Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 64

Owl Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 64 covers 654,508 acres and lies 23 miles west of Thermopolis and 42 miles south-west of Worland. 35% of it is public land, mostly BLM (27%) and state land (4%). A further 37% is tribal land rather than public land. In 2025, 473 people hunted elk here and took 197 — 42% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 48 nonresident tags here for 72 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):176 Applicants:152 Hunter success (2025):42% Public land:35% Size:654,508 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 64, 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

64-6 Cow or calf valid in that portion of the Cottonwood Creek drainage downstream of and including the 21-Creek dr… 40 tags · 80 applicants · Reduced price

50% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
64-6 Cow or calf valid in that portion of the Cottonwood Creek drainage downstream of and including the 21-Creek dr… 40 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants
64-7 Cow or calf valid south of and including the Cottonwood Creek drainage 48 tags · 72 applicants · Reduced price

67% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
64-7 Cow or calf valid south of and including the Cottonwood Creek drainage 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
64-6 ↗ Cow or calf valid in that portion of the Cottonwood Creek drainage downstream of and including the 21-Creek dr…	50% Real chance	0%	—	40 / 80	Reduced price	Sep 1 – Nov 14, 2026
64-6 ↗ Cow or calf valid in that portion of the Cottonwood Creek drainage downstream of and including the 21-Creek dr…	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	40 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Sep 1 – Nov 14, 2026
64-7 ↗ Cow or calf valid south of and including the Cottonwood Creek drainage	67% Real chance	0%	—	48 / 72	Reduced price	Oct 15 – Dec 21, 2026
64-7 ↗ Cow or calf valid south of and including the Cottonwood Creek drainage	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	48 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 15 – 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.

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
Reduced price license	$303	$15	$324.50
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 64

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

Type 2 — Any elk, also valid in Area 63 Special

The country

Hunt Area 64 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 64 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

Tribal 239,545 ac · 37%
Private 185,616 ac · 28%
BLM 174,632 ac · 27%
State land 28,429 ac · 4%
National Forest 25,160 ac · 4%
Other public 811 ac · 0%
County or city land 601 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.