Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 26

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Wyoming Hunt Area 26 covers 539,158 acres and lies 17 miles north-east of Buffalo and 35 miles south-east of Sheridan. 26% of it is public land, mostly BLM (15%) and state land (10%). In 2025, 481 people hunted mule deer here and took 207 — 43% of them killed something.

Mule Deer success (2025):43% Public land:26% Size:539,158 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Wyoming Game and Fish Department has not offered a deer license in Hunt Area 26 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 26 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 26 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 401,873 ac · 75%
BLM 83,062 ac · 15%
State land 54,054 ac · 10%
Other public 1,523 ac · 0%
County or city land 284 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.