Wyoming Elk 87-1
Antlered elk valid within the interior of the Dell Creek Loop Road… in Hunt Area 87 — Raspberry Ridge, any legal weapon, Dec 1 – Jan 31, 2027. 91% public land, mostly Forest Service. Type 1.
Your odds at 0 points · 2026 draw
no one below 10 points drew in 2026
You're 10 points below the 2026 cut of 10, which has risen from 3 to 10 points since 2023.
Years to draw on points: never at this creep
- NR Tags
- 1
- Applicants
- 20
- Success
- 57%
First-choice nonresidents, regular draw. Success: Type 1 hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2023–2026
The cut has risen from 3 to 10 points since 2023. Applicants per tag: 2.5:1 in 2023, 20:1 in 2026.
Point creep: drew out at 3 → 7 → 5 → 10 points (2023–2026), +2.0 points/yr (range +0.0 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
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 $692 nonresident elk license (regular), includes fishing privileges is refunded if you miss. A nonresident elk preference point is $52, bought separately.
- Opens
- Jan 2, 2027
- Closes
- Feb 1, 2027
- Results
- about May 20
- Point Only
- $52, Jul 1 – Nov 1
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 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 · 2026 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–9 ← you | 0% (small sample) same at every level counted in one band: 9 points or fewer | 19 | 0 |
| 10–13 | 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. As a lower choice, 87-1 drew no one in 2026, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 21, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | 7 | 4 | 57% |
| All of Hunt Area 87 | 492 | 132 | 27% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 87, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 492 hunters and 132 elk taken in 2025, and 27% 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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 tags of 67 | WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 21 |
| 2025 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 5 | 0 tags of 60 | WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 22 |
| 2024 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 7 | 0 tags of 61 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 19 |
| 2023 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 tags of 3 | WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 17 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 87
- 87-6 Cow or calf valid south and east of Dell Creek, and west of North Fork Fisherman Creek Dec 1 – Jan 31 · Reduced price · 8 tags · 8 applied 100%
- 87-7 Cow or calf Oct 15 – Nov 20 · Reduced price · 24 tags · 33 applied 73%
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 14
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 21 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 22 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 19 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 17 · 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 2026 Chapter 7, p. 15 · 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 2026 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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