Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 28

Cony Mountain

Wyoming Hunt Area 28 covers 347,216 acres and lies 12 miles south-west of Lander and 21 miles south-west of Hudson. 83% of it is public land, mostly national forest (66%) and BLM (12%). In 2025, 1,243 people hunted elk here and took 398 — 32% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 21 nonresident tags here for 12 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):51 Applicants:12 Hunter success (2025):32% Public land:83% Size:347,216 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 28, 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

28-4 Antlerless elk 21 tags · 12 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Undersubscribed 33% as 2nd choice
28-4 Antlerless elk 9 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
28-4 Antlerless elk 21 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
28-4 ↗ Antlerless elk	100% Undersubscribed	33%	0 steady since 2021	21 / 12 undersubscribed	Regular	Nov 1–20, 2026
28-4 ↗ Antlerless elk	100% No first-choice applicants	100%	—	9 / 0	Special	Nov 1–20, 2026
28-4 ↗ Antlerless elk	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	21 / 0	Landowner	Nov 1–20, 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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50

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

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 28

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

Type 6 — Cow or calf valid off national forest north of the Little Popo Agie River and east of R 101 W Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 28 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 28 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

National Forest 227,595 ac · 66%
Private 59,991 ac · 17%
BLM 40,307 ac · 12%
State land 16,091 ac · 5%
Other public 2,600 ac · 1%
County or city land 615 ac · 0%
Tribal 9 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.