Wyoming Deer 40-6
Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land in Hunt Area 40 — Buffalo Creek, any legal weapon, Oct 15–31, 2025. 55% public land, mostly BLM. Type 6.
No points in this draw. Every applicant has the same chance each year.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2025.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 deer draw without 40-6. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds · 2025 draw
41 tags for 88 first-choice applicants
Every applicant has the same chance each year: in 2025, 41 tags went to 88 first-choice applicants.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 41
- Applicants
- 88
- Success
- 81%
First-choice nonresidents, reduced price draw. Success: Mule deer hunters, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2025
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 8% to 100% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 13:1 in 2021, 2.1:1 in 2025.
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 · 2025 Draw
| Who | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| Everyone | 47% | — | — |
Tags ÷ applicants. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level. As a lower choice, 40-6 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
Seasons, 2025
- Sep 1–30, 2025 Archery only. Needs a $72 archery license on top. Special archery season (archery license required): Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2025 Chapter 6, p. 8
- Oct 15–31, 2025 Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2025 Chapter 6, p. 8
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 37 | 30 | 81% |
| White-tailed deer | 17 | 3 | 18% |
| All of Hunt Area 40 · mule deer | 547 | 293 | 54% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 40, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 547 hunters and 293 mule deer taken in 2025, and 54% of them took a deer. The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. 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 3 draws
The reduced price draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | 88 | 2.1 | WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2024 | 48 | 32 | 0.7 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2021 | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 1 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 40
- 40-3 Any white-tailed deer Oct 15 – Nov 30 · Regular · 7 tags · 26 applied 5%
- 40-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer Oct 15 – Nov 30 · 110 tags · 73 applied 100%
Odds for a first-choice nonresident, reduced price 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 13
- WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1 · draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, 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 2025 Chapter 6, p. 8 · 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 2025 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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