Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 123 Yellowtail
Wyoming Hunt Area 123 covers 24,514 acres and lies 8 miles north-east of Lovell. 82% of it is public land, mostly national park (35%) and BLM (16%). In 2025, 129 people hunted mule deer here and took 15, a 12% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 123-7, put up 18 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 1 first-choice applicant.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
35% National Park Service
24,514 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 123
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123-7 Reduced price · private | Doe or fawn valid on private land | 100% | — | |
| 123-7 Landowner reduced price · private | Doe or fawn valid on private land | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 123-6.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Reduced price $70.50 ($49 to apply) · Landowner reduced price $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | 15 | 12% |
| 2024 | 122 | 12 | 10% |
| 2023 | 111 | 26 | 23% |
| 2022 | 113 | 16 | 14% |
| 2021 | 152 | 32 | 21% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 148 | 10 | 7% |
| 2024 | 194 | 54 | 28% |
| 2023 | 156 | 45 | 29% |
| 2022 | 167 | 40 | 24% |
| 2021 | 195 | 70 | 36% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer · 25 licenses | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Mule deer | 125 | 11 | 9% |
| White-tailed deer · 25 licenses | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer | 144 | 10 | 7% |
2025 split: archery 3 (20%), firearm 12 (80%) · residents 15 from 129 hunters, nonresidents 0
What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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; WGFD 2023 Deer Harvest Report.
The Ground
| National Park Service | 8,664 ac | 35% |
| Private | 4,379 ac | 18% |
| BLM | 3,851 ac | 16% |
| Other public | 3,693 ac | 15% |
| State land | 3,651 ac | 15% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 275 ac | 1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 10
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2025 Mule Deer & White-Tailed Deer Harvest… harvest, area description, 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 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results. 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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