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Wyoming · Elk · Preference points

Wyoming elk: what 5 preference points drew

Every Wyoming elk hunt area, ranked by what applicants holding exactly 5preference points actually drew. Sorted by success odds, best first.

In the 2026 regular draw, nonresidents holding exactly 5 preference points applied first choice in 29 Wyoming elk hunt areas; every one of them drew in 27, and some or all went without a licence in 2. This describes what happened; it is not a prediction of what next year will take.

Draw tier
Year
Sort any column. Figures are what the draw did, not a forecast.
AreaYearHuntTags leftIssuedApplicantsSuccess odds
10020242 · ANY ELK100100.00%
10020212 · ANY ELK322100.00%
10020234 · ANTLERLESS ELK700100.00%
10020214 · ANTLERLESS ELK2600100.00%
10020265 · ANTLERLESS ELK600100.00%
10020255 · ANTLERLESS ELK1300100.00%
10620261 · ANY ELK322100.00%
10620241 · ANY ELK211100.00%
10620254 · ANTLERLESS ELK1811100.00%
10820241 · ANY ELK1100100.00%
11320263 · SPIKE OR ANTLERLESS1111100.00%
11320253 · SPIKE OR ANTLERLESS1200100.00%
11320233 · SPIKE OR ANTLERLESS1511100.00%
11320214 · ANTLERLESS ELK911100.00%
11620261 · ANY ELK522100.00%
11620251 · ANY ELK622100.00%
11620241 · ANY ELK411100.00%
11620241 · ANY ELK311100.00%
11620231 · ANY ELK611100.00%
11620231 · ANY ELK411100.00%
11720253 · SPIKE OR ANTLERLESS1722100.00%
12020264 · ANTLERLESS ELK1100100.00%
12220252 · ANTLERED ELK FIVE (51411100.00%
12320232 · ANTLERED ELK FIVE311100.00%
12420261 · ANY ELK1100100.00%
12420251 · ANY ELK1211100.00%
12420241 · ANY ELK911100.00%
12420262 · ANTLERED ELK411100.00%
12420264 · ANTLERLESS ELK2100100.00%
12420254 · ANTLERLESS ELK1300100.00%
12420234 · ANTLERLESS ELK1100100.00%
12520261 · ANY ELK1255100.00%
12520251 · ANY ELK911100.00%
12520251 · ANY ELK433100.00%
12520241 · ANY ELK911100.00%
12520241 · ANY ELK744100.00%
12520231 · ANY ELK1277100.00%
120254 · ANTLERLESS ELK800100.00%
120244 · ANTLERLESS ELK411100.00%
620241 · ANY ELK100100.00%
720261 · ANY ELK17911100.00%
720251 · ANY ELK18011100.00%
720241 · ANY ELK17900100.00%
720262 · ANY ELK1666100.00%
720262 · ANY ELK2177100.00%
720252 · ANY ELK1811100.00%
720252 · ANY ELK2933100.00%
720242 · ANY ELK2766100.00%
720232 · ANY ELK3200100.00%
720212 · ANY ELK4000100.00%
820261 · ANY ELK1111100.00%
820251 · ANY ELK1222100.00%
820241 · ANY ELK1122100.00%
820231 · ANY ELK611100.00%
820231 · ANY ELK833100.00%
820211 · ANY ELK733100.00%
1120262 · LIMITED QUOTA, ANY E200100.00%
1120252 · LIMITED QUOTA, ANY E111100.00%
1620261 · ANY ELK3200100.00%
1620241 · ANY ELK3011100.00%
1620264 · ANTLERLESS ELK2800100.00%
1620254 · ANTLERLESS ELK3011100.00%
1620234 · ANTLERLESS ELK3311100.00%
1620214 · ANTLERLESS ELK3500100.00%
1920242 · ANY ELK2000100.00%
2220262 · ANTLERED ELK100100.00%
2320259 · ANY ELK ARCHERY211100.00%
2520254 · ANTLERLESS ELK1100100.00%
2720254 · ANTLERLESS ELK800100.00%
2820244 · ANTLERLESS ELK2111100.00%
3020264 · ANTLERLESS ELK700100.00%
3020244 · ANTLERLESS ELK1111100.00%
3020214 · ANTLERLESS ELK400100.00%
3120264 · ANTLERLESS ELK500100.00%
3120254 · ANTLERLESS ELK1000100.00%
3120244 · ANTLERLESS ELK1800100.00%
3120214 · ANTLERLESS ELK1300100.00%
3220234 · ANTLERLESS ELK1611100.00%
3320261 · ANY ELK333100.00%
3320211 · ANY ELK822100.00%
3420231 · ANY ELK955100.00%
3420211 · ANY ELK3499100.00%
3520251 · ANY ELK200100.00%
3620269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL411100.00%
3620259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL100100.00%
3620249 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL411100.00%
3620249 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL211100.00%
3720269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL444100.00%
3720249 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL766100.00%
3720239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL111100.00%
3820264 · ANTLERLESS ELK5611100.00%
3920254 · ANTLERLESS ELK1600100.00%
4020234 · ANTLERLESS ELK1411100.00%
4020249 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL300100.00%
4120251 · ANY ELK3011100.00%
4120262 · ANY ELK422100.00%
4120252 · ANY ELK111100.00%
4120242 · ANY ELK311100.00%
4120239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL100100.00%
4520264 · ANTLERLESS ELK2500100.00%
4520254 · ANTLERLESS ELK2800100.00%
4520244 · ANTLERLESS ELK2722100.00%
4520214 · ANTLERLESS ELK1711100.00%
4520255 · ANTLERLESS ELK2211100.00%
4520235 · ANTLERLESS ELK1600100.00%
4720261 · ANY ELK411100.00%
4720251 · ANY ELK933100.00%
4720241 · ANY ELK722100.00%
4720231 · ANY ELK711100.00%
4820261 · ANY ELK855100.00%
4820251 · ANY ELK622100.00%
4820211 · ANY ELK1066100.00%
4920251 · ANY ELK222100.00%
4920241 · ANY ELK111100.00%
5120212 · ANY ELK NORTH AND EA111100.00%
5120254 · ANTLERLESS ELK500100.00%
5120269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL111100.00%
5120259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL211100.00%
5120219 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL222100.00%
5520239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL100100.00%
5620269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL100100.00%
5620249 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL200100.00%
5620239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL300100.00%
5920269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL211100.00%
5920269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL111100.00%
5920259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL200100.00%
5920239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL100100.00%
5920239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL222100.00%
6020259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL311100.00%
6120259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL100100.00%
6220264 · ANTLERLESS ELK800100.00%
6220234 · ANTLERLESS ELK700100.00%
6220265 · ANTLERLESS ELK1700100.00%
6320252 · ANY ELK111100.00%
6320242 · ANY ELK111100.00%
6720254 · ANTLERLESS ELK4622100.00%
6720269 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL622100.00%
6720259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL422100.00%
6720259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL733100.00%
6720249 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL622100.00%
6720239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL855100.00%
6720239 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL711100.00%
6720219 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL500100.00%
7820261 · ANY ELK522100.00%
7820251 · ANY ELK400100.00%
7820262 · ANY ELK533100.00%
7820242 · ANY ELK200100.00%
8220244 · ANTLERLESS ELK633100.00%
8220234 · ANTLERLESS ELK311100.00%
8420261 · ANY ELK400100.00%
8420251 · ANY ELK511100.00%
8420241 · ANY ELK200100.00%
8420211 · ANY ELK111100.00%
8720231 · ANTLERED ELK211100.00%
8820241 · ANY ELK333100.00%
9120261 · ANY ELK1211100.00%
9120241 · ANY ELK1011100.00%
9320261 · ANY ELK611100.00%
9320251 · ANY ELK511100.00%
9320211 · ANY ELK511100.00%
9520261 · ANY ELK411100.00%
9520242 · ANY ELK311100.00%
9520245 · ANTLERLESS ELK200100.00%
9620261 · ANY ELK1900100.00%
9620251 · ANY ELK2722100.00%
9620241 · ANY ELK1911100.00%
9620231 · ANY ELK2011100.00%
9620211 · ANY ELK1822100.00%
9720241 · ANY ELK1177100.00%
9720211 · ANY ELK1611100.00%
9820261 · ANY ELK1811100.00%
9820251 · ANY ELK1711100.00%
9820251 · ANY ELK111010100.00%
9820241 · ANY ELK1811100.00%
9820241 · ANY ELK1766100.00%
9820231 · ANY ELK141212100.00%
9820211 · ANY ELK2088100.00%
E2026 · REGION E GENERAL28433100.00%
E2026 · REGION E GENERAL336116116100.00%
E2025 · REGION E GENERAL2683131100.00%
E2025 · REGION E GENERAL275109109100.00%
E2024 · REGION E GENERAL45022100.00%
E2024 · REGION E GENERAL1501818100.00%
E2024 · REGION E GENERAL1047171100.00%
GEN2023 · GENERAL931217217100.00%
GEN2023 · GENERAL1016356356100.00%
GEN2021 · GENERAL107144100.00%
GEN2021 · GENERAL1481112112100.00%
S2026 · REGION S GENERAL2873131100.00%
S2025 · REGION S GENERAL78700100.00%
S2025 · REGION S GENERAL3031616100.00%
S2024 · REGION S GENERAL2221515100.00%
W2026 · REGION W GENERAL208100100.00%
W2026 · REGION W GENERAL669216216100.00%
W2025 · REGION W GENERAL625150150100.00%
W2024 · REGION W GENERAL208211100.00%
W2024 · REGION W GENERAL738157157100.00%
W2024 · REGION W GENERAL710540540100.00%
S2024 · REGION S GENERAL27427429592.88%
10020254 · ANTLERLESS ELK55683.33%
3320231 · ANY ELK44580.00%
3320241 · ANY ELK33475.00%
10620251 · ANY ELK22366.67%
3720259 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL33560.00%
3520211 · ANY ELK44757.14%
11720211 · ANY ELK661154.55%
12320251 · ANY ELK11250.00%
12320251 · ANY ELK33650.00%
4820211 · ANY ELK22450.00%
9320251 · ANY ELK22450.00%
9720261 · ANY ELK22450.00%
W2025 · REGION W GENERAL31231269045.22%
3920211 · ANY ELK661442.86%
3420251 · ANY ELK441040.00%
S2025 · REGION S GENERAL10810836729.43%
12520261 · ANY ELK11520.00%
3420241 · ANY ELK221020.00%
3720219 · ANY ELK, ARCHERY ONL221118.18%

How to read this

  • Exactly 5 points. Wyoming also publishes pooled "fewer than 5" rows. Those describe a group, not a point level someone holds, so they are not shown here — the per-area pages carry them in full.
  • 100% does not mean easy next year. It means everyone at this level drew in that year. Quotas and applicant numbers move.
  • Applicants are first-choice only, so competition was higher than these counts suggest.
  • We do not forecast. These are observed results. What 5 points will draw next year is not something anyone can honestly tell you.

Sources for every figure above

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