Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 36

Badwater

Wyoming Hunt Area 36 covers 576,126 acres and lies 21 miles east of Shoshoni and 34 miles south-east of Thermopolis. 70% of it is public land, mostly BLM (59%) and state land (11%). In 2025, 103 people hunted mule deer here and took 71 — 69% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 19 nonresident tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):49 Applicants:91 Mule Deer success (2025):69% Public land:70% Size:576,126 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 36, 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

36-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 12 tags · 73 applicants · needed 8 pts · Regular

5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
36-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 8 tags · 11 applicants · needed 1 pts · Special

100% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
36-1 Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer 19 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
36-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 5 tags · 7 applicants · Reduced price

71% Real chance
36-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
36-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	5% Point builder	0%	8 +7 since 2021	12 / 73	Regular	Oct 15–31, 2026
36-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	100% Likely draw	0%	1 +1 since 2021	8 / 11	Special	Oct 15–31, 2026
36-1 ↗ Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	19 / 0	Landowner	Oct 15–31, 2026
36-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	71% Real chance	—	—	5 / 7	Reduced price	Oct 15–31, 2026
36-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	5 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 15–31, 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.
As 2nd choice: Wyoming lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
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
Regular license	$389	$15	$410.50
Special license	$1,215	$15	$1,236.50
Reduced price license	$49	$15	$70.50
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50
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 36 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 36 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

BLM 340,044 ac · 59%
Private 173,480 ac · 30%
State land 61,463 ac · 11%
Other public 592 ac · 0%
County or city land 509 ac · 0%
Tribal 135 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.