Nevada Deer — Unit 203

Salisbury

Nevada Unit 203 covers 602,707 acres and lies 12 miles north of Yerington and 30 miles south of Fernley. 58% of it is public land, mostly BLM (48%) and Bureau of Reclamation (5%). In 2025, 50 people hunted mule deer here and took 22 — 44% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 2 nonresident tags here for 12 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):8 Applicants:32 Hunter success (2025):44% Public land:58% Size:602,707 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Unit 203, 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

1332-203-1105 Mule deer antlered | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 203* 2 tags · 12 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 6% as 2nd choice
1342-203-0810 Mule deer antlered | NR | Archery | 203 Early 2 tags · 6 applicants · Standard

1% Point builder 8% as 2nd choice
1342-203-1216 Mule deer antlered | NR | Archery | 203 Late 2 tags · 11 applicants · Standard

<1% Point builder 4% as 2nd choice
NRG-203-1105 Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer | NR guided | Shotgun or Bow Only | 203 2 tags · 3 applicants · Guided

20% Long shot

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
1332-203-1105 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 203* Rifle	<1% Point builder	6%	—	2 / 12	Standard	Nov 5–30, 2026
1342-203-0810 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Archery \| 203 Early Archery	1% Point builder	8%	—	2 / 6	Standard	Aug 10 – Sep 9, 2026
1342-203-1216 ↗ Mule deer antlered \| NR \| Archery \| 203 Late Archery	<1% Point builder	4%	—	2 / 11	Standard	Dec 16 – Jan 1, 2027
NRG-203-1105 ↗ Restricted nonresident guided antlered mule deer \| NR guided \| Shotgun or Bow Only \| 203 Rifle	20% Long shot	—	—	2 / 3	Guided	Nov 5–30, 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.

4 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 203

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

The country

Unit 203 within Nevada

Unit 203 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 291,925 ac · 48%
Private 204,087 ac · 34%
Tribal 48,452 ac · 8%
Bureau of Reclamation 33,024 ac · 5%
State land 19,871 ac · 3%
Department of Defense 3,800 ac · 1%
National Forest 1,546 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.