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🎯 Black Bear
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All Legal — Limited Quota
📆 Apr 1 – May 31
📍 Forested units — NW WY (Teton, Shoshone NF), Bighorn NF, Medicine Bow NF
🪪 Draw required for all WY black bear tags. Moderate competitiveness. Some NW units have very limited tags.
Wyoming spring black bear season. Bears emerging April–May, feeding on green-up. Best country is Shoshone NF, Bridger-Teton, Bighorn NF. Baiting is legal in WY. Hound hunting legal.
📌 Best regions: Shoshone NF, Bridger-Teton, Bighorn NF (Area 33, 34)
🎯 HuntScore™ 75 — Good
✓ Post-denning green-up foraging✓ Baiting legal = high success✓ South-facing slopes in spring
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🏹 Turkey
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Archery + Shotgun — Limited Quota
📆 Apr 15 – May 31
📍 Eastern WY riparian zones and foothills — Goshen, Platte, Laramie counties
🪪 Draw required. Moderate competitiveness — eastern WY units most accessible.
Wyoming spring turkey — Merriam's and Rio Grande populations in eastern foothills and river bottoms. Best calling window: dawn to 9am, April 20 – May 15. Merriams in pine foothills; Rio Grande along river systems.
📌 Best regions: Goshen County, Laramie County, Bear Lodge Mountains (Crook County)
🎯 HuntScore™ 67 — Fair
✓ Gobble response peaks April✓ Pine Bluffs / Laramie River country✓ Morning setup in cottonwood bottoms
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📋 Draw Calendar
🔔 ACTIVE NOW: Leftover License Sale
Through Jun 15
Unfilled licenses available at WGFD offices and online on a first-come basis. Less competitive units may have general pronghorn and deer tags available.
Wyoming preference points accumulate annually. Apply Jan 2–31 for all species. General elk license has no preference point system — available OTC (resident) or limited non-resident sale. Leftover limited quota licenses may be available May–June at WGFD offices.
🧬 CWD Zones
Wyoming was one of the first states to detect CWD (1985). CWD prevalence in SE Wyoming deer herds is among the highest in North America. Mandatory carcass transport restrictions apply in positive detection zones. Do not transport heads/spines out of regulated areas without testing. Moose are susceptible — test voluntarily.
Affected species: Mule Deer, White-tailed Deer, Elk, Moose
Southeast WY (Platte, Goshen, Laramie counties)
CWD first detected in WY — highest prevalence in SE corner near NE/CO border
Bighorn Basin
CWD-positive deer — mandatory testing in designated zones
Statewide cervids
CWD monitoring ongoing — check WGFD zone maps before season
🗺️ HuntScore™ Unit Intelligence
Historical draw odds, success rates, and field conditions per unit. Verify all data with state fish & game before hunting. Draw odds are historical — actual odds may vary.
Unit 1
Extremely Difficult
Teton / Jackson Hole Moose
🦌 Moose
Season: Sept 20 – Oct 26
Bonus pts needed: 20–30+ NR preference points
Success rate: 90% (guided hunts)
Teton and Shoshone NF moose are among the largest in the Rocky Mountains. Willow flats along the Snake and upper tributaries hold bulls 50"+ spread. Pack-in or horse required for wilderness drainages. A bucket-list hunt with very long wait times.
Unit 7
Extremely Difficult
Area 7 — Jackson Hole / Teton Wilderness
🦌 Elk
Season: Sept 15 – Oct 31 (Type 1 archery/rifle)
Bonus pts needed: 15–25+ NR preference points for quality hunts
Success rate: 60–80% (with guide; lower DIY)
Teton Wilderness — 585,000 acres of designated wilderness. Home to the Jackson Elk Herd (11,000+ elk). 350–380"+ bulls documented. Pack-in required for wilderness core. Horse access only to many drainages. Once-in-a-lifetime quality tag.
Unit 23
Moderate
Bighorn Mountains — Sheridan/Buffalo areas
🦌 Elk + Mule Deer
Season: Oct 1–31 (General license)
Bonus pts needed: General license — no draw for resident; limited NR
Success rate: 35–50%
Bighorn National Forest offers excellent general elk hunting with road access and backpack options. Bull elk and mule deer season overlap. Good BLM access on east face. No preference points needed for general.
Unit 66
Moderate
Sweetwater / Carbon Pronghorn
🦌 Pronghorn
Season: Aug 15 – Sept 30
Bonus pts needed: 0–2 NR points for most pronghorn units
Success rate: 80–90%
Carbon County and Sweetwater County hold the highest pronghorn densities in Wyoming. Sage flats with open glassing. Long-range shooting standard. Rut peaks late September — bucks territorial and visible. One of the most accessible WY big game hunts for non-residents.
📎 Official Resources
⚖️ Legal Compliance Required
- Verify all regulations with state fish & game before hunting.
- HuntScore™ scores are forecasts, not guarantees of animal activity or harvest success.
- Draw odds are historical — actual odds may vary year to year.
- PeakScout does not replace hunter safety education or state licensing requirements.
- Wyoming CWD regulations: mandatory transport restrictions apply in designated CWD zones (especially SE Wyoming). Never transport intact heads or spines out of regulated areas without testing. Wolf regulations in Wyoming are subject to ongoing legal proceedings — verify trophy zone boundaries and quota status with WGFD before pursuing wolves. Grizzly bears are protected in most of Wyoming — know the grizzly management zone boundaries.