Wyoming Elk · Hunt Area 122 Pine Ridge
Wyoming Hunt Area 122 covers 817,023 acres and lies 20 miles north-west of Rolling Hills. 26% of it is public land, mostly BLM (17%) and state land (8%). In 2025, 392 people hunted elk here and took 288, a 74% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 122-2, put up 20 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 55 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 2 points.
10 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
17% BLM
817,023 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
- Success
- 66%
- Season
- Oct 1 – Nov 30
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 33
- If Drawn
- $1,986.50
- Success
- 66%
- Season
- Oct 10 – Nov 30
- Tags / Apps
- 20 / 55
- If Drawn
- $728.50
- Success
- 66%
- Season
- Oct 10 – Nov 30
- Tags / Apps
- 10 / 2
- If Drawn
- $1,986.50
- Success
- 57%
- Season
- Oct 1 – Dec 31
- Tags / Apps
- 24 / 10
- If Drawn
- $324.50
Every License in Hunt Area 122
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 122-1 Regular | Any elk | 7% | 11 ▲4 | |
| 122-1 Special | Any elk | 8% | 10 ▲4 | |
| 122-1 Landowner | Any elk | 100% | — | |
| 122-2 Regular | Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler | 13% | 2 ▲2 | |
| 122-2 Special | Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler | 100% | 0 | |
| 122-2 Landowner | Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler | 100% | — | |
| 122-6 Reduced price | Cow or calf | 100% | — | |
| 122-6 Landowner reduced price | Cow or calf | 100% | — | |
| 122-8 Reduced price · private | Cow or calf valid on private land | 100% | — | |
| 122-8 Landowner reduced price · private | Cow or calf valid on private land | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report and 2 more, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $728.50 ($707 to apply) · Special $1,986.50 ($1,965 to apply) · Reduced price $324.50 ($303 to apply) · Landowner $36.50 ($15 to apply) · Landowner reduced price $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Feb 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 392 | 288 | 74% |
| 2024 | 380 | 310 | 82% |
| 2023 | 327 | 187 | 57% |
| 2022 | 292 | 204 | 70% |
| 2021 | 239 | 166 | 70% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | 125 | 82 | 66% |
| Type 2 | 108 | 71 | 66% |
| Type 6 | 96 | 55 | 57% |
| Type 8 | 120 | 80 | 67% |
2025 split: archery 29 (10%), firearm 259 (90%) · residents 130 from 174 hunters, nonresidents 158 from 218 hunters
What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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; WGFD 2023 Elk Harvest Report.
The Ground
| Private | 606,374 ac | 74% |
| BLM | 137,217 ac | 17% |
| State land | 69,425 ac | 8% |
| County or city land | 3,320 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 1,457 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 14
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Elk Harvest Report harvest, area description, 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
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results. 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.
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