Wyoming · public land · by elk hunt area
Wyoming elk hunt areas
Every wildfire burn since 2011 in each elk hunt area, dated by year (elk feed in young burns the way they do in young clearcuts), with the public land, Walk-In Areas and Hunter Management Areas, and which Walk-In Areas changed since 2025. 394 burns in the last three years across 105 hunt areas.
105 hunt areas, ranked
-
Hunt area of 4,964,401 acres
Area 129 Non-Herd Unit
91 recent burns 266,330 acres · 5.4% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 361,051 acres
Area 38 Tongue
1 recent burns 71,761 acres · 19.9% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 446,914 acres
Area 47 Copper Mountain
5 recent burns 67,500 acres · 15.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 596,413 acres
Area 48 Upper Nowood
2 recent burns 61,837 acres · 10.4% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 251,360 acres
Area 2 Fortification
20 recent burns 55,812 acres · 22.2% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 103,314 acres
Area 83 Fish Creek
2 recent burns 50,775 acres · 49.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 3,394,300 acres
Area 3 Rawhide
10 recent burns 33,658 acres · 1.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 437,774 acres
Area 37 Goose
3 recent burns 28,318 acres · 6.5% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 224,692 acres
Area 81 Spread Creek
2 recent burns 27,597 acres · 12.3% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,226,628 acres
Area 66 Basin
13 recent burns 22,696 acres · 1.9% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 551,002 acres
Area 113 Rochelle Hills
17 recent burns 22,464 acres · 4.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 206,647 acres
Area 95 Green River
2 recent burns 19,524 acres · 9.4% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 2,591,180 acres
Area 7 Laramie Peak
16 recent burns 18,366 acres · 0.7% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 777,451 acres
Area 25 South Pass
4 recent burns 16,363 acres · 2.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 3,518,857 acres
Area 126 Lost Springs
39 recent burns 14,671 acres · 0.4% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 137,460 acres
Area 68 Warm Springs
1 recent burns 12,507 acres · 9.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,394,136 acres
Area 6 Iron Mountain
4 recent burns 12,320 acres · 0.9% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 792,500 acres
Area 49 Otter Creek
12 recent burns 10,278 acres · 1.3% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 817,394 acres
Area 122 Pine Ridge
8 recent burns 7,470 acres · 0.9% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,469,295 acres
Area 116 North Black Hills
14 recent burns 4,513 acres · 0.3% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 421,902 acres
Area 92 Piney-Horse Creek
3 recent burns 3,204 acres · 0.8% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 930,097 acres
Area 120 Buffalo Creek
9 recent burns 2,649 acres · 0.3% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 169,748 acres
Area 103 Raymond Mountain
1 recent burns 2,123 acres · 1.3% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,075,221 acres
Area 65 Heart Mountain
6 recent burns 2,059 acres · 0.2% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 298,216 acres
Area 91 Salt River
1 recent burns 1,940 acres · 0.7% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 811,021 acres
Area 23 Rattlesnake
4 recent burns 1,607 acres · 0.2% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,125,859 acres
Area 16 Shirley Mountain
2 recent burns 1,288 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,974,636 acres
Area 127 Crowheart Butte
9 recent burns 1,116 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 302,649 acres
Area 56 Wapiti Ridge
1 recent burns 1,081 acres · 0.4% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,408,930 acres
Area 128 Muskrat
3 recent burns 938 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 251,143 acres
Area 55 Grinnell
1 recent burns 889 acres · 0.4% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 149,985 acres
Area 82 Crystal Peak
1 recent burns 878 acres · 0.6% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 498,046 acres
Area 45 Paint Rock Creek
5 recent burns 840 acres · 0.2% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 401,442 acres
Area 123 Black Thunder
6 recent burns 585 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 654,722 acres
Area 64 Owl Creek
4 recent burns 384 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 625,521 acres
Area 94 South Piney
1 recent burns 366 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,838,165 acres
Area 124 Powder Rim
2 recent burns 333 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 234,462 acres
Area 63 Wood River-Gooseberry Creek
3 recent burns 266 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 400,613 acres
Area 33 Middle Fork
5 recent burns 263 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 529,168 acres
Area 34 Upper Powder River
5 recent burns 251 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,237,692 acres
Area 98 Boulder
2 recent burns 225 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 334,730 acres
Area 54 Bald Ridge
2 recent burns 210 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 476,516 acres
Area 19 Muddy Mountain
5 recent burns 201 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 160,735 acres
Area 35 Hunter Mesa
1 recent burns 176 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 485,766 acres
Area 117 South Black Hills
6 recent burns 161 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 241,230 acres
Area 8 Boulder Ridge
2 recent burns 141 acres · 0.1% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 367,884 acres
Area 108 South Rawlins
2 recent burns 141 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 588,951 acres
Area 111 Seminoe
3 recent burns 84 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 426,353 acres
Area 41 Medicine Lodge
2 recent burns 74 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 700,848 acres
Area 118 Shamrock Hills
3 recent burns 72 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 433,137 acres
Area 104 Lincoln
1 recent burns 64 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 955,038 acres
Area 102 West Green River
2 recent burns 62 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 2,394,385 acres
Area 100 Steamboat
3 recent burns 50 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 353,703 acres
Area 30 Aspen Mountain
2 recent burns 48 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 641,767 acres
Area 21 Baggs
1 recent burns 47 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 163,151 acres
Area 58 Sage Creek
1 recent burns 40 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 347,408 acres
Area 28 Cony Mountain
1 recent burns 39 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 168,330 acres
Area 89 Lower Greys River
1 recent burns 38 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 133,604 acres
Area 36 Rock Creek
2 recent burns 33 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 179,679 acres
Area 31 Little Mountain
1 recent burns 31 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 468,708 acres
Area 106 Unita
2 recent burns 30 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 262,120 acres
Area 9 South Snowy Range
1 recent burns 26 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 322,461 acres
Area 15 Spring Creek
1 recent burns 21 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 286,948 acres
Area 70 Buffalo Fork
1 recent burns 20 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 292,532 acres
Area 110 Upper Platte River
1 recent burns 20 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 448,515 acres
Area 67 Wigins Fork
1 recent burns 18 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 194,442 acres
Area 13 Encampment River
1 recent burns 17 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 245,052 acres
Area 73 Targhee-Alta
1 recent burns 16 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 246,413 acres
Area 61 North Greybull River
1 recent burns 14 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 415,806 acres
Area 51 Sunlight-Crandall
1 recent burns 13 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 64,359 acres
Area 1 Black Hills
1 recent burns 11 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 977,273 acres
Area 107 Hickey Mountain
1 recent burns 7 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 424,065 acres
Area 10 Rock Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 443,577 acres
Area 11 Medicine Bow River
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 285,605 acres
Area 12 Kennaday Peak
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 208,642 acres
Area 22 Ferris
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 435,174 acres
Area 24 Green Mountain
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 75,526 acres
Area 27 Upper Sweetwater
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 242,285 acres
Area 32 Pine Mountain
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 147,291 acres
Area 39 Deer Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 296,098 acres
Area 40 Horse Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 251,477 acres
Area 59 Boulder Basin
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 212,019 acres
Area 60 Thorofare
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 163,809 acres
Area 62 South Greybull River
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 212,796 acres
Area 69 Whiskey Mountain
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 149,999 acres
Area 71 Pacific Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 38,563 acres
Area 72 Berry Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 30,022 acres
Area 75 Snake River
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 24,996 acres
Area 77 National Elk Refuge
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 45,433 acres
Area 78 Wilson
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 41,825 acres
Area 79 Teton Park
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 56,949 acres
Area 80 Sheep Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 253,415 acres
Area 84 Lower Hoback
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 179,346 acres
Area 85 Fall Creek
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 74,141 acres
Area 86 Monument Ridge
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 73,795 acres
Area 87 Raspberry Ridge
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 11,681 acres
Area 88 Greys Feedground
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 141,786 acres
Area 90 Upper Greys River
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 166,646 acres
Area 93 Waterdog Lakes
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 160,541 acres
Area 96 New Fork
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 303,251 acres
Area 97 Pinedale
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 440,856 acres
Area 99 Big Sandy
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 1,088,009 acres
Area 105 Carter Lease
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 184,306 acres
Area 125 Elk Mountain
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map → -
Hunt area of 171,993 acres
Area 130 Bolten Rim
0 recent burns 0 acres · 0.0% of the land
Open the map →
Access rules
Who can hunt here
Public land shown is open-access land in PAD-US; Walk-In Areas are private land enrolled with Game and Fish for walk-in hunting in season, and Hunter Management Areas need a permission slip from Game and Fish. Most elk, deer and antelope licences in Wyoming are drawn: seasons and quotas are in the WGFD regulations.
Elsewhere
Other ground we map
Washington & Oregon timber permits · Michigan Commercial Forest · Wisconsin County Forests · BC Crown land · Alberta Crown forest · Wyoming elk areas · Southern leases
Alerts
New burns in
Wyoming.
We'll email you when we add new burns to the Wyoming maps. One email each time, and one click stops it.