Unit 093 (Waterdog Lakes)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Elk
Elk Hunt Area 93, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Waterdog Lakes, covers about 260 square miles in Sublette County. It belongs to WGFD's Upper Green River elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 41.1%, with 394 hunters taking 162 elk at about 21.2 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 62% of it. Elk hunters here also need WGFD's Elk Special Management Permit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit 093
Elk Hunt Area 93, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Waterdog Lakes, covers about 260 square miles in Sublette County. It belongs to WGFD's Upper Green River elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 41.1%, with 394 hunters taking 162 elk at about 21.2 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 62% of it. Elk hunters here also need WGFD's Elk Special Management Permit. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Elk Hunt Area 93
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names elk hunt area 93 "Waterdog Lakes". It runs to about 260 square miles, entirely in Sublette County. WGFD reports these elk as the Upper Green River herd unit, which also takes in elk hunt areas 87, 95 and 96. The boundary and the harvest figures are WGFD's. The read of the country inside them is ours, and it says so where it starts.
The line: Hoback River, Green River and Gros Ventre River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 7 walks the line around elk hunt area 93 corner by corner. It starts where U.S. Highway 191 intersects with Wyoming Highway 352. On the way round it follows U.S. Highway 191, Wyoming Highway 352, U.S.F.S. Road 620 and U.S.F.S. Road 600, and Hoback River, Green River, Gros Ventre River and Hodges Peak. Read it as the legal edge of your license rather than as a hint about animals. 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 93s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 93 also belongs to its antelope hunt area 93. 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: Black Butte
WGFD administers the Black Butte Wildlife Habitat Management Area (520 acres) inside or across the line. Public Access Areas such as Green River-Warren Bridge # 2 (40 acres) and Green River-Warren Bridge Parking Area # 8,9 (95 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
Wilderness inside the line: Gros Ventre Wilderness
About 15% of elk hunt area 93 lies in the Gros Ventre Wilderness. WGFD's 2026 regulations print the rule that matters there: no nonresident may hunt big game in a designated wilderness area unless accompanied by a licensed professional guide or a resident guide, with at least one guide for every two nonresident hunters. Inside the wilderness there are no roads, so every animal there comes out on your back or on a horse.
High ground inside the line: Tosi Peak, Elk Ridge and Pass Peak
Named high points inside elk hunt area 93 include Tosi Peak at 11,344 feet, Elk Ridge at 10,217 feet, Pass Peak at 9,912 feet, Tepee Creek Ridge at 9,873 feet and Rock Creek Buttes at 9,613 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: Tosi Creek Basin, Twin Creek Basin and Loomis Park
Below them sit Tosi Creek Basin at 10,093 feet, Twin Creek Basin at 8,276 feet, Loomis Park at 8,078 feet and The Narrows at 7,508 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Water: Stinky Spring
Named water inside the line includes Stinky Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit 093 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up · figures are for GMU 93
The lay of it
- 7,426–10,078 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 8,399 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 259.8 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
- 46 tanks
- 2 springs
- 59 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: Tosi Peak (11,344 ft), Elk Ridge (10,217 ft), Pass Peak (9,912 ft), Tepee Creek Ridge (9,873 ft)
Holding ground: Tosi Creek Basin (10,093 ft), Twin Creek Basin (8,276 ft), The Narrows (7,508 ft), Black Butte WHMA
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 93
Elk Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 41.1% elk success in elk hunt area 93: 162 animals taken by 394 active hunters over 3,430 days of hunting, or 21.2 days per animal. By residency, residents 41.2% (99 taken by 240) and nonresidents 40.9% (63 taken by 154).
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) | 164 | 165 | 99.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 4 | 72 | 5.6% | — |
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 93, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any elk), residents: 165 first-choice applicants for 164 licenses, 99.4% drawn
- Type 1 (any elk), nonresidents: 72 first-choice applicants for 4 licenses, 5.6% 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 93, Season dates, license types and limitations by hunt area, Elk Special Management Permit areas (Section 7) · 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 93, 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: Nonresident guide requirement in designated wilderness · 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