Unit M25 (Big Piney-Off National Forest)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Moose
Moose Hunt Area 25, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Big Piney-Off National Forest, covers about 1,492 square miles in Sublette and Lincoln counties. It belongs to WGFD's Sublette moose herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put moose success here at 96%, with 50 hunters taking 48 moose at about 8.4 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Moose Hunting in Unit M25
Moose Hunt Area 25, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Big Piney-Off National Forest, covers about 1,492 square miles in Sublette and Lincoln counties. It belongs to WGFD's Sublette moose herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put moose success here at 96%, with 50 hunters taking 48 moose at about 8.4 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Moose in Moose Hunt Area 25
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names moose hunt area 25 "Big Piney-Off National Forest", though its own map layer still labels it Big Piney - Off National Forest. It runs to about 1,492 square miles, almost all of it in Sublette County. WGFD reports these moose as the Sublette herd unit, which also takes in moose hunt areas 3, 5, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. 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: Green River, Hoback River and East Green River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 8 walks the line around moose hunt area 25 corner by corner. It starts where U.S. Highway 191 crosses the divide between the Green River and the Hoback River (Hoback Rim). On the way round it follows U.S. Highway 191, Sublette County Road 23, Wyoming Highway 351 and B.L.M. Road 5406, and Green River, Hoback River, East Green River and Yellow Point. 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 5 of that chapter, with this year's season dates and license limitations in Section 2.
Not the same ground as the other hunt area 25s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 25 also belongs to its elk, deer and antelope hunt areas 25. 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 moose area, and the cards at the foot of the page link the others.
Ground WGFD opens: Public Access Areas
Public Access Areas such as Green River-Huston (30 acres) and Green River-Daniel/40 Rod (80 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Lake Mountain, Trail Ridge and Reed Ridge
Named high points inside moose hunt area 25 include Lake Mountain at 9,453 feet, Trail Ridge at 9,268 feet, Reed Ridge at 9,146 feet, Round Hill at 9,031 feet and Hogsback Ridge at 9,009 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Moose want willow, water and shade, and they rarely leave the drainage that has all three.
Holding ground: Watson Draw, Black Canyon and Haines Flat
Below them sit Watson Draw at 7,736 feet, Black Canyon at 7,724 feet, Haines Flat at 7,665 feet, Red Canyon at 7,641 feet and Deloney Canyon at 7,599 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside moose hunt area 25 runs from 6,538 feet to 9,453 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit M25 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Lake Mountain (9,453 ft), Trail Ridge (9,268 ft), Round Hill (9,031 ft), Hogsback Ridge (9,009 ft)
Holding ground: The Rim (7,917 ft), Black Canyon (7,724 ft), Deloney Canyon (7,599 ft)
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 Moose in Moose Hunt Area 25
Moose Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 96% moose success in moose hunt area 25: 48 animals taken by 50 active hunters over 404 days of hunting, or 8.4 days per animal.
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.
Moose Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General Type 1 antlered (resident) | 9 | 617 | 1.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 antlered (nonresident) | 1 | 600 | 0.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (resident) | 1 | 73 | 1.4% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 4 antlerless (nonresident) | 0 | 0 | 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 moose in moose hunt area 25, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (antlered moose), residents: 617 first-choice applicants for 9 licenses, 1.5% drawn
- Type 1 (antlered moose), nonresidents: 600 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 0.2% drawn
- Type 4, residents: 73 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 1.4% drawn
WGFD draws full-price moose licenses partly on preference points, for residents and nonresidents alike, highest balance first (Chapter 44, Section 19); the figures above are from its random draw. Drawing a full-price license deletes your moose points, and after an any or antlered moose license from the initial drawing you may not apply for one again. 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
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.
- Chapter 8 — Moose Hunting Seasons (2026) — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Name and legal boundary of moose hunt area 25, Season dates, license types and limitations by hunt area · accessed 2026-10-25
- Moose 2025 Harvest Report — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Hunters, harvest, percent success and days per animal for moose in moose hunt area 25, 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
- 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