Unit 058 (Sage Creek)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Elk
Elk Hunt Area 58, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Sage Creek, covers about 255 square miles in Park County. It belongs to WGFD's Cody elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 57.1%, with 294 hunters taking 168 elk at about 11.6 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 21% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit 058
Elk Hunt Area 58, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Sage Creek, covers about 255 square miles in Park County. It belongs to WGFD's Cody elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 57.1%, with 294 hunters taking 168 elk at about 11.6 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 21% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Elk Hunt Area 58
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names elk hunt area 58 "Sage Creek". It runs to about 255 square miles, entirely in Park County. WGFD reports these elk as the Cody herd unit, which also takes in elk hunt areas 55, 56, 59, 60, 61 and 66. WGFD prints the line and counts the harvest. It doesn't say where inside the line the elk live, so that part is our read of the ground, labelled as such.
The line: Greybull River, South Fork and Shoshone River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 7 walks the line around elk hunt area 58 corner by corner. It starts where Wyoming Highway 120 leaves the town of Cody. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 120, and Greybull River, South Fork, Shoshone River and Belknap Creek. It is the description your license is good inside, so it is worth reading once in full before you go. 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 58s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 58 also belongs to its antelope hunt area 58. None of it 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: Carter Mountain and Park 9
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list elk among their species — Carter Mountain (81,406 acres). WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 2,938 acres open for elk: Park 9. 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. Public Access Areas such as South Fork Shoshone River-Andy Martin Hill (29 acres) and South Fork Shoshone River-Cody Canal (72 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Devils Tooth, Cedar Mountain and Cedar Ridge
Named high points inside elk hunt area 58 include Devils Tooth at 8,528 feet, Cedar Mountain at 7,834 feet and Cedar Ridge at 6,423 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: Pete Miller Park, Andy Martin Hill and Irma Flats
Below them sit Pete Miller Park at 8,159 feet, Andy Martin Hill at 5,684 feet, Irma Flats at 5,446 feet and Indian Pass at 5,350 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Unit 058 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up · figures are for GMU 58
The lay of it
- 5,331–9,564 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,252 ft ; peaks can run higher. That spread means you can hunt two seasons in one day — plan clothing for both ends.
- 254.4 sq mi inside the boundary.
Who owns the ground
- National Forest — 60%
- State Trust — 8%
- Private / Other — 32%
Roughly 68% is public. Carry a land-status layer anyway — these are area percentages, not a map of where the boundaries fall.
Water on the ground
- 55 tanks
- 16 stream segments
- 9 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: Cedar Mountain (7,834 ft), Devils Tooth (8,528 ft), Cedar Ridge (6,423 ft)
Holding ground: Pete Miller Park (8,159 ft), Andy Martin Hill (5,684 ft), Carter Mountain Hunter Management Area, Walk-In Area Park 9
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 58
Elk Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 57.1% elk success in elk hunt area 58: 168 animals taken by 294 active hunters over 1,943 days of hunting, or 11.6 days per animal. By residency, residents 52.4% (121 taken by 231) and nonresidents 74.6% (47 taken by 63).
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) | 20 | 201 | 10.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 39 | 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 58, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any elk), residents: 201 first-choice applicants for 20 licenses, 10% drawn
- Type 1 (any elk), nonresidents: 39 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
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 58, 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 58, 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