Nevada Deer — Unit 172

Bennett

Nevada Unit 172 covers 382,781 acres and lies 74 miles south-east of Fallon and 86 miles east of Yerington. 97% of it is public land, mostly national forest (51%) and BLM (46%). In 2024, 1 person hunted mule deer here and took 1. The 2025 draw put up 25 nonresident tags here for 55 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):89 Applicants:386 Hunter success (2024):100% Public land:97% Size:382,781 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 172, 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

1332-171.172.173-1005 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 171 - 173 Early 17 tags · 155 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 3% as 2nd choice
1332-171.172.173-1017 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 171 - 173 Mid 8 tags · 72 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice
1332-171.172.173-1031 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 171 - 173 Late 3 tags · 71 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
1342-171.172.173-0810 Mule deer antlered | NR | Archery | 171 - 173 25 tags · 55 applicants · Standard

3% Point builder 15% as 2nd choice
1372-171.172.173-0910 Mule deer antlered | NR | Muzzleloader | 171 - 173 10 tags · 18 applicants · Standard

1% Point builder 6% as 2nd choice
NRG-171.172.173-1005 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Any Legal Weapon | 171 - 173 14 tags · 2 applicants · Guided

56% Undersubscribed 41% as 2nd choice
NRG-171.172.173-1017 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Any Legal Weapon | 171 - 173 10 tags · 2 applicants · Guided

26% Undersubscribed 53% as 2nd choice
NRG-171.172.173-1031 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Any Legal Weapon | 171 - 173 2 tags · 11 applicants · Guided

<1% Point builder 14% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
1332-171.172.173-1005 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 171 - 173 Early Rifle	<1% Point builder	3%	—	17 / 155	Standard	Oct 5–16, 2026
1332-171.172.173-1017 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 171 - 173 Mid Rifle	<1% Point builder	2%	—	8 / 72	Standard	Oct 17–30, 2026
1332-171.172.173-1031 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 171 - 173 Late Rifle	<1% Point builder	<1%	—	3 / 71	Standard	Oct 31 – Nov 8, 2026
1342-171.172.173-0810 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Archery \| 171 - 173 Archery	3% Point builder	15%	—	25 / 55	Standard	Aug 10 – Sep 9, 2026
1372-171.172.173-0910 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Muzzleloader \| 171 - 173 Muzzleloader	1% Point builder	6%	—	10 / 18	Standard	Sep 10 – Oct 4, 2026
NRG-171.172.173-1005 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Any Legal Weapon \| 171 - 173 Rifle	56% Undersubscribed	41%	—	14 / 2 undersubscribed	Guided	Oct 5–16, 2025
NRG-171.172.173-1017 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Any Legal Weapon \| 171 - 173 Rifle	26% Undersubscribed	53%	—	10 / 2 undersubscribed	Guided	Oct 17–30, 2025
NRG-171.172.173-1031 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Any Legal Weapon \| 171 - 173 Rifle	<1% Point builder	14%	—	2 / 11	Guided	Oct 31 – Nov 8, 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.

11 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 172

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

The country

Unit 172 within Nevada

Unit 172 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

National Forest 195,005 ac · 51%
BLM 174,449 ac · 46%
Private 13,107 ac · 3%
Tribal 219 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.