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 148, 150, 151, 152, 155, 156

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Apply For Season Dates Archery Dates License Limitations
REGION F GENERAL Sep. 15 - Oct. 25 Sep. 1 - Sep. 14 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
148-3 Sep. 15 - Nov. 30 Sep. 1 - Sep. 14 Any white-tailed deer
148-8 Sep. 15 - Nov. 30 Sep. 1 - Sep. 14 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer
* Difficult Public Access
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Approx. % of Public Land: 95%
Access to Public Land: Excellent
Access Notes: There is good access to U.S. Forest Service lands in this hunt area where mule deer can be found during the hunting season. Major access points to U.S. Forest Service lands are via Highway 26/287, the Turpin Meadow trailhead on the Buffalo Fork, Pacific Creek, Pilgrim Creek, and Sheffield Creek. The majority of the hunt area is within the Teton Wilderness., with the exception of lands in the John D. Rockefeller Memorial Parkway, where deer hunting is also allowed.
Mapping Resources: Jackson Lake, Yellowstone South, Ramshorn

Additional Information: None
USFS Designated Wilderness Areas: The Teton Wilderness is within this hunt area. Nonresidents required to have guide on all lands designated Wilderness.
Hunting Access in Wyoming - Public Access Summary

  • 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

Nonresident Landowner Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
3 8 0 < 1 100.00%
3 8 0 0 100.00%

Nonresident Landowner Random

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
3 2 0 100.00%

Nonresident Special Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
3 3 0 < 1 100.00%
3 3 0 0 100.00%

Nonresident Special Random

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
3 1 0 100.00%

Nonresident Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
3 8 0 < 1 100.00%
3 8 1 0 100.00%

Nonresident Random

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
3 2 0 100.00%

Doe/Fawn Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Nonresident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
8 10 0 100.00%
8 10 0 100.00%

Nonresident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
8 10 6 100.00%
8 10 6 100.00%

Topography and Vegetation: This area is composed of moderately rolling timber covered hillsides to steep mountainous terrain. This area is bisected by numerous large drainages with deep valley and large open meadows. Lodgepole pine cover types intergrade into spruce/fir and whitebark pine at higher elevations.
General Statement Regarding this Hunt Area: Deer are scattered throughout higher elevations during September and October. Most of this hunt area is within the Teton Wilderness. Deep snow during late October often forces deer to lower elevations where they become more accessible closer to U.S. Highway 26. As snow depths increases, deer migrate to winter ranges outside of Cody and Dubois. Access for hunters is mostly via horseback or foot and most mule deer are found longer distances into the backcountry. Deer densities are relatively low in this hunt area. Grizzly bear densities are high in this area and hunters should be prepared to encounter bears on a regular basis.
Additional Hunting Opportunities: Elk and moose can also be found here, although there is no open hunting season for moose in this area. Consult the elk regulations for hunt areas, license requirements, and season dates. Black bears, mountain lions, and wolves are found here as well. Consult the hunting season those species for regulations for hunt areas, license requirements, and season dates. Dusky and ruffed grouse are locally abundant in forested regions in the area. Consult the Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Regulation for season dates, license requirements and bag/possession limits.
Herd Unit Job Completion Report: See the MD642 (Dubois) Job Completion Report in the Lande Region on the WGFD website's Hunting and Trapping page for more detailed information on the management of this deer herd.

Wyoming state law requires nonresidents to hunt with a resident guide in designated wilderness areas. This does not mean the entire Hunt Area, only within the boundaries of the wilderness area.

 

The resident guide does not have to be a professional; a Wyoming resident who holds a big game or trophy game hunting license is able to obtain a Resident Guide License to guide two nonresident hunters a year in wilderness areas. Resident guides simply need to register at any Game and Fish office.

 

Percentage of this Hunt Area with Designated Wilderness: 85.49%

 

For More Information: Resident Guide Information


Contact: ph: (307) 777-4600
Regional Offices

AREA 148

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

Class 1 Deer 5 (56% of Deer Checked)
Class 2 Deer 3 (33% of Deer Checked)
Class 3 Deer 0 (0% of Deer Checked)
Total Deer Checked 9

MULE DEER

Area 148 - General
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 148
# Days Hunted 1372
Days/Hunter 32.7
Total Area Harvest 42
Hunter Success 17.70%

WHITETAIL DEER

Area 148 - Type 3
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 148
# Days Hunted 267
Days/Hunter 24.3
Total Area Harvest 11
Hunter Success 30.56%
Area 148 - Type 8
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 148
# Days Hunted 280
Days/Hunter 0
Total Area Harvest 0
Hunter Success 0.00%
Area 148 - General
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 148
# Days Hunted 95
Days/Hunter 0
Total Area Harvest 0
Hunter Success 0.00%

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

Jackson Regional Office
420 North Cache
Jackson, WY 83001
(307) 733-2321

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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.