Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 11

Medicine Bow River

Wyoming Hunt Area 11 covers 443,224 acres and lies 21 miles south-east of Hanna and 34 miles north-east of Saratoga. 40% of it is public land, mostly BLM (13%) and national forest (12%). In 2025, 729 people hunted elk here and took 393 — 54% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 72 nonresident tags here for 215 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):249 Applicants:556 Hunter success (2025):54% Public land:40% Size:443,224 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 11, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

11-1 Any elk 8 tags · 134 applicants · needed 15 pts · Regular

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
11-1 Any elk 6 tags · 38 applicants · needed 11 pts · Special

3% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
11-1 Any elk 18 tags · 7 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
11-2 Any elk 8 tags · 49 applicants · needed 7 pts · Regular

5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
11-2 Any elk 6 tags · 5 applicants · needed 1 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed 50% as 2nd choice
11-2 Any elk 12 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
11-4 Antlerless elk 10 tags · 26 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

41% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
11-4 Antlerless elk 6 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed 33% as 2nd choice
11-4 Antlerless elk 12 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
11-6 Cow or calf valid off national forest and off the Wick Wildlife Habitat Management Area 72 tags · 215 applicants · Reduced price

33% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
11-6 Cow or calf valid off national forest and off the Wick Wildlife Habitat Management Area 72 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants
11-9 Any elk, archery only 6 tags · 58 applicants · needed 12 pts · Regular

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
11-9 Any elk, archery only 4 tags · 22 applicants · needed 11 pts · Special

6% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
11-9 Any elk, archery only 9 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
11-1 ↗ Any elk Any legal weapon	2% Point builder	0%	15 +4 since 2021	8 / 134	Regular	Oct 1–31, 2026
11-1 ↗ Any elk Any legal weapon	3% Point builder	0%	11 +3 since 2021	6 / 38	Special	Oct 1–31, 2026
11-1 ↗ Any elk Any legal weapon	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	18 / 7 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–31, 2026
11-2 ↗ Any elk Any legal weapon	5% Point builder	0%	7 +5 since 2025	8 / 49	Regular	Nov 1–30, 2026
11-2 ↗ Any elk Any legal weapon	100% Undersubscribed	50%	1 −4 since 2025	6 / 5 undersubscribed	Special	Nov 1–30, 2026
11-2 ↗ Any elk Any legal weapon	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	12 / 0	Landowner	Nov 1–30, 2026
11-4 ↗ Antlerless elk Any legal weapon	41% Real chance	0%	0 steady since 2021	10 / 26	Regular	Oct 1 – Jan 31, 2027
11-4 ↗ Antlerless elk Any legal weapon	100% Undersubscribed	33%	0	6 / 2 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 1 – Jan 31, 2027
11-4 ↗ Antlerless elk Any legal weapon	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	12 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Jan 31, 2027
11-6 ↗ Cow or calf valid off national forest and off the Wick Wildlife Habitat Management Area Any legal weapon	33% Long shot	0%	—	72 / 215	Reduced price	Aug 15 – Sep 30, 2026
11-6 ↗ Cow or calf valid off national forest and off the Wick Wildlife Habitat Management Area Any legal weapon	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	72 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Aug 15 – Sep 30, 2026
11-9 ↗ Any elk, archery only Archery	2% Point builder	0%	12 +1 since 2021	6 / 58	Regular	Sep 1–30, 2026
11-9 ↗ Any elk, archery only Archery	6% Point builder	0%	11 +2 since 2021	4 / 22	Special	Sep 1–30, 2026
11-9 ↗ Any elk, archery only Archery	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	9 / 0	Landowner	Sep 1–30, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Wyoming lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Regular license	$707	$15	$728.50
Special license	$1,965	$15	$1,986.50
Reduced price license	$303	$15	$324.50
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50
Landowner reduced price license	$15	$15	$36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Feb 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 11 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 11 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 265,533 ac · 60%
BLM 55,878 ac · 13%
National Forest 54,746 ac · 12%
State land 49,490 ac · 11%
County or city land 16,241 ac · 4%
Other public 1,340 ac · 0%

Source: BLM WY Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.