Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 22

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Wyoming Hunt Area 22 covers 208,506 acres and lies 37 miles north of Rawlins and 47 miles north-west of Hanna. 88% of it is public land, mostly BLM (79%) and state land (9%). In 2025, 283 people hunted elk here and took 123 — 44% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 16 nonresident tags here for 77 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):57 Applicants:340 Hunter success (2025):44% Public land:88% Size:208,506 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 22, 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

22-1 Any elk 5 tags · 195 applicants · needed 19 pts · Regular

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
22-1 Any elk 4 tags · 47 applicants · needed 16 pts · Special

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
22-1 Any elk 9 tags · 1 applicants · needed 1 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
22-2 Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler 2 tags · 17 applicants · needed 10 pts · Regular

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
22-2 Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler 2 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

0% Undersubscribed
22-2 Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler 3 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
22-6 Cow or calf valid in the Muddy Creek drainage 16 tags · 77 applicants · Reduced price

21% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
22-6 Cow or calf valid in the Muddy Creek drainage 16 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
22-1 ↗ Any elk	<1% Point builder	0%	19 +4 since 2021	5 / 195	Regular	Oct 1–31, 2026
22-1 ↗ Any elk	2% Point builder	0%	16 +1 since 2021	4 / 47	Special	Oct 1–31, 2026
22-1 ↗ Any elk	100% Undersubscribed	—	1 +1 since 2024	9 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–31, 2026
22-2 ↗ Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler	0% Point builder	0%	10 steady since 2025	2 / 17	Regular	Oct 15–31, 2026
22-2 ↗ Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler	0% Undersubscribed	—	0 −8 since 2025	2 / 3 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 15–31, 2026
22-2 ↗ Antlered elk five (5) points or less on either antler	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	3 / 0	Landowner	Oct 15–31, 2026
22-6 ↗ Cow or calf valid in the Muddy Creek drainage	21% Long shot	0%	—	16 / 77	Reduced price	Oct 15–31, 2026
22-6 ↗ Cow or calf valid in the Muddy Creek drainage	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	16 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 15–31, 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 22 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 22 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

BLM 163,700 ac · 79%
Private 25,267 ac · 12%
State land 18,883 ac · 9%
National Wildlife Refuge 432 ac · 0%
Other public 222 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.