Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 21 Thunder Basin
Wyoming Hunt Area 21 covers 545,185 acres and lies 21 miles north-east of Wright. 18% of it is public land, mostly state land (7%) and BLM (7%). In 2025, 280 people hunted mule deer here and took 125, a 45% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 21-8, put up 46 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 7 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
7% State
545,185 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 21
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-8 Reduced price · private | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land | 100% | — | |
| 21-8 Landowner reduced price · private | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land | 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: 21-7.
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 | 280 | 125 | 45% |
| 2024 | 223 | 114 | 51% |
| 2023 | 209 | 106 | 51% |
| 2022 | 287 | 145 | 51% |
| 2021 | 280 | 135 | 48% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | 42 | 41% |
| 2024 | 67 | 25 | 37% |
| 2023 | 72 | 36 | 50% |
| 2022 | 49 | 29 | 59% |
| 2021 | 89 | 34 | 38% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 280 | 125 | 45% |
| White-tailed deer · 49 licenses | 31 | 15 | 48% |
| White-tailed deer | 84 | 27 | 32% |
2025 split: archery 4 (3%), firearm 121 (97%) · residents 68 from 178 hunters, nonresidents 57 from 102 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 | 444,378 ac | 82% |
| State land | 39,609 ac | 7% |
| BLM | 36,194 ac | 7% |
| National Forest | 22,850 ac | 4% |
| County or city land | 1,844 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 313 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. How we compute these.
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