Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 30 Upper Powder River
Wyoming Hunt Area 30 covers 254,041 acres and lies 23 miles south of Buffalo and 54 miles south of Sheridan. 33% of it is public land, mostly BLM (17%) and state land (16%). In 2025, 336 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 124, a 37% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 30-8, put up 978 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 27 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, white-tailed deer
18% BLM
254,041 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 30
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30-8 Reduced price · private | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land | 100% | — | |
| 30-8 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 | 336 | 124 | 37% |
| 2024 | 303 | 112 | 37% |
| 2023 | 296 | 206 | 70% |
| 2022 | 186 | 88 | 47% |
| 2021 | 303 | 144 | 48% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 331 | 99 | 30% |
| 2024 | 265 | 55 | 21% |
| 2023 | 254 | 63 | 25% |
| 2022 | 198 | 67 | 34% |
| 2021 | 256 | 71 | 28% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 331 | 99 | 30% |
| White-tailed deer · 210 licenses | 160 | 67 | 42% |
| White-tailed deer | 211 | 57 | 27% |
2025 split: archery 0 (0%), firearm 124 (100%) · residents 79 from 241 hunters, nonresidents 45 from 95 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 | 169,772 ac | 67% |
| BLM | 44,357 ac | 17% |
| State land | 39,648 ac | 16% |
| Other public | 193 ac | <1% |
| National Forest | 59 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 10 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. How we compute these.
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