Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 156

Spread Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 156 covers 270,590 acres and lies 29 miles north-east of Jackson and 51 miles north-east of Alpine. 99% of it is public land, mostly national forest (99%). In 2025, 152 people hunted mule deer here and took 49 — 32% of them killed something.

Mule Deer success (2025):32% Public land:99% Size:270,590 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not offered a deer license in Hunt Area 156 in any draw we hold. It has a page because the agency still publishes harvest for it — the Wyoming deer hunts that are on offer are drawn elsewhere.

The country

Hunt Area 156 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 156 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 268,194 ac · 99%
Private 1,748 ac · 1%
Other public 409 ac · 0%
National Park Service 231 ac · 0%
State land 7 ac · 0%
National Wildlife Refuge 0 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.