Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 116

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Wyoming Hunt Area 116 covers 238,955 acres and lies 27 miles south of Cody and 46 miles south of Powell. 49% of it is public land, mostly state land (29%) and BLM (19%). In 2025, 244 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 146 — 60% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 99 nonresident tags here for 8 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):329 Applicants:109 White-tailed Deer success (2025):60% Public land:49% Size:238,955 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 116, 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

116-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 3 tags · 13 applicants · needed 5 pts · Regular

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
116-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 2 tags · 5 applicants · needed 6 pts · Special

0% Point builder
116-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 12 tags · 10 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
116-3 Any white-tailed deer 13 tags · 19 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

85% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
116-3 Any white-tailed deer 6 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed
116-3 Any white-tailed deer 15 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
116-7 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land in the Wood River drainage 99 tags · 8 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
116-7 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land in the Wood River drainage 99 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants
116-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 40 tags · 51 applicants · Reduced price

78% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
116-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 40 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
116-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	0% Point builder	0%	5 +1 since 2021	3 / 13	Regular	Oct 15–31, 2026
116-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	0% Point builder	—	6 +4 since 2021	2 / 5	Special	Oct 15–31, 2026
116-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	12 / 10 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 15–31, 2026
116-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	85% Likely draw	0%	0 −3 since 2021	13 / 19	Regular	Nov 1–30, 2026
116-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 −1 since 2021	6 / 2 undersubscribed	Special	Nov 1–30, 2026
116-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	15 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Nov 1–30, 2026
116-7 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land in the Wood River drainage	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	99 / 8 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Sep 1 – Oct 14, 2026
116-7 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land in the Wood River drainage	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	99 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Sep 1 – Oct 14, 2026
116-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	78% Likely draw	0%	—	40 / 51	Reduced price	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
116-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	40 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 15 – 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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 116

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

Type 6 — Doe or fawn valid on private land Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 116 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 116 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 120,749 ac · 51%
State land 69,108 ac · 29%
BLM 45,633 ac · 19%
Other public 1,958 ac · 1%
County or city land 1,118 ac · 0%
National Forest 385 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.