Same number, different ground: Deer area 79 → · Antelope area 79 →
Unit research · Wyoming Elk area 79
Teton Park — Wyoming
100% public across 41,813 ac. Road access is easy — only 14% of the public land is more than a mile from a road. No landlocked public land.
Computed from primary government data by the open pipeline. See the code →
Tags & season
Tags: check Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
No draw hunts are published for this elk area. Tag type, quotas and season dates are in Wyoming Game and Fish Department's regulations.
Season dates: see Wyoming Game and Fish Department's regulations
2026 WGFD Hunting License Application Information (booklet PDF) ↗
Fees and draw dates from Wyoming Game and Fish Department, 2026, verified 2026-08-05 — past its verify-by date, confirm with the agency. Tag type from the agency's published draw statistics: a elk area that appears in none of them has no limited-entry hunt we know of. Source: 2026 WGFD Hunting License Application Information (booklet PDF) · WGFD license fee list · WGFD preference points · WGFD application dates & deadlines.
Land & access
Backcountry
Where the ground sits
Tap or hover the bars for each elevation band
Slope mix
Which way the slopes face
Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing
North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.
USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →
Unit intelligence report
1,260 ac of this elk area has burned — 3% of the unit. USGS migration corridors cover 13%. The full report assembles it into one printable document and keeps it current as the facts change.
Season conditions — measured, not vibes
Historical temperatures · 2000–2025
Normals for 2000–2025 — tap or hover for a month
Measured at YELLOWSTONE, 74 km from the unit’s center and ~800 ft above its median elevation — expect the unit to run warmer. NOAA ISD-Lite hourly observations.
How these numbers are made
Computed, not curated: no paid research team, no opinions dressed as data. If a number looks wrong, file an issue — the fix ships for everyone.
Nearby elk areas
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