Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 28 Hunter Mesa
Wyoming Hunt Area 28 covers 218,756 acres and lies 14 miles west of Buffalo and 36 miles south of Sheridan. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (99%). In 2025, 282 people hunted mule deer here and took 52, a 18% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 20%
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
99% Forest Service
218,756 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 28 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 | 282 | 52 | 18% |
| 2024 | 414 | 89 | 22% |
| 2023 | 247 | 30 | 12% |
| 2022 | 294 | 71 | 24% |
| 2021 | 305 | 41 | 13% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 178 | 39 | 22% |
| 2024 | 237 | 64 | 27% |
| 2023 | 151 | 33 | 22% |
| 2022 | 153 | 24 | 16% |
| 2021 | 169 | 42 | 25% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 282 | 52 | 18% |
| White-tailed deer | 178 | 39 | 22% |
2025 split: archery 33 (63%), firearm 19 (37%) · residents 44 from 227 hunters, nonresidents 8 from 55 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
| National Forest | 216,617 ac | 99% |
| Private | 861 ac | <1% |
| State land | 858 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 300 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 98 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 18 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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