Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 164

Nowater

Wyoming Hunt Area 164 covers 327,150 acres and lies 13 miles south-east of Worland and 26 miles north-east of Thermopolis. 89% of it is public land, mostly BLM (82%) and state land (6%). In 2025, 340 people hunted mule deer here and took 167 — 49% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 132 nonresident tags here for 12 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):393 Applicants:73 Mule Deer success (2025):49% Public land:89% Size:327,150 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 164, 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

164-1 Any Deer valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 7 tags · 19 applicants · needed 1 pts · Regular

20% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
164-1 Any Deer valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 3 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
164-1 Any Deer valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 8 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
164-3 Any white-tailed deer 8 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Undersubscribed 22% as 2nd choice
164-3 Any white-tailed deer 3 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants
164-3 Any white-tailed deer 8 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
164-6 Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land 28 tags · 34 applicants · Reduced price

82% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
164-6 Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land 28 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants
164-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 18 tags · 7 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
164-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land 18 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants
164-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 132 tags · 12 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
164-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 132 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
164-1 ↗ Any Deer valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	20% Long shot	0%	1 +2 since 2025	7 / 19	Regular	Nov 15–30, 2026
164-1 ↗ Any Deer valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	100% No first-choice applicants	100%	—	3 / 0	Special	Nov 15–30, 2026
164-1 ↗ Any Deer valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	8 / 0	Landowner	Nov 15–30, 2026
164-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	22%	0 steady since 2021	8 / 1 undersubscribed	Regular	Oct 1 – Dec 15, 2026
164-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	3 / 0	Special	Oct 1 – Dec 15, 2026
164-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	8 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Dec 15, 2026
164-6 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land	82% Likely draw	0%	—	28 / 34	Reduced price	Oct 1–14, 2026
164-6 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within one-half (1/2) mile of irrigated land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	28 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1–14, 2026
164-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	18 / 7 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Nov 15–30, 2026
164-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within one (1) mile of irrigated land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	18 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Nov 15–30, 2026
164-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	132 / 12 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Dec 31, 2026
164-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	132 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Dec 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.

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.

The country

Hunt Area 164 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 164 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 269,363 ac · 82%
Private 36,374 ac · 11%
State land 18,360 ac · 6%
Bureau of Reclamation 1,548 ac · 0%
County or city land 1,058 ac · 0%
Other public 446 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.