Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 83

Fish Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 83 covers 103,275 acres and lies 22 miles west of Dubois and 34 miles east of Jackson. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (100%). In 2025, 327 people hunted elk here and took 116 — 36% of them killed something.

Hunter success (2025):36% Public land:100% Size:103,275 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not offered an elk license in Hunt Area 83 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 83 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 83 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 102,804 ac · 100%
Private 403 ac · 0%
Other public 68 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.