Nevada Deer — Unit 021

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Nevada Unit 021 covers 279,428 acres and lies 19 miles north of Reno and 40 miles north-west of Fernley. 57% of it is public land, mostly BLM (57%). In 2025, 57 people hunted mule deer here and took 30 — 53% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 2 nonresident tags here for 202 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):6 Applicants:252 Hunter success (2025):53% Public land:57% Size:279,428 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 021, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

1332-021-1221 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 021 2 tags · 202 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
1342-021-1201 Mule deer antlered | NR | Archery | 021 2 tags · 15 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 3% as 2nd choice
1372-021-1211 Mule deer antlered | NR | Muzzleloader | 021 1 tags · 19 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
NRG-021-1221 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Any Legal Weapon | 021 1 tags · 16 applicants · Guided

<1% Point builder 4% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
1332-021-1221 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 021 Rifle	<1% Point builder	0%	—	2 / 202	Standard	Dec 21 – Jan 1, 2027
1342-021-1201 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Archery \| 021 Archery	<1% Point builder	3%	—	2 / 15	Standard	Dec 1–10, 2026
1372-021-1211 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Muzzleloader \| 021 Muzzleloader	<1% Point builder	0%	—	1 / 19	Standard	Dec 11–20, 2026
NRG-021-1221 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Any Legal Weapon \| 021 Rifle	<1% Point builder	4%	—	1 / 16	Guided	Dec 21 – Jan 1, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Nevada lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

5 hunts not offered in 2025 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Standard license	$168	$168	$408
Guided license	$168	$168	$468

Application deadlines: Mar 9, 2027 (expected) for Guided · May 13, 2027 (expected) for the main draw. Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Unit 021

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

The country

Unit 021 within Nevada

Unit 021 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

BLM 158,413 ac · 57%
Private 105,459 ac · 38%
Tribal 15,390 ac · 6%
National Forest 110 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Nevada Surface Management Agency

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.