Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 58

Sage Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 58 covers 163,123 acres and lies 11 miles south of Cody and 33 miles south-west of Powell. 34% of it is public land, mostly BLM (15%) and state land (10%). In 2025, 294 people hunted elk here and took 168 — 57% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 48 nonresident tags here for 127 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):107 Applicants:184 Hunter success (2025):57% Public land:34% Size:163,123 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 58, 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

58-1 Any elk 3 tags · 42 applicants · needed 19 pts · Regular

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
58-1 Any elk 3 tags · 15 applicants · needed 18 pts · Special

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
58-1 Any elk 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
58-6 Cow or calf 48 tags · 127 applicants · Reduced price

38% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
58-6 Cow or calf 48 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
58-1 ↗ Any elk	0% Point builder	0%	19 +4 since 2021	3 / 42	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
58-1 ↗ Any elk	0% Point builder	0%	18 +4 since 2021	3 / 15	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
58-1 ↗ Any elk	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	5 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
58-6 ↗ Cow or calf	38% Long shot	0%	—	48 / 127	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Dec 21, 2026
58-6 ↗ Cow or calf	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	48 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Dec 21, 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 58 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 58 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 108,185 ac · 66%
BLM 23,990 ac · 15%
State land 16,036 ac · 10%
National Forest 10,608 ac · 7%
Other public 2,295 ac · 1%
County or city land 1,210 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 872 ac · 1%

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.