Wyoming Deer 87-1
Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer in Hunt Area 87 — Ferris, any legal weapon, Oct 15–31, 2026. 71% public land, mostly BLM. Type 1.
No longer drawn. The last draw was 2023.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 deer draw without 87-1. The odds, costs and history below are that record, not an offer.
Your odds at 0 points · 2023 draw · no nonresident tags in 2026 — showing 2023
no one below 16 points drew in 2023
You're 16 points below the 2023 cut of 16, which has risen from 14 to 16 points since 2021.
Years to draw on points: never at this creep
- NR Tags
- 1
- Applicants
- 108
- Success
- 94%
First-choice nonresidents, regular draw. Success: Mule deer hunters, 2025.
Points Needed to Draw, 2021–2026
The cut has risen from 14 to 16 points since 2021. Applicants per tag: 32:1 in 2021, 108:1 in 2023.
Point creep: drew out at 14 → 16 → 16 points (2021–2023), +1.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +2.0). 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 · 2023 Draw
| Points | Chance | Applied | Drew |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0–15 ← you | 0% (small sample) same at every level counted in one band: 15 points or fewer | 104 | 0 |
| 16 | 25% (small sample) the cut | 4 | 1 |
| 17–19 | 100% (small sample) 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, 87-1 drew no one in 2023, so lower-choice odds are left out.
Draw results: WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 7, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
Seasons, 2026
- Sep 1–30, 2026 Archery only. Needs a $72 archery license on top. Special archery season (archery license required): Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2026 Chapter 6, p. 10
- Oct 15–31, 2026 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer Wyoming Game and Fish Commission 2026 Chapter 6, p. 10
How It Hunted, 2025
| Who | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 46 | 43 | 94% |
| White-tailed deer | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| All of Hunt Area 87 · mule deer | 46 | 43 | 94% |
Across every license type in Hunt Area 87, Wyoming Game and Fish Department counted 46 hunters and 43 mule deer taken in 2025, and 94% 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 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 74 | — | — | 0 tags of 100 | WGFD 2026 Demand Report, p. 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 77 | — | — | 0 tags of 157 | WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 7 |
| 2024 | 0 | 103 | — | — | 0 tags of 157 | WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 108 | 108 | 16 | 0 tags of 148 | WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 7 |
| 2022 | 1 | 177 | 177 | 16 | 0 tags of 257 | WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 7 |
| 2021 | 6 | 194 | 32.3 | 14 | 1 tag of 292 | WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 7 |
Other Licenses Valid in Hunt Area 87
- 87-2 Antlered mule deer three (3) points or less on either antler or any white-tailed deer Oct 15–31 · 3 tags · cut 8 0% (small sample)
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 15
- WGFD 2023 Demand Report, p. 7 · draw results, earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Demand Report, p. 7 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2024 Demand Report, p. 8 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report, p. 7 · earlier draws, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2021 Demand Report, p. 7 · 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 2026 Chapter 6, p. 10 · 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 2023 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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