Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 39 Bates Creek
Wyoming Hunt Area 39 covers 162,932 acres and lies 28 miles east of Thermopolis. 65% of it is public land, mostly BLM (52%) and state land (13%). In 2025, 142 people hunted mule deer here and took 91, a 64% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 20%
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
52% BLM
162,932 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 39 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 | 142 | 91 | 64% |
| 2024 | 141 | 62 | 44% |
| 2023 | 136 | 57 | 42% |
| 2022 | 96 | 26 | 27% |
| 2021 | 118 | 31 | 26% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| 2023 | 32 | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 37 | 4 | 11% |
| 2021 | 21 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 142 | 91 | 64% |
| White-tailed deer · 50 licenses | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer · 100 licenses | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer | 18 | 0 | 0% |
2025 split: archery 5 (5%), firearm 86 (95%) · residents 53 from 93 hunters, nonresidents 38 from 49 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
| BLM | 84,884 ac | 52% |
| Private | 56,787 ac | 35% |
| State land | 21,261 ac | 13% |
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.
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