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Deer · Area 78 · Type 1

Hunt type: Buck (antlered) · WGFD description: ANTLERED MULE DEER O
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. 1 – Oct. 14	Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer

Commission quota: 250 (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. 9. Last checked 2026-11-03.

Draw odds (2026, first choice)

Nonresident landowner · buck (antlered) applicants with 0+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident regular · buck (antlered) applicants with 10+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Nonresident special · buck (antlered) applicants with 6+ points all drew in 2026 (first choice).
Resident regular · buck (antlered): 188 licenses for 1403 first-choice applicants — roughly 13% estimate.
Resident landowner · buck (antlered): 200 licenses for 12 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.

Applicants & licenses (2026)

Pool	Licenses	1st choice	2nd	3rd	Ratio estimate	Source
nonresident · regular · random · Buck (antlered)	7	141	36	14	5.0%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · special · random · Buck (antlered)	4	55	12	1	7.3%	WGFD PDF
resident · regular · all · Buck (antlered)	188	1403	323	101	13.4%	WGFD PDF
nonresident · landowner · random · Buck (antlered)	12	0	0	0	n/a	WGFD PDF
resident · landowner · all · Buck (antlered)	200	12	0	0	100.0%	WGFD PDF

Nonresident landowner · buck (antlered) preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
< 1	38	0	0	100.00%
0	38	3	3	100.00%

Nonresident regular · buck (antlered) preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
< 13	21	2	2	100.00%
12	19	1	1	100.00%
< 12	18	0	0	100.00%
11	18	4	4	100.00%
< 11	14	0	0	100.00%
10	14	4	4	100.00%
< 10	10	3	3	100.00%
9	7	7	8	87.50%
< 9	0		140	0.00%

Nonresident special · buck (antlered) preference point draw (2026) WGFD PDF

Points	Licenses left	Issued	1st-choice apps	Success (WGFD)
10	15	1	1	100.00%
< 10	14	0	0	100.00%
9	14	0	0	100.00%
< 9	14	0	0	100.00%
8	14	3	3	100.00%
< 8	11	0	0	100.00%
7	11	1	1	100.00%
< 7	10	0	0	100.00%
6	10	4	4	100.00%
< 6	6	5	5	100.00%
5	1	1	2	50.00%
< 5	0		54	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: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 0 pts
Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3) (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 12 (2024) → 12 (2025) → 12 (2026)

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Nonresident · regular

↑ Points for a sure draw: 7 (2021) → … → 7 (2025) → 10 (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 9–10 pts
→ Odds: 3% (2021) → … → 7% (2025) → 5% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 5% (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 155 (2021) → 127 (2022) → 124 (2023) → 119 (2024) → 94 (2025) → 141 (2026); licenses: 5 (2021) → 10 (2022) → 8 (2023) → 7 (2024) → 7 (2025) → 7 (2026)

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Nonresident · special

→ Points for a sure draw: 5 (2021) → … → 3 (2025) → 6 (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely about 6 pts
↑ Odds: 6% (2021) → … → 26% (2025) → 7% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 7–40% (random-draw share)
1st-choice applicants: 62 (2021) → 43 (2022) → 56 (2023) → 5 (2024) → 19 (2025) → 55 (2026); licenses: 4 (2021) → 6 (2022) → 6 (2023) → 5 (2024) → 5 (2025) → 4 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 5 → 4 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Points needed by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · landowner

→ Odds: 100% (2024) → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
1st-choice applicants: 9 (2024) → 7 (2025) → 12 (2026); licenses: 200 (2024) → 200 (2025) → 200 (2026)

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

Resident · regular

↓ Odds: 25% (2021) → … → 18% (2025) → 13% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 12–13%
1st-choice applicants: 618 (2021) → 1086 (2022) → 976 (2023) → 1031 (2024) → 1091 (2025) → 1403 (2026); licenses: 152 (2021) → 275 (2022) → 242 (2023) → 191 (2024) → 193 (2025) → 188 (2026)
⚠ Quota changed 193 → 188 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.

Odds (%) by year, 2027 estimate dashed

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