Nebraska Deer STATEWIDE-MUZZLELOADER — Statewide Archery
Statewide Muzzleloader · Statewide Archery
- What you may take
- Statewide Muzzleloader (either-sex (1 buck bag))
- Weapon
- Muzzleloader
- Where
- Statewide Archery
- Season (2026)
- Dec 1–31, 2026
- Nonresident tags (2026)
- 1,000
- for 501 first-choice applicants
- Archery hunter success (2020)
- 25%
- of everyone who hunted the area
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Odds by point level — 2026 draw
Undersubscribed: 501 first-choice applicants for 1,000 tags in 2026, so every first-choice applicant drew and 499 tags went to the leftover draw — the 100% reflects low demand, not a great tag. A code like this can flip the year demand catches up.
Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 1,000 tags, 501 first-choice applicants, drew out at 0 points. Source: 2026 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 8.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 100% | 480 | 579 |
| 1 | 100% | 21 | 29 |
| 2–10 | 100% same chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means Nebraska Game and Parks Commission did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.
What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)
Everyone who applied in 2026 drew this tag, so the cost is the $369 you pay the year you draw.
Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $57 and keeps you moving toward the 0-point cut.
Next application window: opens Jun 1, closes Jun 12, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 19. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.
Point creep & years to draw
Drew out at 0 → 0 → 0 points (2024–2026): no creep — drew at 0 points each year. Projecting that pace forward:
| Your points now | Years until a sure thing |
|---|---|
| 0 | now |
A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.
Seasons (2026)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Statewide Archery, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission counted 5,903 white-tailed deer taken in 2020. Full Statewide Archery profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →
Hunters holding this license type (2020) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:
| What they hunted | Hunters | Harvest | Success | Days per animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | — | 728 | 25% | — |
| White-tailed deer | — | 4,457 | 25% | — |
| Mule deer | — | 482 | 25% | — |
| White-tailed deer | — | 1,446 | 25% | — |
Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2020 Nebraska Deer Harvest Report 2019 Nebraska Deer Harvest Report
Year by year
The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Applicants per tag | Points needed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,000 | 501 | 0.5 | 0 | 2026 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 8 |
| 2025 | 1,000 | 486 | 0.5 | 0 | 2025 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 8 |
| 2024 | 1,000 | 423 | 0.4 | 0 | 2024 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 8 |
Other licenses valid in Statewide Archery
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How to read these numbers
Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.
Not an application service
Draw rules, quotas, fees and deadlines are set by each agency and change by commission action. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications.