Wyoming hunt Planner

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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.

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Hunt Area 87

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Apply For Season Dates Archery Dates License Limitations
087-1 Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
087-2 Oct. 15 - Oct. 31 Sep. 1 - Sep. 30 Antlered mule deer three (3) points or less on either antler or any white-tailed deer
* Difficult Public Access
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Approx. % of Public Land: 70%
Access to Public Land: Fair
Access Notes: Roughly the southern third of this area is in what is called the "checkerboard," where every other square mile is private. As a result, public lands in the checkerboard that do not touch a public road are generally not accessible without permission of a private land owner. There are few public roads, and ranches in this area tend to be large, so significant blocks of the southern portion of the area are either unavailable to hunting or available only to outfitted clients or by trespass fee. There is good access to public land for most of the northern portion of the hunt area, where private lands tend to be blocked together along watercourses. View the hunt planner map for available Walk-In Areas open to deer hunting.
Mapping Resources: Rawlins, Medicine Bow, Bairoil, Shirley Basin, Rattlesnake Hills, Casper

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 Walk in Hunting for this Hunt Area

Carbon County Walk In Area 10 More Info
Carbon County Walk In Area 5 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

Morgan Creek 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 40 15 100.00%

Resident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 25 1167 2.14%

Topography and Vegetation: The southern portion of Area 87 consists mostly of rocky rims and sagebrush covered mesas surrounding alkaline saltbush and greasewood flats. The northern portion has sagebrush covered sand hills and prairie interrupted by large granite outcrops with scattered conifers. The area is bisected east to west by the Seminoe and Ferris Mountain ranges, with Bear Mountain and active sand dunes in between. The Ferris Mountains are extremely steep, rising to 10,000 feet, with dense conifer forest on many northern slopes. The Seminoe Mountains are also rugged with sparser timber and top out around 8,200 feet. Both mountain ranges have had significant acreage burned during recent wildfires. Riparian meadows are found along the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers, the shores of Seminoe and Pathfinder Reservoirs and along several major creeks.
General Statement Regarding this Hunt Area: Mule deer are found throughout the area, but densities are highest in the sand dunes and foothills around the Ferris and Seminoe Mountains. While this area has a reputation for large deer, true record quality bucks usually make up less than 5% of the bucks in the population. October weather may vary from dry and windy with temperatures in the 70s and 80s to freezing cold with significant snowfall. Roads in the alkaline portions of this hunt area become muddy and nearly impassable when wet, while roads in more sandy or rocky areas often remain drivable even with some precipitation. There are relatively few white-tailed deer in Hunt Area 87. Those that occur are found primarily along creek bottoms and irrigated lands around the Ferris Mountains and along the North Platte and Sweetwater Rivers. View the hunt planner map for available Walk-In lands open to deer hunting.
Additional Hunting Opportunities: Cottontail rabbit are often abundant in desert scrub/greasewood habitats and around rock outcrops in this area. Portions of the area offer good sage-grouse hunting, with a season that typically overlaps the latter part of the deer archery hunt. Low numbers of blue grouse can be found in timbered habitats of the Ferris and Seminoe Mountains. Consult the Chapter 11 Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Regulation for season dates, license requirements and bag/possession limits. Mountain lion are common in the Ferris and Seminoe Mountains, along with a few black bear (see Chapters 42 and 3). Fishing opportunities consist primarily of Pathfinder and Seminoe Reservoirs and the Miracle Mile and Dugway stretches of the North Platte River on the eastern border of the area (Chapter 46), and these also offer opportunity for waterfowl hunting (Chapter 14).
Herd Unit Job Completion Report: See the MD647 (Ferris) Job Completion Report for more detailed information on management of this herd.

AREA 87

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

Class 1 Deer 1 (8% of Deer Checked)
Class 2 Deer 10 (83% of Deer Checked)
Class 3 Deer 1 (8% of Deer Checked)
Total Deer Checked 12

MULE DEER

Area 87 - Type 1
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 87
# Days Hunted 301
Days/Hunter 7
Total Area Harvest 43
Hunter Success 93.50%
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WHITETAIL DEER

Area 87 - Type 1
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 87
# Days Hunted 2
Days/Hunter 0
Total Area Harvest 0
Hunter Success 0.00%
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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

Lander Regional Office
260 Buena Vista
Lander, WY 82520
(307) 332-2688

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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.

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