Unit 100 (Steamboat)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Elk
Elk Hunt Area 100, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Steamboat, covers about 3,735 square miles in Sweetwater and Fremont counties. It belongs to WGFD's Steamboat elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 74.7%, with 569 hunters taking 425 elk at about 7.1 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 69% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit 100
Elk Hunt Area 100, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Steamboat, covers about 3,735 square miles in Sweetwater and Fremont counties. It belongs to WGFD's Steamboat elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 74.7%, with 569 hunters taking 425 elk at about 7.1 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 69% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Elk Hunt Area 100
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names elk hunt area 100 "Steamboat". It runs to about 3,735 square miles, in Sweetwater (94%) and Fremont (6%) counties. WGFD reports these elk as the Steamboat herd unit, and no other hunt area shares it. 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: Sweetwater River and Red Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 7 walks the line around elk hunt area 100 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of Interstate Highway 80 and Wyoming Highway 372. On the way round it follows Interstate Highway 80, Wyoming Highway 372, U.S. Highway 28 and B.L.M. Road 2317, and Sweetwater River and Red Creek. 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 100s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 100 also belongs to its deer and antelope hunt areas 100. 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: Fremont 22
WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 1,730 acres open for elk: Fremont 22. 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 Green River-Blue Rim Road are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Steamboat Mountain, Oregon Buttes and Continental Peak
Named high points inside elk hunt area 100 include Steamboat Mountain at 8,672 feet, Oregon Buttes at 8,616 feet, Continental Peak at 8,412 feet, South Table Mountain at 8,281 feet and Essex Mountain at 8,044 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: Summit of the Original South Pass, Indian Gap and Blind Canyon
Below them sit Summit of the Original South Pass at 7,416 feet, Indian Gap at 7,378 feet, Blind Canyon at 7,361 feet, Split Rock Canyon at 7,322 feet and Slaughterhouse Gulch at 7,300 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Water: Alkali Spring, UP Spring and Marine Spring
Named water inside the line includes Alkali Spring, UP Spring, Marine Spring, Fifteenmile Spring, Minnie Spring and Ox Yoke Springs. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit 100 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 6,417–7,435 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 6,849 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 3,733.1 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
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
- 83 tanks
- 12 springs
- 133 stream segments
- 20 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: Steamboat Mountain (8,672 ft), Oregon Buttes (8,616 ft), Continental Peak (8,412 ft), South Table Mountain (8,281 ft)
Holding ground: Johnson Gap (7,898 ft), South Pass (7,557 ft), Freighter Gap (7,469 ft), Walk-In Area Fremont 22
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 100
Elk Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 74.7% elk success in elk hunt area 100: 425 animals taken by 569 active hunters over 3,021 days of hunting, or 7.1 days per animal. By residency, residents 73.8% (350 taken by 474) and nonresidents 78.9% (75 taken by 95).
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) | 138 | 3,996 | 3.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 3 | 910 | 0.3% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (resident) | 83 | 304 | 27.3% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 51 | 3.9% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (resident) | 63 | 228 | 27.6% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (nonresident) | 1 | 39 | 2.6% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 5 antlerless (resident) | 63 | 260 | 24.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 5 antlerless (nonresident) | 2 | 39 | 5.1% | — |
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 100, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any elk), residents: 3,996 first-choice applicants for 138 licenses, 3.5% drawn
- Type 1 (any elk), nonresidents: 910 first-choice applicants for 3 licenses, 0.3% drawn
- Type 2 (any elk), residents: 304 first-choice applicants for 83 licenses, 27.3% drawn
- Type 5 (antlerless elk), residents: 260 first-choice applicants for 63 licenses, 24.2% drawn
- Type 4 (antlerless elk), residents: 228 first-choice applicants for 63 licenses, 27.6% 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. There are 3 more type-and-residency rows for this area in 2026. Every figure was checked against WGFD's demand-report PDFs on 2026-08-10.
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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 100, 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 100, 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