Hunt area 40 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk)
- Hunt code
- E-040-4
- Unit
- 40, Horse Creek
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 70 residents applied as their first choice for 105 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.
In 2026, 14 of 14 nonresidents drew (100%). The preference draw reached 0 points.
Harvest success in 2023 was 41.9%.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew.
| Points | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 0 | 12 | 12 | 100% |
| All | 14 | 14 | 100% |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 125 | 70 | – | – | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 123 | 84 | – | – | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 125 | 56 | – | – | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 123 | 18 | – | – | 31 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022 | 127 | 23 | – | – | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 2021 | 127 | 23 | – | – | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 105 | 44 | 41.9% |
Reading these numbers
Nonresident elk, deer and antelope, and everyone's moose and bighorn sheep: 75% of each hunt's licenses go to the preference-point draw, highest points first (party points are averaged), and the other 25% are drawn at random among everyone who missed, points ignored. Residents draw elk, deer and antelope at random with no points; mountain goat, bison and the doe/fawn, cow/calf and ewe/lamb licenses are random for everyone. Nonresident 'special' licenses cost more and are drawn as a separate pool (hunt codes ending -S).
Sources
- 20262026 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20262026 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20252025 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20242024 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20232023 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20232023 Elk harvest report(harvest)
- 20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20222022 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Nonresident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Cow/Calf - Resident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Preference Points - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Random Draw - Nonresident Special(draw)
- 20212021 Elk Random Draw - Resident(draw)
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Other hunts in unit 40
- Hunt area 40 deer, type 3 (Any White-Tailed Dee)(whitetail deer)
- Hunt area 40 deer, type 3 (Any White-Tailed Dee) - nonresident special draw(whitetail deer)
- Hunt area 40 deer, type 6 (Doe Or Fawn)(deer)
- Hunt area 40 deer, type 8 (Doe Or Fawn White-Ta)(whitetail deer)
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 4 (Antlerless Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 5 (Antlerless Elk)
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 5 (Antlerless Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf)
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl)
- Hunt area 40 elk, type 9 (Any Elk, Archery Onl) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 40 moose, type 1 (Antlered Moose)(moose)
- Hunt area 40 moose, type 4 (Antlerless Moose, Ex)(moose)
Units listed next to it
In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Hunt area 38 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 38 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 39 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 39 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 41 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 41 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 45 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw