Wyoming Deer 157-1
Any deer in Hunt Area 157 — Boysen, any legal weapon, Oct 1–31, 2024. 30% public land, mostly Bureau of Reclamation. Type 1.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2024.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 deer draw without 157-1. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2024 draw
about 1 in 8, from the random pass
You're 2 points below the 2024 cut of 2, which is back at 2 points, where it was in 2021.
Years to draw on points: 3 yrs (at least 3)
- NR Tags
- 13
- Applicants
- 33
- Success
- 39%
First-choice nonresidents, regular draw. Success: all hunters in Hunt Area 157, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2021–2024
The cut is back at 2 points, where it was in 2021. Applicants per tag: 2.4:1 in 2021, 2.5:1 in 2024.
Point creep: drew out at 2 → 1 → 1 → 2 points (2021–2024), +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Years to draw project that pace (the median of the last five draws, capped at 2 points/yr); the agency sets quotas and demand sets the cut.
What It Costs · 2026 NR Fees
The $15 nonresident big game application fee (per species applied for) is not refunded. Drawing adds the $21.50 conservation stamp (annual; required with any hunting license). The $374 nonresident deer license (regular) is refunded if you miss. A nonresident deer preference point is $41, bought separately.
▸ Every Fee, With Sources
- Nonresident big game application fee (per species applied for) · paid at application $15 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
- Conservation stamp (annual; required with any hunting license) · paid if drawn $21.50 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
- Nonresident deer license (regular) · paid at application, refundable $374 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
- Nonresident deer preference point · bought separately, not counted above — an unsuccessful applicant gets no point without it $41 WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44
Details
Odds by Point Level · 2024 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–1 ← you | 13% random pass only counted in one band: 1 point or fewer | 20 | 0 |
| 2 | 67% the cut | 8 | 5 |
| 3 | 100% | 4 | 4 |
| 4–10 | 100% same at every level | — | — |
Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level: it prints exact counts around the cut and folds the rest into a band. Wyoming runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, 157-1 drew no one in 2024, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 13, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
Seasons, 2024
- Sep 1–30, 2024 Archery only. Needs a $72 archery license on top. Special archery season (archery license required): Any deer Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2024 Chapter 6, p. 17
- Oct 1–31, 2024 Any deer Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2024 Chapter 6, p. 17
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Hunt Area 157 · white-tailed deer | 624 | 244 | 39% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 157, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 624 hunters and 244 white-tailed deer taken in 2025, and 39% of them took a deer. Wyoming's figures are estimates from a voluntary post-season survey of license holders, extrapolated to every license issued — not a count of animals checked in. Source: WGFD 2025 Mule Deer & White-Tailed Deer Harvest…; WGFD 2024 Deer Harvest Report.
▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 4 draws
The regular draw for nonresidents, one row per year. Wyoming runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Points Needed | Random Pass | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | 33 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 tags of 35 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 21 | 1.6 | 1 | 3 tags of 17 | WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 12 |
| 2022 | 38 | 67 | 1.8 | 1 | 9 tags of 47 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 12 |
| 2021 | 37 | 87 | 2.4 | 2 | 9 tags of 65 | WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 11 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 157
- 157-3 Any white-tailed deer Nov 1–30 · 35 tags · cut 0 100%
- 157-6 Doe or fawn Oct 1 – Nov 30 · Reduced price · 20 tags · 48 applied 42%
- 157-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer Oct 1–31 · Reduced price · 9,906 tags · 13 applied 100%
Odds at your points, nonresident, regular class where offered. * fewer than 5 tags.
▸ Legal Cartridges 23 on file for Wyoming deer
23 cartridges on file are legal for deer with a rifle in Wyoming, 3 of them depending on the load (this license takes any legal weapon). Rules and sources: Wyoming hunting laws.
▸ Sources 14
- WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 13 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 12 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 12 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 11 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 draw rules, fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2024 Chapter 6, p. 17 · seasons, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Mule Deer & White-Tailed Deer Harvest… harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2023 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Deer Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Deer Hunt Areas boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
About These Numbers
Odds are from the 2024 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results (points pass + random pass, from published pools). 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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