Quick Tips
- A GPS with land status map is recommended
- Fishing for rainbow trout can be good year round on the rivers and streams
- Snow chains, a shovel and four-wheel drive are helpful during the rifle season
On The Ground
Area 41 is located in south-central Wyoming, north of the Colorado border. This area is known for having high success and some good bulls. The terrain here allows hunters to glass a lot of areas from high vantage points.
This area has large numbers of moose and a lot of good bulls located throughout the unit. Bulls during the beginning of the archery season are focused on looking for cows. Locate moose by glassing during the archery and rifle seasons. Once located, call bulls during the rut to have a better opportunity to harvest one.
Terrain
Area 41 consists of of sagebrush flats, rolling hills with aspen patches and conifer forests in the southern portion of the unit. Green Mountain and Bridger Peak have some of the highest points here.
Roughly 2,746 square miles
64% public land
Elevations from 6,500-9,800 feet
Wilderness
Under Wyoming law nonresidents are not permitted to hunt big game or trophy game in any federally designated wilderness areas without the presence of a licensed guide or resident companion. The resident companion must first get a free non-commercial guide license from a Game and Fish office. The law does not prohibit nonresidents from hiking, fishing or hunting game birds, small game, or coyotes in wilderness areas.
2.4% Wilderness
Vegetation
Some tributaries and creek drainages can be found in this area. Rivers and streams have riparian habitat with willows, cottonwoods, shrubs, grasses and forbs. The vegetation on mid elevation canyon walls and faces transitions into grasses and timber pockets. Typical trees in this area include lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, whitebark pine and limber pine. Native grasses, forbs and some sagebrush are found throughout mid elevations. Wet meadow grasses, forbs and sedges can be found at higher elevations.
Access
The majority of Area 41 consists of BLM lands and ranch lands that have good public access. Forest Service land can be found in the southern portion of this area. Most roads in this unit are marked with BLM and Forest Service signs. The area is located east of Highway 789, west of Highway 130 and 230 and south of Interstate 80.
ATVs and UTVs are helpful but are restricted to marked roads trails
Four-wheel drive and chains are recommended during late season hunts when snow is likely
Camping and Lodging
Hunters can camp on the Forest Service land and BLM land on the western side of the unit with no permit required. Lodging at multiple motels can be located north of the unit in Rawlins and east of the unit in Saratoga.
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