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Deer · Area 40 · Type 3

Hunt type: Any deer · WGFD description: ANY WHITE-TAILED DEE
Last checked: draw reports 2026-10-23 · season regulations 2026-11-03 · Sources: WGFD Ch. 6 regulation · WGFD draw odds reports

Black outline = this hunt area; thin gray = neighbouring hunt areas.
Hunt-area boundaries: WGFD DeerHuntAreas GIS layer. Basemap © OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. GIS overview only; the WGFD regulation text governs.

Season dates (2026)

Special archery dates	Regular season dates	Limitations
Sep. 1 – Sep. 30	Oct. 15 – Nov. 30	Any white-tailed deer; also valid in Area 35

Commission quota: 50 (total licenses for this hunt set in regulation; WGFD’s draw reports split licenses across resident / nonresident / special pools, so per-pool draw numbers on this site will not add up to this total in a simple way). Source: WGFD Commission Regulation Ch. 6, Mule Deer and White-tailed Deer Hunting Seasons (2026), PDF p. 6. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident landowner · any deer applicants with 0+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident regular · any deer applicants with 3+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident special · any deer applicants with 1+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Resident regular · any deer: 40 licenses for 99 first-choice applicants — roughly 40% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	3rd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · random · Any deer	1	20	1	9	5.0%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · special · random · Any deer	1	0	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Any deer	40	99	18	13	40.4%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · random · Any deer	2	0	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Any deer	40	0	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF

Nonresident landowner · any deer preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
< 1	8	0	0	100.00%
0	8	0	0	100.00%

Nonresident regular · any deer preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
5	6	1	1	100.00%
< 5	5	0	0	100.00%
4	5	0	0	100.00%
< 4	5	0	0	100.00%
3	5	2	2	100.00%
< 3	3	2	2	100.00%
2	1	1	3	33.33%
< 2	0		18	0.00%

Nonresident special · any deer preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
1	3	1	1	100.00%
< 1	2	3	3	66.67%
≤ 0	0		0	0.00%

Draw odds PDFs: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33875/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33880/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33881/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33882/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33883/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33884/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33885/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33886/download?inline

Trend & 2027 outlook

Estimate based on past WGFD draw results, not a WGFD prediction. Straight-line fit through every year with data (needs 3+ years). 2027 quotas are not set yet; quota changes and new regulations can change everything.

Nonresident · landowner

Points for a sure draw: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3)
Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3) (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 2 (2024) → 2 (2025) → 2 (2026)

Nonresident · regular

↑ Points for a sure draw: 1 (2022) → … → 2 (2025) → 3 (2026), 5 yrs · 2027: likely 3–4 pts
↓ Odds: 50% (2023) → 5% (2024) → 4% (2025) → 5% (2026), 4 yrs · 2027: likely 0–5% (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2022) → 4 (2023) → 40 (2024) → 23 (2025) → 20 (2026); licenses: 2 (2022) → 2 (2023) → 2 (2024) → 1 (2025) → 1 (2026)

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Nonresident · special

↑ Points for a sure draw: 0 (2024) → 10 (2025) → 1 (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely 1–5 pts
Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3) (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2022) → 0 (2023) → 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 1 (2022) → 1 (2023) → 1 (2024) → 1 (2025) → 1 (2026)

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · landowner

Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 40 (2024) → 40 (2025) → 40 (2026)

Resident · regular

↓ Odds: 67% (2022) → … → 35% (2025) → 40% (2026), 5 yrs · 2027: likely 28–40%
1st-choice applicants: 60 (2022) → 79 (2023) → 86 (2024) → 113 (2025) → 99 (2026); licenses: 40 (2022) → 40 (2023) → 40 (2024) → 40 (2025) → 40 (2026)

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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