Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 34

Upper Powder River

Wyoming Hunt Area 34 covers 529,021 acres and lies 30 miles south of Buffalo and 55 miles east of Worland. 41% of it is public land, mostly BLM (22%) and state land (11%). In 2025, 1,267 people hunted elk here and took 470 — 37% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 112 nonresident tags here for 42 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):409 Applicants:373 Hunter success (2025):37% Public land:41% Size:529,021 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 34, 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

34-1 Any elk 53 tags · 219 applicants · needed 7 pts · Regular

10% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
34-1 Any elk 36 tags · 102 applicants · needed 6 pts · Special

18% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
34-1 Any elk 96 tags · 10 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
34-7 Cow or calf valid on private land on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 112 tags · 42 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
34-7 Cow or calf valid on private land on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 112 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
34-1 ↗ Any elk	10% Point builder	0%	7 +2 since 2021	53 / 219	Regular	Oct 9 – Nov 15, 2026
34-1 ↗ Any elk	18% Long shot	0%	6 +2 since 2021	36 / 102	Special	Oct 9 – Nov 15, 2026
34-1 ↗ Any elk	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	96 / 10 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 9 – Nov 15, 2026
34-7 ↗ Cow or calf valid on private land on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	112 / 42 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Aug 15 – Oct 8, 2026
34-7 ↗ Cow or calf valid on private land on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	112 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Aug 15 – Oct 8, 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
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.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 34

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

Type 6 — Cow or calf valid on private land on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 34 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 34 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

Private 313,364 ac · 59%
BLM 113,904 ac · 22%
State land 57,822 ac · 11%
National Forest 43,689 ac · 8%
Other public 230 ac · 0%
County or city land 10 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.