Wyoming Deer 51-6
Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land in Hunt Area 51 — Beaver Creek, any legal weapon, Oct 15 – Nov 15, 2025. 74% 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 51-6. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds · 2025 draw
97 first-choice applicants for 100 tags
97 first-choice applicants for 100 tags in 2025, so every first-choice applicant drew and 3 tags went to the leftover draw. The 100% reflects low demand that year, and a code like this can flip the year demand catches up.
Points: none, same chance every year
- NR Tags
- 100
- Applicants
- 97
- Success
- 72%
First-choice nonresidents, reduced price draw. Success: Mule deer hunters, 2025.
Odds by Year, 2021–2025
Odds (tags ÷ applicants) ran from 79% to 100% across 2021–2025. Applicants per tag: 0.9:1 in 2021, 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 | 100% | — | — |
Fewer applicants than tags. A dash means Wyoming Game and Fish Department did not publish a count for that level.
Draw results: WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
As a Lower Choice
Tags left after higher choices ÷ applicants at this choice: 3 tags left after higher choices.
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. 9
- Oct 15 – Nov 15, 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. 9
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 118 | 85 | 72% |
| White-tailed deer | 30 | 5 | 17% |
| All of Hunt Area 51 · mule deer | 246 | 164 | 67% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 51, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 246 hunters and 164 mule deer taken in 2025, and 67% 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 5 draws
The reduced price draw for nonresidents, one row per year.
| Year | Tags | Applicants | Per Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 100 | 97 | 1 | WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2024 | 94 | 114 | 1.2 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2023 | 82 | 103 | 1.3 | WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2022 | 74 | 94 | 1.3 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 1 |
| 2021 | 78 | 74 | 0.9 | WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 1 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 51
- 51-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land Oct 15 – Nov 15 · 18 tags · 107 applied 17%
- 51-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer Sep 1 – Dec 31 · 93 tags · 15 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 15
- 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 2023 Demand Report, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 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. 9 · 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 (fewer applicants than tags). 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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