Wyoming Deer 21-7
Doe or fawn valid on private land in Hunt Area 21 — Thunder Basin, any legal weapon, Oct 1–31, 2022. 18% public land, mostly State land. Type 7.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2022.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 deer draw without 21-7. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds · 2022 draw
about 1 in 9, every year you apply
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2022, 5 tags went to 47 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 5
- Applicants
- 47
- Success
- 45%
First-choice nonresidents. Success: all hunters in Hunt Area 21, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2022
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 11% to 100% across 2021–2022. Applicants per tag: 0.5:1 in 2021, 9.4:1 in 2022.
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 $34 nonresident doe/fawn deer license (reduced price) is refunded if you miss.
▸ 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 doe/fawn deer license (reduced price) · paid at application, refundable $34 WGFD 2026 License Fee List
Details
Odds in This Draw · 2022 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 11% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 21-7 drew no one in 2022, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 1, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
Seasons, 2022
- Sep 1–30, 2022 Archery only. Needs a $72 archery license on top. Special archery season (archery license required): Doe or fawn valid on private land Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2022 Chapter 6, p. 3
- Oct 1–31, 2022 Doe or fawn valid on private land Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2022 Chapter 6, p. 3
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| All of Hunt Area 21 · mule deer | 280 | 125 | 45% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 21, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 280 hunters and 125 mule deer taken in 2025, and 45% 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 2 draws
The reduced price draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 47 | 9.4 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2021 | 60 | 32 | 0.5 | WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 1 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 21
- 21-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private landPrivate land only — you need landowner access Oct 1–31 · 46 tags · 7 applied 100%
Odds for a first-choice nonresident. * 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 12
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 1 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 draw rules, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2022 Chapter 6, p. 3 · 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 2022 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results (tags ÷ applicants). 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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