Wyoming Elk · Hunt Area 31 Little Mountain
Wyoming Hunt Area 31 covers 179,514 acres and lies 25 miles south of Green River and 48 miles east of Lyman. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (71%) and national forest (12%). In 2025, 139 people hunted elk here and took 85, a 61% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 31-4, put up 7 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 31 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.
6 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
71% BLM
179,514 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 31
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31-1 Regular | Any elk | not open | — | |
| 31-1 Special | Any elk | not open | — | |
| 31-1 Landowner | Any elk | 63% | 0 | |
| 31-4 Regular | Antlerless elk | 4% | 3 ▲2 | |
| 31-4 Special | Antlerless elk | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| 31-4 Landowner | Antlerless elk | 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, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $728.50 ($707 to apply) · Special $1,986.50 ($1,965 to apply) · Landowner $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Feb 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | 85 | 61% |
| 2024 | 229 | 125 | 55% |
| 2023 | 264 | 172 | 65% |
| 2022 | 255 | 183 | 72% |
| 2021 | 204 | 171 | 84% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | 40 | 34 | 85% |
| Type 4 | 99 | 51 | 52% |
2025 split: archery 2 (2%), firearm 83 (98%) · residents 75 from 115 hunters, nonresidents 10 from 24 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
| BLM | 127,739 ac | 71% |
| National Forest | 20,783 ac | 12% |
| Private | 19,113 ac | 11% |
| State land | 11,547 ac | 6% |
| Other public | 322 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 12
- 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 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. How we compute these.
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