Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 91

Salt River

Wyoming Hunt Area 91 covers 298,053 acres and lies 3 miles north of Afton and 14 miles south of Star Valley Ranch. 61% of it is public land, mostly national forest (58%) and state land (2%). In 2025, 1,283 people hunted elk here and took 516 — 40% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 56 nonresident tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):163 Applicants:241 Hunter success (2025):40% Public land:61% Size:298,053 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 91, 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

91-1 Any elk 5 tags · 47 applicants · needed 8 pts · Regular

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
91-1 Any elk 4 tags · 16 applicants · needed 13 pts · Special

8% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
91-1 Any elk 12 tags · 5 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
91-6 Cow or calf 54 tags · 166 applicants · Reduced price

33% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
91-6 Cow or calf 56 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed
91-7 Cow or calf valid off national forest west of U.S. Highway 89 and south of Wyoming Highway 239 16 tags · 5 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 48% as 2nd choice
91-7 Cow or calf valid off national forest west of U.S. Highway 89 and south of Wyoming Highway 239 16 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
91-1 ↗ Any elk	2% Point builder	0%	8 −3 since 2021	5 / 47	Regular	Oct 1–31, 2026
91-1 ↗ Any elk	8% Point builder	0%	13 +5 since 2021	4 / 16	Special	Oct 1–31, 2026
91-1 ↗ Any elk	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	12 / 5 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–31, 2026
91-6 ↗ Cow or calf	33% Long shot	0%	—	54 / 166	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2026
91-6 ↗ Cow or calf	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	56 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2026
91-7 ↗ Cow or calf valid off national forest west of U.S. Highway 89 and south of Wyoming Highway 239	100% Undersubscribed	48%	—	16 / 5 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Jan 31, 2027
91-7 ↗ Cow or calf valid off national forest west of U.S. Highway 89 and south of Wyoming Highway 239	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	16 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Jan 31, 2027

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
Regular license	$707	$15	$728.50
Special license	$1,965	$15	$1,986.50
Reduced price license	$303	$15	$324.50
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50
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 91 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 91 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 172,505 ac · 58%
Private 115,211 ac · 39%
State land 4,742 ac · 2%
BLM 3,065 ac · 1%
County or city land 1,014 ac · 0%
Other public 367 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.