Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 11

Mule Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 11 covers 499,501 acres and lies 33 miles south-west of Newcastle and 45 miles north of Lusk. 23% of it is public land, mostly BLM (13%) and state land (7%). In 2025, 367 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 157 — 43% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 76 nonresident tags here for 85 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):296 Applicants:120 White-tailed Deer success (2025):43% Public land:23% Size:499,501 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 11, 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

11-3 Any white-tailed deer 60 tags · 35 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Undersubscribed 79% as 2nd choice
11-3 Any white-tailed deer 24 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
11-3 Any white-tailed deer 60 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
11-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 76 tags · 85 applicants · Reduced price

89% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
11-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 76 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
11-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	79%	0 steady since 2021	60 / 35 undersubscribed	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
11-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	100%	— steady since 2021	24 / 0	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
11-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	60 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
11-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	89% Likely draw	0%	—	76 / 85	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
11-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	76 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 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 11 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 11 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 385,622 ac · 77%
BLM 66,598 ac · 13%
State land 33,784 ac · 7%
National Forest 13,486 ac · 3%

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.