR Tags
- 4
- Applicants
- 0
- Success
- 48%
First-choice nonresidents, regular draw. Success: all hunters in Hunt Area 53, 2023.
Points Needed to Draw, 2021–2022
Applicants per tag: 0.8:1 in 2021, 0:1 in 2022.
Insufficient history (1 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years.
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. Wyoming prices a license by its type number, not by the animal it takes: Type 4 is a full-price license, while the reduced-price licenses (Types 6, 7 and 8) take the same antlerless animal for $288, in a drawing of their own.
▸ 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
Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes no mapped boundary for Hunt Area 53.
Hunt Area 53 in full →Details
Odds by Point Level · 2022 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 ← you | 100% (small sample) | 0 | 0 |
| 1–10 | 100% (small sample) same at every level | — | — |
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.
Draw results: WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 13, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
As a Lower Choice
Tags left after higher choices ÷ applicants at this choice: 1 tag left after higher choices. Points do not help a lower choice.
Tags left after higher choices ÷ applicants at this choice: none left after higher choices. Points do not help a lower choice.
How It Hunted, 2023
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Hunt Area 53 | 125 | 60 | 48% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 53, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 125 hunters and 60 elk taken in 2023, and 48% 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 2023 Elk Harvest Report; WGFD 2022 Elk Harvest Report.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 tag of 8 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 13 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 tag of 2 | WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 12 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 53
- 53-1 Any elk Oct 1–31 · 1 tag · cut 11 0% (small sample)
- 53-2 Any elk Nov 1–30 · 2 tags · cut 9 0% (small sample)
- 53-6 Cow or calf valid in the North Fork Shoshone River Drainage Oct 15 – Dec 21 · Reduced price · 16 tags · 9 applied 100%
- 53-7 Cow or calf valid on private landPrivate land only — you need landowner access Sep 1 – Dec 21 · Reduced price · 4 tags · no first-choice applicants 100% (small sample)
- 53-9 Any elk, archery only Sep 1–30 · 1 tag · cut 12 0% (small sample)
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 8
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 13 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 12 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 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 2022 Chapter 7, p. 8 · seasons, 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
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2022 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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