Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 17 Northwest Gillette
Wyoming Hunt Area 17 spans 1,141,020 acres, centered 27 miles north-west of Gillette. 21% of it is public land, mostly BLM (15%) and state land (6%). In 2025, 1,184 people hunted mule deer here and took 448, a 38% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 17-8, put up 234 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 23 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
15% BLM
1,141,020 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Hunt Area 17
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-8 Reduced price | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer | 100% | — | |
| 17-8 Landowner reduced price | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer | 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: 17-7.
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 | 1,184 | 448 | 38% |
| 2024 | 1,200 | 540 | 45% |
| 2023 | 1,123 | 496 | 44% |
| 2022 | 1,141 | 470 | 41% |
| 2021 | 1,221 | 611 | 50% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 452 | 105 | 23% |
| 2024 | 524 | 127 | 24% |
| 2023 | 594 | 152 | 26% |
| 2022 | 488 | 133 | 27% |
| 2021 | 554 | 145 | 26% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 1,184 | 448 | 38% |
| White-tailed deer · 138 licenses | 88 | 32 | 36% |
| White-tailed deer | 395 | 73 | 19% |
2025 split: archery 28 (6%), firearm 420 (94%) · residents 148 from 647 hunters, nonresidents 300 from 537 hunters
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
| Private | 903,016 ac | 79% |
| BLM | 165,526 ac | 15% |
| State land | 68,973 ac | 6% |
| National Forest | 1,918 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 1,209 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 258 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.
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