Nevada Deer 1332-203-1105 — Unit 203

Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 203* · Salisbury

What you may take
Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 203*
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Unit 203 — Salisbury
58% public of 602,707 acres
Season (2026)
Nov 5–30, 2026
Nonresident tags (2025)
2
for 12 first-choice applicants
Hunter success here (2025)
44%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 2 tags, 12 first-choice applicants. Source: Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 27.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% (<1%–<1%) 4 0
1 <1% (<1%–<1%) 1 0
2 1% (1%–1%) 1 0
3 3% (2%–3%) 1 0
4 4% (4%–4%) 2 0
5 6% (5%–6%) 1 0
6 9% (9%–10%)
7 12% (11%–12%)
8 15% (14%–16%) 1 0
9 19%
10 22% (21%–24%) 1 1

Monte Carlo over published bonus-point pools. A dash means Nevada Department of Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$168
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$168
Total if drawn
$408
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $987.50 (enough points to draw) to $65,584.22 (lowest published odds).

Deer tag application fee · paid at application $10 source
Game application fee - predator control / habitat (per tag application, every species) · paid at application $3 source
Nonresident annual combination hunting and fishing license (the only nonresident adult licence class; must be valid at the time of the draw to earn a bonus point, may be bought 'only if successful' at the cost of the point) · paid at application $155 source
Nonresident deer tag (charged only if drawn) · paid if drawn, refundable $240 source

Optional, not counted above: Bonus-point-only purchase (optional: for someone who does NOT apply for a tag that year; an unsuccessful applicant earns the point automatically at no extra charge - FAQ p.3; licence required) $10 and Department processing fee (per application/licence/tag transaction) $1.

Next application window: opens Mar 23, closes May 13, 2027 (expected) · results ~May 29. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Nov 5–30, 2026 p. 27

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Unit 203, Nevada Department of Wildlife counted 50 hunters and 22 deer taken in 2025 — 44% of them killed something. Full Unit 203 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2025 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group 2024 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group

As a lower choice

2nd choice
6%

Tags issued to lower choices ÷ lower-choice applicants, as published. Points do not help a lower choice.

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Published odds Source
2025 2 12 6.0 8% Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 27
2024 2 10 5.0 20% Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 26
2021 2 38 19.0 0.00% Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 46
2020 4 28 7.0 7% Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus... · p. 49

Other licenses valid in Unit 203

Legal cartridges for deer in Nevada

From the Nevada hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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