Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 69

Whiskey Mountain

Wyoming Hunt Area 69 covers 212,706 acres and lies 18 miles south of Dubois and 33 miles north-east of Pinedale. 95% of it is public land, mostly national forest (88%) and BLM (4%). In 2025, 236 people hunted elk here and took 115 — 49% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 12 nonresident tags here for 7 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):24 Applicants:7 Hunter success (2025):49% Public land:95% Size:212,706 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 69, 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

69-6 Cow or calf 12 tags · 7 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
69-6 Cow or calf 12 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
69-6 ↗ Cow or calf	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	12 / 7 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
69-6 ↗ Cow or calf	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	12 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 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
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.

The country

Hunt Area 69 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 69 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 186,806 ac · 88%
Private 10,017 ac · 5%
BLM 7,687 ac · 4%
State land 4,561 ac · 2%
Other public 3,622 ac · 2%
Tribal 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.