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 — 37% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 978 nonresident tags here for 27 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):1,956 Applicants:27 White-tailed Deer success (2025):37% Public land:33% Size:254,041 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 30, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

30-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land 978 tags · 27 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed
30-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land 978 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
30-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land	100% Undersubscribed	—	978 / 27 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Sep 1–30, 2026
30-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	978 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Sep 1–30, 2026

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
The badge: plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
Points needed: the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
Tags / applicants: tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.

What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)

License	Up front	Gone if you miss	If you draw
Reduced price license	$49	$15	$70.50
Landowner reduced price license	$15	$15	$36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 30 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 30 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 169,772 ac · 67%
BLM 44,357 ac · 17%
State land 39,648 ac · 16%
Other public 193 ac · 0%
National Forest 59 ac · 0%
County or city land 10 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.