Casper Region: Wyoming hunt areas, harvest and public land
WGFD's Casper Region covers 14,872 square miles and is 32% public land. 9 elk, 19 deer and 18 antelope hunt areas lie mostly inside it, and those elk areas took 2,900 elk in 2025 by WGFD's harvest report.
Data updated October 2026. Harvest: WGFD reports to 2025. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and the Office of State Lands. Boundaries: WGFD.
The Casper Region runs from the North Platte River country around Casper, Glenrock and Douglas east to the Black Hills around Sundance and Newcastle. Its office is in Casper. Much of it is private ranch land, so the access areas and Walk-In Hunting Areas listed below carry a lot of the public hunting.
Which hunt areas are in the Casper Region?
Each hunt area is listed under the region that holds most of it. Some areas cross a region line.
Elk: 9 hunt areas
The elk hunt areas mostly inside the Casper Region took 2,900 elk in 2025, by WGFD's report.
| Area | Name | Square miles | Public land | Harvest, latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area 1 | Black Hills | 100 | 89.1% | 98 (2025) |
| Area 19 | Muddy Mountain | 743 | 45% | 287 (2025) |
| Area 23 | Rattlesnake | 1,265 | 52.9% | 204 (2025) |
| Area 113 | Rochelle Hills | 860 | 54.2% | 349 (2025) |
| Area 116 | North Black Hills | 2,296 | 19.4% | 451 (2025) |
| Area 117 | South Black Hills | 758 | 22.4% | 664 (2025) |
| Area 120 | Buffalo Creek | 1,451 | 65.9% | 192 (2025) |
| Area 122 | Pine Ridge | 1,275 | 26.5% | 288 (2025) |
| Area 126 | Lost Springs | 5,489 | 18% | 367 (2025) |
Deer: 19 hunt areas
The deer hunt areas mostly inside the Casper Region took 5,579 deer in 2025, by WGFD's report (mule deer and white-tailed deer added together).
| Area | Name | Square miles | Public land | Harvest, latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area 2 | Bearlodge | 1,006 | 23% | 1,521 (2025) |
| Area 4 | Sand Creek | 317 | 42% | 546 (2025) |
| Area 5 | Inyan Kara | 365 | 13.3% | 206 (2025) |
| Area 6 | Skull Creek | 410 | 27.3% | 316 (2025) |
| Area 7 | South Osage | 425 | 29.1% | 77 (2025) |
| Area 8 | Upton-Four Horse | 563 | 27.6% | 106 (2025) |
| Area 9 | Blacktail Creek | 625 | 22.2% | 86 (2025) |
| Area 10 | Rochelle Hills | 857 | 54.3% | 62 (2025) |
| Area 11 | Mule Creek | 780 | 22.8% | 312 (2025) |
| Area 12 | Hat Creek | 533 | 10.5% | 79 (2025) |
| Area 13 | Lusk | 825 | 16.5% | 154 (2025) |
| Area 14 | Twenty Mile | 971 | 15.2% | 78 (2025) |
| Area 22 | Douglas | 2,538 | 19.7% | 290 (2025) |
| Area 34 | North Natrona | 1,451 | 65.9% | 154 (2025) |
| Area 65 | South Converse | 1,222 | 24.2% | 841 (2025) |
| Area 66 | Bates Hole-Hat Six | 1,000 | 49.9% | 489 (2025) |
| Area 67 | Casper Mountain | 27 | 9% | |
| Area 88 | Kendrick | 223 | 51.5% | 170 (2025) |
| Area 89 | Rattlesnake | 1,065 | 53.5% | 92 (2025) |
Antelope: 18 hunt areas
The antelope hunt areas mostly inside the Casper Region took 5,497 antelope in 2025, by WGFD's report.
| Area | Name | Square miles | Public land | Harvest, latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area 2 | Bearlodge | 1,006 | 23% | 81 (2025) |
| Area 4 | Arch Creek | 233 | 14.5% | 81 (2025) |
| Area 5 | Inyan Kara | 859 | 30.2% | 87 (2025) |
| Area 6 | South Newcastle | 626 | 22.2% | 114 (2025) |
| Area 7 | South Upton | 988 | 28.3% | 285 (2025) |
| Area 8 | Niobrara | 1,116 | 19.3% | 188 (2025) |
| Area 9 | Lance Creek | 1,022 | 15.1% | 234 (2025) |
| Area 25 | Ormsby | 721 | 32% | 403 (2025) |
| Area 26 | Bear Creek | 1,817 | 14.9% | 790 (2025) |
| Area 29 | Shawneee | 1,263 | 22.8% | 331 (2025) |
| Area 30 | Laprele | 1,052 | 28.8% | 424 (2025) |
| Area 31 | Hat Six | 316 | 32.7% | 72 (2025) |
| Area 32 | Bates Creek | 709 | 56% | 1,065 (2025) |
| Area 69 | South Rattlesnake | 339 | 77.2% | 60 (2025) |
| Area 70 | Kendrick | 128 | 40.9% | 99 (2025) |
| Area 71 | East Poison Spider | 175 | 35.8% | 53 (2025) |
| Area 72 | West Poison Spider | 624 | 46.9% | 823 (2025) |
| Area 73 | North Natrona | 1,451 | 65.9% | 307 (2025) |
Bighorn sheep: 1 hunt area
The bighorn sheep hunt areas mostly inside the Casper Region took 1 bighorn sheep in 2025, by WGFD's report.
| Area | Name | Square miles | Public land | Harvest, latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area 20 | Kouba Canyon | 245 | 26.8% | 1 (2025) |
Harvest: WGFD harvest reports. Public land measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).
How much public land is in the Casper Region?
| Manager | Acres | Share of the region |
|---|---|---|
| BLM | 1,376,512 | 14.5% |
| State trust land | 918,890 | 9.7% |
| National forest | 666,373 | 7% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 80,696 | 0.8% |
| Other public (state parks, military) | 1,636 | under 0.1% |
In the Office of State Lands and Investments' own parcel layer, the region holds 919,465 acres of state trust land; it classes 248,809 acres as having no known public access and 461,007 acres with road access or access from other state land.
WGFD access areas in the Casper Region
WGFD's data places 1 Wildlife Habitat Management Area, 21 Public Access Areas, 10 Hunter Management Areas and 239 Walk-In Hunting Areas mostly in this region. Those with a page of their own:
- Deer Creek HMA: 30,484 acres
- Muddy Mountain HMA: 28,276 acres
- Ice Cave Mountain HMA: 15,492 acres
- Rattlesnake Mountain HMA: 15,201 acres
- Hermit Rock HMA: 11,347 acres
- Duncan Ranch HMA: 7,277 acres
- Cheyenne River HMA: 3,578 acres
- Flying A Ranch PAA: 2,862 acres
- Hat Six HMA: 1,309 acres
Questions hunters ask
How much public land is in WGFD's Casper Region?
32% of the region's 9,518,264 acres is public land open to hunting under its manager's rules, measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 and Office of State Lands data.
How many elk hunt areas are in the Casper Region?
9 elk hunt areas lie mostly inside it, along with 19 deer and 18 antelope hunt areas, by WGFD's boundaries.
What WGFD access areas are in the Casper Region?
Among others: Flying A Ranch PAA (2,862 acres), Cheyenne River HMA (3,578 acres), Deer Creek HMA (30,484 acres), Duncan Ranch HMA (7,277 acres) and Hat Six HMA (1,309 acres). Each has its own page with WGFD's access dates and rules.
Get notified about FilledTag in Wyoming
Leave your email and we will let you know when FilledTag adds something new for Wyoming hunters.
The free FilledTag app for iPhone has a map that works in every state, Wyoming included.
Where these numbers come from
- Region boundaries: WGFD wildlife administrative regions.
- Harvest: WGFD harvest reports.
- Public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).
FilledTag is not part of the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Numbers are copied from WGFD and the other agencies named, or measured by FilledTag from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag. WGFD's regulations are the final word on every rule.
Wyoming hunting Cody Region Green River Region Jackson Region Lander Region Laramie Region Pinedale Region Sheridan Region