Wyoming Elk · Hunt Area 19 Muddy Mountain

Wyoming Hunt Area 19 covers 476,244 acres and lies 13 miles south of Casper. 46% of it is public land, mostly BLM (22%) and state land (21%). In 2025, 637 people hunted elk here and took 287, a 45% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 19-1, put up 9 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 121 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 12 points.

PointsYour Wyoming preference pointsYour points

NR Tags, 2026

263

14 licenses

Applicants

375

first choice, NR

Hunter Success

45%

2025, all licenses

Public Land

46%

22% BLM

Size

744 mi²

476,244 acres

Casper Bar Nunn Glenrock Douglas 7 16 22 23 111 19

45%

hunter success · 2025

637 hunters, 287 elk

45%hunter success 2025 · 637 hunters, 287 elk

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.

19-2

Regular · any elk

Any elk

Success: 55%
Season: Nov 1–30
Tags / Apps: 16 / 76
If Drawn: $728.50

19-2

Special · any elk

Any elk

Success: 55%
Season: Nov 1–30
Tags / Apps: 12 / 45
If Drawn: $1,986.50

Success: 27%
Season: Oct 1–14
Tags / Apps: 20 / 7
If Drawn: $728.50

Success: 20%
Season: Nov 1 – Jan 31
Tags / Apps: 20 / 2
If Drawn: $728.50

Every License in Hunt Area 19

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

	What	Season			Tags / Apps
19-1 Regular	Any elk	Oct 1–14	2%	12 ▲1	9 / 121	59%
19-1 Special	Any elk	Oct 1–14	3%	12 ▲1	6 / 43	59%
19-1 Landowner	Any elk	Oct 1–14	100%	0	24 / 9	59%
19-2 Regular	Any elk	Nov 1–30	6%	11 ▲2	16 / 76	55%
19-2 Special	Any elk	Nov 1–30	8%	8 ▼1	12 / 45	55%
19-2 Landowner	Any elk	Nov 1–30	100%	—	28 / 0	55%
19-4 Regular	Antlerless elk	Oct 1–14	100%	0	20 / 7	27%
19-4 Special	Antlerless elk	Oct 1–14	100%	—	8 / 0	27%
19-4 Landowner	Antlerless elk	Oct 1–14	100%	—	20 / 0	27%
19-5 Regular	Antlerless elk	Nov 1 – Jan 31	100%	0	20 / 2	20%
19-5 Special	Antlerless elk	Nov 1 – Jan 31	100%	—	8 / 0	20%
19-5 Landowner	Antlerless elk	Nov 1 – Jan 31	100%	—	20 / 0	20%
19-6 Reduced price	Cow or calf	Oct 1–14	50%	—	36 / 72	35%
19-6 Landowner reduced price	Cow or calf	Oct 1–14	100%	—	36 / 0	35%

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	Days/Animal
2025	637	287	45%	19.4
2024	694	348	50%	14.8
2023	566	302	53%	15.2
2022	565	287	51%	16.8
2021	616	302	49%	15.1

2025 by License	Hunters	Elk	Success
Type 1	147	86	59%
Type 2	164	90	55%
Type 4	84	23	27%
Type 5	109	22	20%
Type 6	190	66	35%

2025 split: archery 45 (16%), firearm 242 (84%) · residents 236 from 519 hunters, nonresidents 51 from 118 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	255,509 ac	54%
BLM	104,524 ac	22%
State land	100,318 ac	21%
National Forest	9,171 ac	2%
County or city land	5,635 ac	1%
Other public	1,112 ac	<1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.

Next Door

▸ 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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