Hunt area 126 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf;)
- Hunt code
- E-126-6
- Unit
- 126, Lost Springs
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Draw years
- 2021–2023
Not offered in the draw after 2023. The figures below are its last draws.
In 2023, 72 residents applied as their first choice for 165 licenses, so every first-choice applicant drew.
In 2023, 47 nonresidents applied as their first choice for 31 licenses: roughly 66% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.
Harvest success in 2023 was 46.6%.
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2023 | 196 | 72 | – | – | 47 | – | – |
| 2022 | 197 | 38 | – | – | 34 | – | – |
| 2021 | 149 | 30 | – | – | 27 | – | – |
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 146 | 68 | 46.6% |
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
- 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 126
Units listed next to it
In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Hunt area 124 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 124 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 125 elk, type 1 (Any Elk)
- Hunt area 125 elk, type 1 (Any Elk) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 129 elk, type 6 (Cow Or Calf;)
- Hunt area 129 elk, type 8 (Cow Or Calf)
- Region E general elk (Region E General)
- Region E general elk (Region E General) - nonresident special draw