Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 22

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Wyoming Hunt Area 22 covers 1,626,004 acres and lies 21 miles north of Rolling Hills and 33 miles north-east of Evansville. 20% of it is public land, mostly BLM (10%) and state land (8%). In 2025, 322 people hunted mule deer here and took 204 — 63% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 60 nonresident tags here for 3 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):185 Applicants:269 Mule Deer success (2025):63% Public land:20% Size:1,626,004 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 22, 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

22-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 35 tags · 174 applicants · needed 6 pts · Regular

8% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
22-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 24 tags · 40 applicants · needed 1 pts · Special

50% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
22-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 60 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
22-3 Any white-tailed deer 10 tags · 14 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

89% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
22-3 Any white-tailed deer 5 tags · 2 applicants · needed 1 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed
22-3 Any white-tailed deer 12 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
22-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 19 tags · 35 applicants · Reduced price

54% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
22-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 20 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
22-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	8% Point builder	0%	6 +4 since 2021	35 / 174	Regular	Oct 1–14, 2026
22-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	50% Real chance	0%	1 −1 since 2021	24 / 40	Special	Oct 1–14, 2026
22-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	60 / 3 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–14, 2026
22-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	89% Likely draw	0%	0 steady since 2021	10 / 14	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
22-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	1 steady since 2021	5 / 2 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
22-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	12 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
22-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	54% Real chance	0%	—	19 / 35	Reduced price	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
22-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	20 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 22

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

Type 2 — Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer valid south and east of Wyoming Highway 95… Special

The country

Hunt Area 22 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 22 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

Private 1,308,086 ac · 80%
BLM 163,097 ac · 10%
State land 123,343 ac · 8%
National Forest 24,857 ac · 2%
County or city land 4,635 ac · 0%
Other public 2,824 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.