Wyoming hunt Planner

Welcome to our Hunt Planner. In the sections that follow you will find interactive maps, species specific hunt information, drawing odds, harvest information, public access and much more.

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Wyoming hosts both mule deer and white-tailed deer. Mule deer are Wyoming’s most abundant and sought-after deer. Mule deer are found from high in the western mountains to the low elevation creek bottoms of eastern Wyoming and most habitats in between.

Hunt Area 116, 117

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Apply For Season Dates Archery Dates License Limitations
116-1 Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
116-3 Nov. 1 - Nov. 30 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Any white-tailed deer
116-7 Sep. 1 - Oct. 14 - Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land in the Wood River drainage
116-8 Oct. 15 - Nov. 30 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer
* Difficult Public Access
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Approx. % of Public Land: 40%
Access to Public Land: Fair
Access Notes: This hunt area is intermixed with public and private, and at time can be difficult to hunt. The surrounding State and BLM land receive the highest hunting pressure. The Pitchfork HMA does not allow mule deer hunting at this time.
Mapping Resources: Carter Mountain

Additional Information: None
USFS Designated Wilderness Areas: None
Hunting Access in Wyoming - Public Access Summary

Parcels of land where Game and Fish facilitates management of hunters for access to hunt.


Available Hunter Management Areas for this Hunt Area

Absaroka Front More Info
Rawhide More Info
Newell Springs More Info
Pitchfork More Info

Parcels of land where Game and Fish facilitates management of hunters for access to hunt. SW TEST


Available Wildlife Habitat Management areas for this Hunt Area

Sunshine More Info

  • Nonresident Deadlines
  • Applications Open: January 2, 2026
  • Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Modify & Withdrawal Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Tentative Draw Results Available: June 18, 2026
  • Preference Point Only***: July 1, 2026 - November 2, 2026
  • Resident Deadlines
  • Applications Open: January 2, 2026
  • Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Modify & Withdrawal Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Tentative Draw Results Available: June 18, 2026

*** An applicant must be at least eleven (11) years old at the time of submitting an application to purchase a preference point and must be at least twelve (12) years old by December 31 of that year.

  • Nonresident Fees
  • Full Price Landowner License: $374.00
  • Full Price Landowner Youth License**: $110.00
  • Full Price License: $374.00
  • Full Price Youth License**: $110.00
  • Preference Point Only Youth***: $10.00
  • Preference Point Only: $41.00
  • Reduced Price Doe/Fawn License: $34.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Doe/Fawn License: $34.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $19.00
  • Reduced Price Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $19.00
  • Special License: $1,200.00
  • Resident Fees
  • Full Price Landowner License: $42.00
  • Full Price Landowner Youth License**: $15.00
  • Full Price License: $42.00
  • Full Price Youth License**: $15.00
  • Reduced Price Doe/Fawn License: $22.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Doe/Fawn License: $22.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $14.00
  • Reduced Price Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $14.00

** An applicant may apply for any big game license if he/she is eleven (11) years of age and has not attained eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application. Any person may take a big or trophy game animal at eleven (11) years of age if the person will attain twelve (12) years of age by the end of that calendar year. Persons who are less than eighteen (18) years of age and at least eleven (11) years of age at the time of application may apply for a youth license and remit youth fees. Applicants must be at least fourteen (14) years of age prior to September 15 of the application year in order to hunt wild bison. Applicants under the age of eighteen (18) may have their parent or legal guardian submit an application on their behalf.

Buck/Any Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Resident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
1 60 8 100.00%
3 80 6 100.00%

Resident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 52 155 33.55%
3 74 179 41.34%

Doe/Fawn Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Resident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
7 100 0 100.00%
8 160 0 100.00%
7 100 0 100.00%
8 160 0 100.00%

Resident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
7 100 32 100.00%
8 160 178 89.89%
7 100 32 100.00%
8 160 178 89.89%

Topography and Vegetation: Consists mostly of rolling sagebrush/grasslands hills and ridges, intermixed with river and creek riparian corridors.
General Statement Regarding this Hunt Area: The Type 1 season is limited quota during the latter part of October. There are also several doe/fawn license types available, with different season dates and area limitations. There is a Type 3 white-tailed deer season for the month of November. Most of area 116 has low densities of mule deer, whereas white-tailed deer are abundant. The area is known for having some quality mule deer bucks, especially if snow conditions in the high country push deer to lower elevations. On average 20 inch wide mule deer bucks are taken. There are some good white-tailed bucks in the area, and hunting them on the Pitchfork HMA is allowed.
Additional Hunting Opportunities: Elk area 62 and 61 has an overlapping season, but not entirely and limited to certain elk license types (need to check regulations).
Herd Unit Job Completion Report: See MD212 (Owl Creek/Meeteetse) job completion report for more detailed information on the management, buck ratios, and harvest of this mule deer herd.

AREA 116

2022 - HARVEST AGE STRUCTURE MULE DEER (2+ YEAR OLD DEER)

Class 1 Deer 0 (0% of Deer Checked)
Class 2 Deer 1 (100% of Deer Checked)
Class 3 Deer 0 (0% of Deer Checked)
Total Deer Checked 1

MULE DEER

Area 116 - Type 1
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 116
# Days Hunted 258
Days/Hunter 10.3
Total Area Harvest 25
Hunter Success 35.70%

WHITETAIL DEER

Area 116 - Type 3
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 116
# Days Hunted 334
Days/Hunter 6.2
Total Area Harvest 54
Hunter Success 62.07%
Area 116 - Type 7
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 116
# Days Hunted 124
Days/Hunter 6.5
Total Area Harvest 19
Hunter Success 52.80%
Area 116 - Type 8
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 116
# Days Hunted 392
Days/Hunter 5.9
Total Area Harvest 66
Hunter Success 47.10%
Area 116 - Type 1
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 116
# Days Hunted 106
Days/Hunter 15.1
Total Area Harvest 7
Hunter Success 20.00%

Hunter Education Requirements

No person born on or after January 1, 1966, may take any wildlife by the use of firearms on land other than that of his own family, unless the person possesses or can demonstrate they have obtained a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms.

All Elk Hunt Area 75 and 79 (Grand Teton National Park) hunters, regardless of age, must possess and exhibit a valid hunter safety certificate.

Compliance will be checked in the field.

Hunter Education Exemptions

If you meet the Armed Forces/Wyoming Peace Officer exemption requirements or you have obtained special 1 year authorization through the Hunter Mentor Program, you are exempt from hunter education.

Hunter Mentor Program

Any person born on or after January 1, 1966, who has not received a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms, may apply to the Department for a special authorization to take wildlife with the use of a firearm while being accompanied by a mentor. A special authorization issued to an individual shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issue and shall be in the possession of the recipient at all times while in the field.

Animal carcasses must be disposed of properly at designated sites that allow for it. Please click on this link to locate an area near you and check with the disposal site for details regarding your carcass disposal.

Carcass Disposal Sites in Wyoming

Cody Regional Office
2 Tilden Trail
Cody, WY 82414
(307) 527-7125

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About Deer Hunting in Wyoming

Limited Quota Deer Licenses

There are two categories of deer hunt areas in Wyoming: limited quota and general. Limited quota deer hunt areas have a set number of licenses valid for that specific hunt area. These areas have full-price "any" or "antlered" deer licenses (Type 0, 1, 2 or 9). Type 3 licenses are only valid for (any) white-tailed deer, and do NOT permit mule deer harvest. Many hunt areas also provide reduced-price limited quota "doe/fawn" licenses (Type 6, 7 or 8). Type 6 and 7 licenses permit the take of doe or fawn mule deer or white-tailed deer. Type 8 licenses are only valid for doe or fawn white-tailed deer.

General Deer Licenses

General deer licenses are full-price licenses that are unlimited in the number of licenses issued statewide and are available for purchase "over-the-counter" for Wyoming residents. Hunters may apply for or purchase a maximum of one general deer license per year. General deer licenses may be used in any hunt area open to general license hunting and are subject to the season dates and limitations for that hunt area as set forth in the Chapter 6 Deer Hunting Season Regulation. 

 

Nonresident deer hunters wishing to hunt a general area must obtain a Region General License specific to a select region. Region General Licenses allow a nonresident to hunt deer in any hunt area within that region that is open to general license hunting and are subject to the season dates and limitations for that hunt area as set forth in the Chapter 6 Deer Hunting Season Regulation. For example, nonresident Region B Licenses are valid in Deer Hunt Areas 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 21, which are open to general license hunting. However, Region B licenses are NOT valid in Deer Hunt Areas 10 and 22 (although these two hunt areas fall within Region B) as these hunt areas are limited quota. Many general license deer hunt areas also have additional limited quota full-price and/or reduced-price licenses available.

Location

In the table of tentative deer hunting season information for this coming year, some license types are denoted with an asterisk (*) as having difficult public access. For these license types, there is limited opportunity to harvest a deer on accessible public land. If applying for a license type(s) with difficult public access, hunters should recognize that hunter densities may be high on accessible public land or that deer densities may be low. In these cases, hunters should consider securing access to private land well in advance.