Nevada Deer · Unit 162 Bennett

Nevada Unit 162 spans 1,247,048 acres, centered 55 miles north-east of Tonopah. 99% of it is public land, mostly national forest (56%) and BLM (43%). In 2025, 387 people hunted mule deer here and took 149, a 39% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 1332-161.162.163.164-1005, put up 13 nonresident tags in the 2025 draw for 126 first-choice applicants.

NR Tags, 2025
42

6 licenses

Applicants
228

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
39%

2025, all licenses

Public Land
99%

56% Forest Service

Size
1,949 mi²

1,247,048 acres

Tonopah Ely Hiko Fallon Yerington 162
39%hunter success 2025 · 387 hunters, 149 deer

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

Best Bets at 0 Points

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

Every License in Unit 162

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
1332-161.162.163.164-1005 Standard <1% —
1332-161.162.163.164-1021 Standard <1% (small sample) —
1342-161.162.163.164-0810 Standard <1% —
1372-161.162.163.164-0910 Standard <1% —
NRG-161.162.163.164-1005 Guided 100% —
NRG-161.162.163.164-1021 Guided <1% (small sample) —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2025 result: 1107-161.162.163.164-0810, 1331-161.162.163.164-1005, 1331-161.162.163.164-1021, 1341-161.162.163.164-0810, 1371-161.162.163.164-0910.

Draw results: NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus Point and…; NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Antlered Archery Bonus Point…; NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus… and 1 more, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Standard $408 ($168 to apply) · Guided $468 ($168 to apply). Deadlines: Mar 9, 2027 (expected) for Guided · May 13, 2027 (expected) for the main draw. Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Deer Success
2025 (summed) 387 149 39%
2024 (summed) 168 60 36%
2023 (summed) 150 47 31%
2022 (summed) 209 65 31%
2021 (summed) 568 158 28%

What Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Nevada Department of Wildlife reports this unit inside the group 161-164, so the figures cover the whole group, not Unit 162 alone. Source: NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group; NDOW 2024 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group; NDOW 2023 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group.

The Ground

National Forest 697,045 ac 56%
BLM 534,887 ac 43%
Private 15,116 ac 1%

Source: US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency.

▸ Sources 13
  1. NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Antlered ALW Bonus Point and… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  2. NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Antlered Archery Bonus Point… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  3. NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Antlered Muzzleloader Bonus… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  4. NDOW 2025 Mule Deer NonResident Guided Antlered… draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  5. Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Administrative Code Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  6. Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau 2026 Revised Statutes Chapter 502 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
  7. NDOW 2025 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. NDOW 2024 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. NDOW 2023 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. NDOW 2022 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. NDOW 2021 Mule Deer Harvest by Unit Group harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. NDOW 2026 Game Management Units boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. US Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office 2026 BLM Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from Nevada Department of Wildlife's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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