Unit 022 (Ferris)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Elk
Elk Hunt Area 22, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Ferris, covers about 325 square miles in Carbon and Natrona counties. It belongs to WGFD's Ferris elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 43.5%, with 283 hunters taking 123 elk at about 17.1 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 90% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit 022
Elk Hunt Area 22, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Ferris, covers about 325 square miles in Carbon and Natrona counties. It belongs to WGFD's Ferris elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 43.5%, with 283 hunters taking 123 elk at about 17.1 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 90% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Elk Hunt Area 22
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names elk hunt area 22 "Ferris". It runs to about 325 square miles, in Carbon (89%) and Natrona (11%) counties. WGFD reports these elk as the Ferris herd unit, which also takes in elk hunt area 111. What WGFD publishes for the area is its boundary and its harvest; where the elk stand inside it is our reading of the ground, and the two are kept apart below.
Where elk hunt area 22 begins and ends
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 7 walks the line around elk hunt area 22 corner by corner. It starts where Wyoming Highway 287 intersects Wyoming Highway 220 at Muddy Gap Junction. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 287, Wyoming Highway 220, Natrona County Road 410 and Carbon County Road 497. That is a legal description, not a habitat map, and it is the text a warden reads you against. The full text is in Section 9 of that chapter, with this year's season dates and license limitations in Section 2.
Not the same ground as the other hunt area 22s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 22 also belongs to its deer, antelope, moose and bighorn sheep hunt areas 22. Only the deer area shares a county with this one. A license is good only in the hunt area of its own species, so this page is about the elk area, and the cards at the foot of the page link the others.
Ground WGFD opens: Stone Creek and Carbon 10
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list elk among their species — Stone Creek (14,915 acres). WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 3,532 acres open for elk: Carbon 10. WGFD's 2026 regulations open Access Yes land only for the species and dates listed for each area, with each area's own rules on WGFD's site and no motorized travel unless WGFD says otherwise.
High ground inside the line: Ferris Mountains, Sentinel Rocks and Fort Ridge
Named high points inside elk hunt area 22 include Ferris Mountains at 10,012 feet, Sentinel Rocks at 7,254 feet, Fort Ridge at 7,214 feet, Point of Rocks at 6,908 feet and Granite Mountain at 6,855 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk want timber to bed in and open ground to feed on, within a short walk of each other.
Holding ground: Black Canyon, Arkansas Flats and Whiskey Gap
Below them sit Black Canyon at 6,890 feet, Arkansas Flats at 6,730 feet, Whiskey Gap at 6,564 feet, Arkansas Basin at 6,401 feet and Miners Canyon at 6,382 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Water: Big Sand Spring
Named water inside the line includes Big Sand Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit 022 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up · figures are for GMU 22
The lay of it
- 6,160–9,120 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,907 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 325.3 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- BLM — 15%
- Private / Other — 85%
Roughly 15% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 12 tanks
- 17 stream segments
- 3 lakes
Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Ferris Mountains (10,012 ft), Sentinel Rocks (7,254 ft), Point of Rocks (6,908 ft), Independence Rock (6,025 ft)
Holding ground: Youngs Pass (8,749 ft), Pole Canyon (7,928 ft), Indian Creek Meadow (6,944 ft), Walk-In Area Carbon 10, Big Sand Spring
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Elk in Elk Hunt Area 22
Elk Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 43.5% elk success in elk hunt area 22: 123 animals taken by 283 active hunters over 2,105 days of hunting, or 17.1 days per animal. By residency, residents 41.5% (97 taken by 234) and nonresidents 53.1% (26 taken by 49).
These are WGFD's own estimates from its hunter survey, for this hunt area and season only — not a statewide average. One season isn't a trend, so check the current report before you read one into it.
Elk Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (resident) | 58 | 558 | 10.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 190 | 0.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 antlered (resident) | 21 | 99 | 21.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 antlered (nonresident) | 0 | 15 | 0.0% | — |
Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.
Open in Draw Odds EngineWyoming Game and Fish's 2026 demand report for elk in elk hunt area 22, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any elk), residents: 558 first-choice applicants for 58 licenses, 10.4% drawn
- Type 1 (any elk), nonresidents: 190 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 0.5% drawn
- Type 2 (antlered elk), residents: 99 first-choice applicants for 21 licenses, 21.2% drawn
- Type 2 (antlered elk), nonresidents: 15 first-choice applicants for 0 licenses, 0% drawn
Wyoming residents draw elk licenses without preference points; nonresidents draw part of their quota on points, highest balance first (Chapter 44, Section 19), and the nonresident figures above are from WGFD's random draw. WGFD publishes no preference-point level at which a hunt draws, so none is given here. Every figure was checked against WGFD's demand-report PDFs on 2026-08-10.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.
- Chapter 7 — Elk Hunting Seasons (2026) — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Name and legal boundary of elk hunt area 22, Season dates, license types and limitations by hunt area · accessed 2026-10-25
- Elk 2025 Harvest Report — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Hunters, harvest, percent success and days per animal for elk in elk hunt area 22, The same by license type and residency · accessed 2026-10-25
- WGFD draw results and odds — demand reports 2021-2026 — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: First-choice applicants, licenses and percent drawn, by license type, residency and year · accessed 2026-08-10
- Chapter 44 — Regulation for Issuance of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags, Preference Points and Competitive Raffle Chances — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Which licenses are drawn on preference points (Section 19), When preference points are deleted · accessed 2026-10-25
- 2026 Antelope, Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Access Yes Walk-In and Hunter Management Area rules · accessed 2026-10-25
- WGFD ArcGIS feature services — hunt areas by species, CWD sampling areas, WHMAs, Public Access Areas, Hunter Management Areas, Walk-In Hunting Areas — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Mapped outline of the hunt area, Herd unit and square miles, WHMAs, Public Access Areas, Hunter Management Areas and Walk-In Areas inside the area · accessed 2026-10-25
- TIGERweb State_County — Wyoming county boundaries (used only to measure which counties a hunt area lies in) — U.S. Census Bureau · supports: Which counties the hunt area lies in, and in what share · accessed 2026-10-25