Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 71

Pacific Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 71 covers 149,963 acres and lies 42 miles north of Jackson and 57 miles north-west of Dubois. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (84%) and national park (16%). In 2025, 271 people hunted elk here and took 108 — 40% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):40% Public land:100% Size:149,963 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not offered an elk license in Hunt Area 71 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Wyoming elk hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.

The country

Hunt Area 71 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 71 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 126,194 ac · 84%
National Park Service 23,576 ac · 16%
Other public 192 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.