Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 27 Buffalo
Wyoming Hunt Area 27 covers 121,907 acres and lies 5 miles north-west of Buffalo and 31 miles south of Sheridan. 33% of it is public land, mostly state land (30%) and county or city land (2%). In 2025, 1,036 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 520, a 50% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 27-8, put up 1,148 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 53 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, white-tailed deer
30% State
121,907 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 27
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-8 Reduced price · private | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land | 100% | — | |
| 27-8 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.
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
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,036 | 520 | 50% |
| 2024 | 994 | 560 | 56% |
| 2023 | 820 | 560 | 68% |
| 2022 | 884 | 522 | 59% |
| 2021 | 1,100 | 691 | 63% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 356 | 75 | 21% |
| 2024 | 373 | 60 | 16% |
| 2023 | 305 | 50 | 16% |
| 2022 | 320 | 64 | 20% |
| 2021 | 377 | 81 | 22% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 356 | 75 | 21% |
| White-tailed deer · 612 licenses | 508 | 231 | 46% |
| White-tailed deer | 650 | 289 | 45% |
2025 split: archery 79 (15%), firearm 441 (85%) · residents 386 from 758 hunters, nonresidents 134 from 278 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 | 82,030 ac | 67% |
| State land | 36,564 ac | 30% |
| County or city land | 2,590 ac | 2% |
| BLM | 1,322 ac | 1% |
| National Forest | 46 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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