Nevada Deer — Unit 078

Huebner

Nevada Unit 078 covers 217,930 acres and lies 23 miles south-east of Wells and 61 miles east of Elko. 66% of it is public land, mostly BLM (66%). In 2025, 1,583 people hunted mule deer here and took 831 — 52% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 52 nonresident tags here for 616 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):140 Applicants:1,859 Hunter success (2025):52% Public land:66% Size:217,930 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 078, 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

1332-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1005 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 071 - 079, 091 Early 52 tags · 616 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice
1332-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1021 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 071 - 079, 091 Late 3 tags · 811 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
1342-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-0810 Mule deer antlered | NR | Archery | 071 – 079, 091 Early 35 tags · 139 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 5% as 2nd choice
1342-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1110 Mule deer antlered | NR | Archery | 071 – 079, 091 Late 3 tags · 84 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
1372-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-0910 Mule deer antlered | NR | Muzzleloader | 071 - 079, 091 20 tags · 48 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 7% as 2nd choice
NRG-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1005 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Any Legal Weapon | 071 - 079, 091 24 tags · 70 applicants · Guided

1% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice
NRG-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1021 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Any Legal Weapon | 071 - 079, 091 3 tags · 91 applicants · Guided

<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
1332-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1005 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 071 - 079, 091 Early Rifle	<1% Point builder	2%	—	52 / 616	Standard	Oct 5–20, 2026
1332-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1021 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 071 - 079, 091 Late Rifle	<1% Point builder	<1%	—	3 / 811	Standard	Oct 21 – Nov 5, 2026
1342-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-0810 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Archery \| 071 – 079, 091 Early Archery	<1% Point builder	5%	—	35 / 139	Standard	Aug 10 – Sep 9, 2026
1342-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1110 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Archery \| 071 – 079, 091 Late Archery	<1% Point builder	<1%	—	3 / 84	Standard	Nov 10–20, 2026
1372-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-0910 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Muzzleloader \| 071 - 079, 091 Muzzleloader	<1% Point builder	7%	—	20 / 48	Standard	Sep 10 – Oct 4, 2026
NRG-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1005 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Any Legal Weapon \| 071 - 079, 091 Rifle	1% Point builder	2%	—	24 / 70	Guided	Oct 5–20, 2025
NRG-071.072.073.074.075.076.077.078.079.091-1021 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Any Legal Weapon \| 071 - 079, 091 Rifle	<1% Point builder	<1%	—	3 / 91	Guided	Oct 21 – Nov 5, 2025

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.

9 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 078

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

The country

Unit 078 within Nevada

Unit 078 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 144,518 ac · 66%
Private 73,411 ac · 34%

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. Nevada Department of Wildlife reports this unit inside the group 071-079, 091, so the figures below cover the whole group, not Unit 078 alone.