Unit 095 (Green River)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Elk
Elk Hunt Area 95, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Green River, covers about 322 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 43.8%, with 386 hunters taking 169 elk at about 21.2 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 99% 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 095
Elk Hunt Area 95, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Green River, covers about 322 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 43.8%, with 386 hunters taking 169 elk at about 21.2 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 99% 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 95
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names elk hunt area 95 "Green River". It runs to about 322 square miles, almost all of it in Sublette County. WGFD reports these elk as the Upper Green River herd unit, which also takes in elk hunt areas 87, 93 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: Union Pass, Continental Divide and Summit Lake
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 7 walks the line around elk hunt area 95 corner by corner. It starts where Wyoming Highway 352 meets the Union Pass Road (U.S.F.S. Road 600). On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 352 and U.S.F.S. Road 600, and Union Pass, Continental Divide, Summit Lake and Green River. 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 95s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 95 also belongs to its antelope hunt area 95. 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.
Wilderness inside the line: Bridger Wilderness
About 46% of elk hunt area 95 lies in the Bridger 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: Mount Helen, Mount Woodrow Wilson and Flagstone Peak
Named high points inside elk hunt area 95 include Mount Helen at 13,537 feet, Mount Woodrow Wilson at 13,467 feet, Flagstone Peak at 13,418 feet, Rampart Peak at 13,372 feet and Northwest Peak at 13,230 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: Porcupine Pass, Green River Pass and Vista Pass
Below them sit Porcupine Pass at 10,705 feet, Green River Pass at 10,369 feet, Vista Pass at 10,133 feet, Gunsight Pass at 10,116 feet and Alexander Park at 9,305 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Water: Gypsum Spring, Fish Bowl Spring and Kendall Warm Spring
Named water inside the line includes Gypsum Spring, Fish Bowl Spring and Kendall Warm Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit 095 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up · figures are for GMU 95
The lay of it
- 7,773–11,768 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 9,530 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 322.1 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
- 235 tanks
- 1 springs
- 103 stream segments
- 81 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: Mount Helen (13,537 ft), Mount Woodrow Wilson (13,467 ft), Flagstone Peak (13,418 ft), Northwest Peak (13,230 ft)
Holding ground: Stone Pillar Pass (12,290 ft), Knapsack Col (12,251 ft), Ram Pass (11,737 ft), Gypsum Spring, Fish Bowl 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 95
Elk Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 43.8% elk success in elk hunt area 95: 169 animals taken by 386 active hunters over 3,580 days of hunting, or 21.2 days per animal. By residency, residents 41.5% (122 taken by 294) and nonresidents 51.1% (47 taken by 92).
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) | 189 | 368 | 51.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 5 | 128 | 3.9% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 17 | 12 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 11 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (resident) | 126 | 9 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (nonresident) | 5 | 0 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 5 antlerless (resident) | 23 | 1 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 5 antlerless (nonresident) | 1 | 0 | 100.0% | — |
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 95, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any elk), residents: 368 first-choice applicants for 189 licenses, 51.4% drawn
- Type 1 (any elk), nonresidents: 128 first-choice applicants for 5 licenses, 3.9% drawn
- Type 2 (any elk), residents: 12 first-choice applicants for 17 licenses, 100% drawn
- Type 2 (any elk), nonresidents: 11 first-choice applicants for 0 licenses, 0% drawn
- Type 4 (antlerless elk), residents: 9 first-choice applicants for 126 licenses, 100% 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. There are 1 more type-and-residency rows for this area in 2026. 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 95, 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 95, 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 · 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