Wyoming deer hunt areas: harvest, seasons and public land

WGFD divides Wyoming into 126 deer hunt areas. Its 2025 harvest report estimates hunters took 16,688 mule deer and 10,258 white-tailed deer statewide. The most were taken in Area 24 (1,680), Area 2 (1,521) and Area 15 (1,107).

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: WGFD reports to 2025. Seasons: Chapter 6, final April 2026. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and the Office of State Lands.

Map of Wyoming's 126 deer hunt areas with WGFD's eight regions outlined; areas with a FilledTag page are shaded — Shaded: areas with a page of their own. Black lines: WGFD's wildlife regions.

How many deer are harvested in Wyoming?

Year	Mule deer	White-tailed deer
2025	16,688	10,258
2024	15,004	11,633
2023	13,572	10,844
2022	17,785	11,530
2021	18,944	16,117

Source: WGFD's statewide tables in its annual harvest reports, 2021 to 2025. FilledTag checked that every year's hunt area rows add up to WGFD's statewide figure before using them.

Every Wyoming deer hunt area

126 areas, with WGFD's latest harvest (mule deer / white-tailed deer), measured public land and whether the 2026 table has a general license season.

Area	Name	Region	Square miles	Public land	Harvest, latest	General license, 2026
Area 1	Crook	Sheridan	713	20.6%	323 / 515	Yes
Area 2	Bearlodge	Casper	1,006	23%	339 / 1,182	Yes
Area 3	Keyhole	Sheridan	331	9.9%	160 / 126	Yes
Area 4	Sand Creek	Casper	317	42%	102 / 444	Yes
Area 5	Inyan Kara	Casper	365	13.3%	137 / 69	Yes
Area 6	Skull Creek	Casper	410	27.3%	247 / 69	Yes
Area 7	South Osage	Casper	425	29.1%	57 / 20	Yes
Area 8	Upton-Four Horse	Casper	563	27.6%	69 / 37	Yes
Area 9	Blacktail Creek	Casper	625	22.2%	72 / 14	Yes
Area 10	Rochelle Hills	Casper	857	54.3%	40 / 22	No
Area 11	Mule Creek	Casper	780	22.8%	155 / 157	Yes
Area 12	Hat Creek	Casper	533	10.5%	56 / 23	Yes
Area 13	Lusk	Casper	825	16.5%	117 / 37	Yes
Area 14	Twenty Mile	Casper	971	15.2%	72 / 6	Yes
Area 15	Southeast Wyoming	Laramie	5,295	8.8%	737 / 370	Yes
Area 17	Northwest Gillette	Sheridan	1,782	20.7%	448 / 105	Yes
Area 18	Campbell	Sheridan	953	22.3%	231 / 58	Yes
Area 19	Pumpkin Buttes	Sheridan	1,518	13.9%	211 / 13	Yes
Area 21	Thunder Basin	Sheridan	851	18.1%	125 / 42	Yes
Area 22	Douglas	Casper	2,538	19.7%	204 / 86	No
Area 23	Clearmont	Sheridan	1,143	16%	441 / 640	Yes
Area 24	Sheridan	Sheridan	491	8.2%	252 / 1,428	Yes
Area 25	Tongue-Goose	Sheridan	756	99.4%	167 / 31	Yes
Area 26	Ucross	Sheridan	842	25.3%	207 / 113	Yes
Area 27	Buffalo	Sheridan	190	31.3%	75 / 520	Yes
Area 28	Hunter Mesa	Sheridan	342	99.6%	52 / 39	Yes
Area 29	Johnson	Sheridan	1,002	20.1%	133 / 216	Yes
Area 30	Upper Powder River	Sheridan	397	32.1%	99 / 124	Yes
Area 31	Salt Creek	Sheridan	191	52%	20 / 0	Yes
Area 32	Beartrap Creek	Sheridan	142	36.4%	3 / 0	Yes
Area 33	Red Fork	Sheridan	430	39.9%	227 / 41	Yes
Area 34	North Natrona	Casper	1,451	65.9%	101 / 53	No
Area 35	Upper Nowood	Cody	188	37.7%	31 / 0	Yes
Area 36	Badwater	Lander	899	68%	71 / 18	No
Area 37	Copper Mountain	Cody	372	51.4%	49 / 40	No
Area 39	Bates Creek	Cody	254	65.1%	91 / 0	Yes
Area 40	Buffalo Creek	Cody	721	55%	293 / 138	Yes
Area 41	Lower Nowood	Cody	517	70.6%	227 / 96	Yes
Area 46	Cloud Peak	Cody	358	99.6%	97 / 3	Yes
Area 47	Webber Canyon	Cody	559	79.3%	319 / 83	Yes
Area 50	Upper Shell-Beaver Creek	Cody	134	100%	56 / 0	Yes
Area 51	Beaver Creek	Cody	177	73.6%	164 / 61	Yes
Area 52	Crystal Creek	Cody	152	76.4%	39 / 3	Yes
Area 53	Devils Canyon	Cody	230	87.5%	70 / 0	Yes
Area 59	South Laramie Mountains	Laramie	1,350	13.2%	231 / 181	Yes
Area 60	Pole Mountain	Laramie	487	25%	214 / 34	No
Area 61	Harriman	Laramie	339	12%	48 / 3	Yes
Area 64	Laramie Peak	Laramie	2,963	30.4%	461 / 77	Yes
Area 65	South Converse	Casper	1,222	24.2%	367 / 474	Yes
Area 66	Bates Hole-Hat Six	Casper	1,000	49.9%	365 / 124	Yes
Area 67	Casper Mountain	Casper	27	9%		Closed
Area 70	Shirley Mountain	Laramie	1,149	54.7%	188 / 39	Yes
Area 74	Kyle	Laramie	843	22.5%	64 / 11	Yes
Area 75	Four Mile	Laramie	511	46.3%	120 / 44	Yes
Area 76	Sheep Mountain	Laramie	409	61.9%	247 / 10	Yes
Area 77	Boulder Ridge	Laramie	377	18.2%	22 / 9	Yes
Area 78	French Creek	Laramie	457	72.7%	161 / 53	No
Area 79	Kennaday Peak	Laramie	914	46.7%	129 / 2	No
Area 80	Spring Creek	Laramie	771	56.4%	90 / 3	No
Area 81	Blackhall	Laramie	304	73.8%	115 / 2	No
Area 82	Baggs	Green River	1,002	73.2%	526 / 22	Yes
Area 84	Atlantic Rim	Lander	574	50.7%	13 / 0	No
Area 87	Ferris	Lander	1,220	65.4%	43 / 0	No
Area 88	Kendrick	Casper	223	51.5%	137 / 33	Yes
Area 89	Rattlesnake	Casper	1,065	53.5%	92 / 0	No
Area 90	Muskrat	Lander	1,291	78.4%	25 / 0	No
Area 92	Table Mountain	Lander	660	84.1%	120 / 85	Yes
Area 94	Twin Creek	Lander	641	83.2%	57 / 0	Yes
Area 96	Green Mountain	Lander	679	90.7%	155 / 3	Yes
Area 97	Sweetwater Rocks	Lander	907	83.4%	38 / 12	Yes
Area 98	Chain Lakes	Lander	1,093	66.4%	23 / 0	Yes
Area 100	South Wamsutter	Green River	1,775	73%	61 / 0	Yes
Area 101	Black Butte	Green River	1,093	65.8%	25 / 0	No
Area 102	Aspen Mountain	Green River	1,211	77%	132 / 0	No
Area 105	Beartooth	Cody	358	82.4%	114 / 61	Yes
Area 106	Crandall-Sunlight	Cody	488	97.6%	191 / 37	Yes
Area 109	Bald Ridge	Cody	206	58.3%	2 / 69	No
Area 110	Grinnell	Cody	392	99.8%	200 / 9	Yes
Area 111	Elk Fork	Cody	431	88.6%	206 / 15	Yes
Area 112	Ishawooa	Cody	227	85%	234 / 106	Yes
Area 113	Boulder	Cody	397	49.4%	270 / 34	Yes
Area 114	Wall Mountain	Cody	182	100%	0 / 0	Yes
Area 115	Thorofare	Cody	329	99.9%	0 / 0	Yes
Area 116	Meeteetse	Cody	373	46.2%	25 / 146	No
Area 117	Franc's Peak	Cody	430	99.5%	35 / 0	No
Area 118	Upper Gooseberry Creek	Cody	205	63%	11 / 21	No
Area 119	Anchor	Cody	439	61.7%	78 / 53	No
Area 120	Hamilton Dome	Cody	583	14.5%	53 / 74	No
Area 121	Heart Mountain	Cody	464	49.1%	96 / 169	Yes
Area 122	Shoshone River	Cody	992	64.2%	139 / 184	Yes
Area 123	Yellowtail	Cody	38	15.7%	15 / 10	Yes
Area 124	Emblem	Cody	501	71.1%	79 / 99	Yes
Area 125	Fifteen Mile	Cody	952	88.4%	40 / 6	No
Area 127	Cottonwood	Cody	265	78.3%	30 / 75	Yes
Area 128	Wind River	Lander	1,246	84.8%	344 / 46	Yes
Area 130	Big Sandy	Pinedale	688	91.5%	32 / 0	Yes
Area 131	Steamboat	Green River	4,232	75.2%	108 / 0	Yes
Area 132	Cedar Mountain	Green River	1,686	67.1%	285 / 12	Yes
Area 133	Uinta	Green River	571	19.3%	171 / 3	Yes
Area 134	Bear River Divide	Green River	1,249	54.2%	140 / 3	Yes
Area 135	West Green River	Green River	2,400	73.3%	291 / 7	Yes
Area 138	Boulder	Pinedale	1,444	91.6%	27 / 10	Yes
Area 139	Pinedale	Pinedale	476	83.6%	10 / 6	Yes
Area 140	New Fork	Pinedale	326	59.8%	20 / 0	Yes
Area 141	Green River	Pinedale	506	90.9%	35 / 0	No
Area 142	Piney-Horse Creek	Pinedale	596	52.5%	131 / 0	Yes
Area 143	South Piney	Pinedale	1,161	78.1%	76 / 0	Yes
Area 144	Greys River	Jackson	484	99.9%	206 / 2	Yes
Area 145	Salt River	Jackson	484	60.7%	239 / 21	Yes
Area 148	Teton	Jackson	684	93.9%	42 / 11	Yes
Area 149	Targhee	Jackson	382	96.2%	13 / 10	Yes
Area 150	Wilson	Jackson	71	35.7%	6 / 0	Yes
Area 151	Fall Creek	Jackson	280	92.3%	42 / 0	Yes
Area 152	Lower Hoback	Jackson	396	91.4%	181 / 0	Yes
Area 153	Monument Ridge	Pinedale	117	96.6%	72 / 0	Yes
Area 154	Raspberry Ridge	Pinedale	175	86.2%	101 / 0	Yes
Area 155	Crystal Peak	Jackson	451	90.6%	48 / 0	Yes
Area 156	Spread Creek	Jackson	422	99%	49 / 0	Yes
Area 157	Boysen	Lander	664	0%	136 / 244	Yes
Area 160	Beaver Creek	Lander	404	77.6%	14 / 10	Yes
Area 163	Middle Fork	Sheridan	176	65.3%	69 / 3	Yes
Area 164	Nowater	Cody	511	89.8%	167 / 83	Yes
Area 165	Yu Bench	Cody	333	77.6%	27 / 190	No
Area 168	Medicine Butte	Green River	448	44.1%	192 / 3	Yes
Area 169	Tisdale Mountain	Sheridan	236	51.4%	67 / 0	Yes
Area 171	Crowheart Butte	Lander	2,384	0%	48 / 161	Yes

Harvest: WGFD harvest reports (latest year each area was reported). Seasons: WGFD Commission Chapter 6 (final, April 2026). Public land measured by FilledTag from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (federal land) and the Office of State Lands and Investments (state trust land).

Questions hunters ask

How many deer hunt areas does Wyoming have?

WGFD's deer hunt area map has 126 areas in 2026. 1 of them is closed in 2026 by Chapter 6.

How many deer were harvested in Wyoming in 2025?

WGFD estimates 16,688 mule deer and 10,258 white-tailed deer in 2025.

Which Wyoming deer hunt areas had the most harvest in 2025?

Area 24 Sheridan (1,680), Area 2 Bearlodge (1,521) and Area 15 Southeast Wyoming (1,107), by WGFD's 2025 report.

How many deer hunt areas have a general license season?

100 of 126, by WGFD Commission Chapter 6 for 2026. The rest are limited quota only, or closed.

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Where these numbers come from

Hunt areas: WGFD deer hunt areas (2026).
Harvest: WGFD harvest reports.
Seasons: WGFD Commission Chapter 6 (final, April 2026).
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.

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