Deer · Areas 78, 79, 80, 81 · Type 8
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Drawn together: Areas 78, 79, 80, 81 â one license valid in all of these areas; WGFD lists the draw results under Area 78.
Black outline = hunt areas of this license; 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 |
|---|---|---|
| â | Sep. 1 â Dec. 31 | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer |
Commission quota: 125 (total licenses for this hunt set in regulation; WGFDâs 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. 10. Last checked 2026-11-03.
Draw odds (2026, first choice)
- Nonresident regular · doe/fawn: 25 licenses for 26 first-choice applicants â roughly 96% estimate.
- Resident regular · doe/fawn: 98 licenses for 201 first-choice applicants â roughly 49% estimate.
- Resident landowner · doe/fawn: 100 licenses for 2 first-choice applicants â roughly 100% estimate.
Applicants & licenses (2026)
| Pool | Licenses | 1st choice | 2nd | 3rd | Ratio estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nonresident · regular · all · Doe/fawn | 25 | 26 | 10 | 0 | 96.2% | WGFD PDF |
| resident · regular · all · Doe/fawn | 98 | 201 | 25 | 0 | 48.8% | WGFD PDF |
| nonresident · landowner · all · Doe/fawn | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | WGFD PDF |
| resident · landowner · all · Doe/fawn | 100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | WGFD PDF |
Draw odds PDFs: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33876/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33877/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33878/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33879/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 · doe/fawn
- Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3)
- 1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) â 0 (2025) â 0 (2026); licenses: 25 (2024) â 25 (2025) â 25 (2026)
Nonresident · regular · doe/fawn
- â Odds: 18% (2021) â ⊠â 64% (2025) â 96% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 96â99%
- 1st-choice applicants: 56 (2021) â 42 (2022) â 27 (2023) â 62 (2024) â 39 (2025) â 26 (2026); licenses: 10 (2021) â 15 (2022) â 20 (2023) â 25 (2024) â 25 (2025) â 25 (2026)
Resident · landowner · doe/fawn
- â Odds: 100% (2024) â 100% (2025) â 100% (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
- 1st-choice applicants: 6 (2024) â 3 (2025) â 2 (2026); licenses: 100 (2024) â 100 (2025) â 100 (2026)
Resident · regular · doe/fawn
- â Odds: 31% (2021) â ⊠â 56% (2025) â 49% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 49â62%
- 1st-choice applicants: 119 (2021) â 138 (2022) â 143 (2023) â 159 (2024) â 172 (2025) â 201 (2026); licenses: 37 (2021) â 59 (2022) â 75 (2023) â 94 (2024) â 97 (2025) â 98 (2026)
- â Quota changed 97 â 98 from 2025 to 2026 â a quota change can break the trend.