Unit 113 (Rochelle Hills)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Elk
Elk Hunt Area 113, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Rochelle Hills, covers about 860 square miles in Converse, Campbell, Weston and Niobrara counties. It belongs to WGFD's Rochelle Hills elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 87%, with 401 hunters taking 349 elk at about 6 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 47% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Elk Hunting in Unit 113
Elk Hunt Area 113, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Rochelle Hills, covers about 860 square miles in Converse, Campbell, Weston and Niobrara counties. It belongs to WGFD's Rochelle Hills elk herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put elk success here at 87%, with 401 hunters taking 349 elk at about 6 days of hunting per animal. Federal land covers about 47% of it. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Elk in Elk Hunt Area 113
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names elk hunt area 113 "Rochelle Hills". It runs to about 860 square miles, in Converse (51%), Campbell (31%), Weston (11%) and Niobrara (7%) counties. WGFD reports these elk as the Rochelle Hills herd unit, which also takes in elk hunt area 123. 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: North Lance Creek, Cow Creek and Walker Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 7 walks the line around elk hunt area 113 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of Wyoming Highway 59 and Wyoming Highway 450. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 59, Wyoming Highway 450, Converse County Road 39 and Weston County Road 7A, and North Lance Creek, Cow Creek, Walker Creek and Dry Creek. 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 113s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 113 also belongs to its deer and antelope hunt areas 113. None of them 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: Cheyenne River and Converse 7
Its Access Yes program enrolls a Hunter Management Area here that list elk among their species — Cheyenne River (3,578 acres). WGFD also lists 2 Walk-In Areas covering about 6,342 acres open for elk, among them Converse 7 and Converse 14. 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: Black Butte, Gray Butte and Miller Hills
Named high points inside elk hunt area 113 include Black Butte at 5,098 feet, Gray Butte at 5,063 feet, Miller Hills at 5,004 feet, Cow Creek Buttes at 4,918 feet and Red Hills at 4,758 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Elk on low, open country live on distance and visibility, so they see you first.
Holding ground: Windy Draw, Boss Draw and Philips Draw
Below them sit Windy Draw at 4,743 feet, Boss Draw at 4,737 feet, Philips Draw at 4,712 feet, Frey Draw at 4,709 feet and Piney Canyon at 4,680 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Unit 113 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
The lay of it
- 4,329–5,108 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,679 ft ; peaks can run higher.
- 859 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.
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
- 85 tanks
- 12 stream segments
- 15 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: Miller Hills (5,004 ft), Cow Creek Buttes (4,918 ft), Red Hills (4,758 ft)
Holding ground: Nicholson Draw (4,830 ft), Black Butte Draw (4,798 ft), Donna Draw (4,750 ft), Walk-In Area Converse 7, Cheyenne River Hunter Management Area, Walk-In Area Converse 14
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 113
Elk Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 87% elk success in elk hunt area 113: 349 animals taken by 401 active hunters over 2,098 days of hunting, or 6 days per animal. By residency, residents 83.5% (258 taken by 309) and nonresidents 98.9% (91 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) | 18 | 741 | 2.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 0 | 144 | 0.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 antlered (resident) | 62 | 388 | 16.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 2 antlered (nonresident) | 2 | 7 | 28.6% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 antlerless (resident) | 126 | 220 | 57.3% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 antlerless (nonresident) | 4 | 24 | 16.7% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (resident) | 97 | 72 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (nonresident) | 3 | 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 113, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any elk), residents: 741 first-choice applicants for 18 licenses, 2.4% drawn
- Type 3 (spike or antlerless), residents: 220 first-choice applicants for 126 licenses, 57.3% drawn
- Type 1 (any elk), nonresidents: 144 first-choice applicants for 0 licenses, 0% drawn
- Type 3 (spike or antlerless), nonresidents: 24 first-choice applicants for 4 licenses, 16.7% 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.
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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 113, 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 113, 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