Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 128
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Wyoming Hunt Area 128 covers 1,408,168 acres and lies 36 miles south-east of Shoshoni. 81% of it is public land, mostly BLM (73%) and state land (8%). In 2025, 383 people hunted elk here and took 109 — 28% of them killed something.
Your chance of drawing here
Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not offered an elk license in Hunt Area 128 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Wyoming elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 1,025,888 ac · 73%
- Private 272,402 ac · 19%
- State land 107,029 ac · 8%
- Other public 2,486 ac · 0%
- County or city land 246 ac · 0%
- Tribal 116 ac · 0%
Source: BLM WY Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)
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.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success | Days per animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 383 | 109 | 28% | 17.1 |
| 2024 | 426 | 112 | 26% | 18.2 |
| 2023 | 309 | 113 | 37% | 11.3 |
| 2022 | 279 | 59 | 21% | 19.9 |
| 2021 | 289 | 78 | 27% | 16.6 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 7 · 6%
- Firearm 102 · 94%
Residents vs nonresidents (2025)
- Resident 96 taken · 365 hunters
- Nonresident 13 taken · 18 hunters
Boundary: Elk Hunt Areas (Wyoming Game and Fish Department)
Harvest: Elk 2025 Harvest Report
Harvest: Elk 2024 Harvest Report
Harvest: Elk 2023 Harvest Report