Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 109

Bald Ridge

Wyoming Hunt Area 109 covers 132,078 acres and lies 15 miles north-west of Cody and 25 miles west of Powell. 58% of it is public land, mostly national forest (24%) and BLM (21%). In 2025, 87 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 69 — 79% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 45 nonresident tags here for 8 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):105 Applicants:17 White-tailed Deer success (2025):79% Public land:58% Size:132,078 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 109, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

109-3 Any white-tailed deer 6 tags · 9 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

67% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
109-3 Any white-tailed deer 3 tags · 0 applicants · Special

0% No first-choice applicants
109-3 Any white-tailed deer 6 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
109-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 45 tags · 8 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed
109-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 45 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
109-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	67% Real chance	0%	0 −2 since 2024	6 / 9	Regular	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
109-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	0% No first-choice applicants	—	—	3 / 0	Special	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
109-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	6 / 0	Landowner	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
109-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	45 / 8 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
109-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	45 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
As 2nd choice: Wyoming lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Regular license	$389	$15	$410.50
Special license	$1,215	$15	$1,236.50
Reduced price license	$49	$15	$70.50
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50
Landowner reduced price license	$15	$15	$36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 109 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 109 and its neighbours

Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Who owns the ground

Private 55,865 ac · 42%
National Forest 32,279 ac · 24%
BLM 27,611 ac · 21%
State land 12,890 ac · 10%
Bureau of Reclamation 2,837 ac · 2%
County or city land 337 ac · 0%
Other public 258 ac · 0%

Source: BLM WY Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. 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.