Wyoming Elk · Hunt Area 81 Spread Creek
Wyoming Hunt Area 81 covers 224,619 acres and lies 28 miles north-east of Jackson and 51 miles north-east of Alpine. 99% of it is public land, mostly national forest (99%). In 2025, 531 people hunted elk here and took 147, a 28% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 16%
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
99% Forest Service
224,619 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not offered an elk license in Hunt Area 81 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.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 531 | 147 | 28% |
| 2024 | 343 | 84 | 25% |
| 2023 | 424 | 156 | 37% |
| 2022 | 466 | 137 | 29% |
| 2021 | 456 | 127 | 28% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 4 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Type GEN | 529 | 147 | 28% |
2025 split: archery 20 (14%), firearm 127 (86%) · residents 89 from 373 hunters, nonresidents 58 from 158 hunters
What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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. Source: WGFD 2025 Elk Harvest Report; WGFD 2024 Elk Harvest Report; WGFD 2023 Elk Harvest Report.
The Ground
| National Forest | 222,195 ac | 99% |
| Private | 1,781 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 407 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 226 ac | <1% |
| State land | 7 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 7
- WGFD 2025 Elk Harvest Report harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Elk Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Elk Hunt Areas boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.
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