Wyoming Elk — Hunt Area 99

Big Sandy

Wyoming Hunt Area 99 covers 440,579 acres and lies 39 miles south-west of Lander. 93% of it is public land, mostly BLM (69%) and national forest (14%). In 2025, 307 people hunted elk here and took 153 — 50% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 21 nonresident tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):86 Applicants:136 Hunter success (2025):50% Public land:93% Size:440,579 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every elk license type on offer in Hunt Area 99, 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

99-1 Any elk 11 tags · 82 applicants · needed 10 pts · Regular

4% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
99-1 Any elk 8 tags · 32 applicants · needed 10 pts · Special

8% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
99-1 Any elk 18 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
99-4 Antlerless elk 19 tags · 22 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Likely draw 19% as 2nd choice
99-4 Antlerless elk 9 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants 75% as 2nd choice
99-4 Antlerless elk 21 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
99-1 ↗ Any elk	4% Point builder	0%	10 +4 since 2021	11 / 82	Regular	Oct 1–31, 2026
99-1 ↗ Any elk	8% Point builder	0%	10 +5 since 2021	8 / 32	Special	Oct 1–31, 2026
99-1 ↗ Any elk	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	18 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1–31, 2026
99-4 ↗ Antlerless elk	100% Likely draw	19%	0 steady since 2021	19 / 22	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 20, 2026
99-4 ↗ Antlerless elk	100% No first-choice applicants	75%	—	9 / 0	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 20, 2026
99-4 ↗ Antlerless elk	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	21 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 20, 2026

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
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Feb 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 99 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 99 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

BLM 302,462 ac · 69%
National Forest 62,464 ac · 14%
Private 32,475 ac · 7%
State land 25,441 ac · 6%
Bureau of Reclamation 14,803 ac · 3%
Other public 2,918 ac · 1%
County or city land 14 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.