Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 4 Sand Creek
Wyoming Hunt Area 4 covers 202,883 acres and lies 11 miles south-east of Sundance and 28 miles north-east of Upton. 42% of it is public land, mostly national forest (36%) and state land (6%). In 2025, 1,206 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 444, a 37% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 4-8, put up 4 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 61 first-choice applicants.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, white-tailed deer
36% Forest Service
202,883 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 4
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4-8 Reduced price · private | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land | 7% (small sample) | — | |
| 4-8 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. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 4-7.
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 | 1,206 | 444 | 37% |
| 2024 | 1,118 | 414 | 37% |
| 2023 | 916 | 384 | 42% |
| 2022 | 1,111 | 475 | 43% |
| 2021 | 1,101 | 470 | 43% |
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 590 | 102 | 17% |
| 2024 | 502 | 99 | 20% |
| 2023 | 393 | 77 | 20% |
| 2022 | 492 | 109 | 22% |
| 2021 | 490 | 119 | 24% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 590 | 102 | 17% |
| White-tailed deer · 27 licenses | 17 | 15 | 88% |
| White-tailed deer | 1,201 | 429 | 36% |
2025 split: archery 11 (2%), firearm 433 (98%) · residents 343 from 973 hunters, nonresidents 101 from 233 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 | 117,191 ac | 58% |
| National Forest | 72,194 ac | 36% |
| State land | 12,729 ac | 6% |
| BLM | 548 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 223 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.
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