Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 128

Wind River

Wyoming Hunt Area 128 covers 798,471 acres and lies 2 miles north of Dubois and 50 miles north of Pinedale. 91% of it is public land, mostly national forest (77%) and state land (8%). In 2025, 863 people hunted mule deer here and took 344 — 40% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 12 nonresident tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):61 Applicants:1,981 Mule Deer success (2025):40% Public land:91% Size:798,471 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 128, 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

128-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 6 tags · 1,449 applicants · needed 20 pts · Regular

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
128-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 5 tags · 487 applicants · needed 20 pts · Special

<1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
128-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 12 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
128-3 Any white-tailed deer 7 tags · 18 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

25% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
128-3 Any white-tailed deer 3 tags · 1 applicants · needed 11 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed
128-3 Any white-tailed deer 8 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
128-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 10 tags · 24 applicants · Reduced price

42% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
128-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 10 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
128-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	<1% Point builder	0%	20 +5 since 2021	6 / 1,449	Regular	Nov 1–20, 2026
128-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	<1% Point builder	0%	20 +5 since 2021	5 / 487	Special	Nov 1–20, 2026
128-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0	12 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner	Nov 1–20, 2026
128-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	25% Long shot	0%	0 steady since 2021	7 / 18	Regular	Nov 1–30, 2026
128-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	11 +11 since 2022	3 / 1 undersubscribed	Special	Nov 1–30, 2026
128-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	8 / 0	Landowner	Nov 1–30, 2026
128-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	42% Real chance	0%	—	10 / 24	Reduced price	Oct 1–31, 2026
128-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	10 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1–31, 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.

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 128

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

Type 7 — Doe or fawn valid on private land Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 128 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 128 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

National Forest 613,690 ac · 77%
Private 72,290 ac · 9%
State land 63,154 ac · 8%
BLM 40,115 ac · 5%
Other public 4,714 ac · 1%
National Wildlife Refuge 3,465 ac · 0%
County or city land 883 ac · 0%
Tribal 157 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.