Wyoming Elk · Hunt Area 9 South Snowy Range
Wyoming Hunt Area 9 covers 261,881 acres and lies 23 miles west of Laramie and 40 miles east of Encampment. 66% of it is public land, mostly national forest (50%) and state land (10%). In 2025, 1,540 people hunted elk here and took 266, a 17% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 9-6, put up 39 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 99 first-choice applicants.
4 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
50% Forest Service
261,881 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Hunt Area 9
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9-6 Reduced price | Cow or calf | 39% | — | |
| 9-6 Landowner reduced price | Cow or calf | 100% | — | |
| 9-7 Reduced price | Cow or calf valid off national forest | 84% | — | |
| 9-7 Landowner reduced price | Cow or calf valid off national forest | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Reduced price $324.50 ($303 to apply) · Landowner reduced price $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Feb 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,540 | 266 | 17% |
| 2024 | 1,553 | 324 | 21% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Elk | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 6 | 228 | 34 | 15% |
| Type 7 | 241 | 107 | 44% |
| Type GEN | 1,205 | 125 | 10% |
2025 split: archery 35 (13%), firearm 231 (87%) · residents 169 from 1,296 hunters, nonresidents 97 from 244 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 | 130,915 ac | 50% |
| Private | 89,625 ac | 34% |
| State land | 24,983 ac | 10% |
| BLM | 9,884 ac | 4% |
| Other public | 2,922 ac | 1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 1,980 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 1,506 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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.
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