Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 131

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Wyoming Hunt Area 131 covers 2,711,007 acres and lies 30 miles north-east of Rock Springs and 42 miles north-east of Green River. 76% of it is public land, mostly BLM (67%) and Bureau of Reclamation (6%). In 2025, 562 people hunted mule deer here and took 108 — 19% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 10 nonresident tags here for 26 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):20 Applicants:26 Mule Deer success (2025):19% Public land:76% Size:2,711,007 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 131, 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

131-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land west of the Blue Rim (Sweetwater County R… 10 tags · 26 applicants · Reduced price

38% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
131-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land west of the Blue Rim (Sweetwater County R… 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
131-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land west of the Blue Rim (Sweetwater County R…	38% Long shot	0%	—	10 / 26	Reduced price	Oct 9–31, 2026
131-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land west of the Blue Rim (Sweetwater County R…	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	10 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 9–31, 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.

2 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Reduced price license	$49	$15	$70.50
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 131

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

Type 3 — Any white-tailed deer Special Type 6 — Doe or fawn valid within the Farson-Eden Irrigation Project Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 131 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 131 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

BLM 1,812,863 ac · 67%
Private 649,352 ac · 24%
Bureau of Reclamation 151,142 ac · 6%
State land 73,554 ac · 3%
National Wildlife Refuge 19,196 ac · 1%
Other public 2,905 ac · 0%
County or city land 2,021 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.