Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 26 Ucross
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, a 43% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 20%
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
15% BLM
539,158 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Licenses
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.
Harvest
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 481 | 207 | 43% |
| 2024 | 442 | 232 | 53% |
| 2023 | 442 | 217 | 49% |
| 2022 | 547 | 304 | 56% |
| 2021 | 498 | 280 | 56% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 406 | 113 | 28% |
| 2024 | 325 | 152 | 47% |
| 2023 | 387 | 202 | 52% |
| 2022 | 404 | 212 | 53% |
| 2021 | 518 | 285 | 55% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 481 | 207 | 43% |
| White-tailed deer · 498 licenses | 70 | 4 | 6% |
| White-tailed deer · 493 licenses | 55 | 13 | 24% |
| White-tailed deer | 297 | 96 | 32% |
2025 split: archery 5 (2%), firearm 202 (98%) · residents 63 from 185 hunters, nonresidents 144 from 296 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 | 401,873 ac | 75% |
| BLM | 83,062 ac | 15% |
| State land | 54,054 ac | 10% |
| Other public | 1,523 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 284 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 7
- 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
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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