Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 46 Cloud Peak
Wyoming Hunt Area 46 covers 229,055 acres and lies 29 miles west of Buffalo. 100% of it is public land, mostly national forest (99%). In 2025, 329 people hunted mule deer here and took 97, a 30% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 20%
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
99% Forest Service
229,055 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 46 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 | 329 | 97 | 30% |
| 2024 | 369 | 96 | 26% |
| 2023 | 322 | 94 | 29% |
| 2022 | 271 | 70 | 26% |
| 2021 | 236 | 58 | 25% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | 3 | 6% |
| 2024 | 40 | 0 | 0% |
| 2023 | 65 | 12 | 19% |
| 2022 | 34 | 3 | 9% |
| 2021 | 38 | 8 | 21% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 329 | 97 | 30% |
| White-tailed deer · 373 licenses | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer | 42 | 3 | 7% |
2025 split: archery 17 (18%), firearm 80 (82%) · residents 60 from 207 hunters, nonresidents 37 from 122 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
| National Forest | 227,195 ac | 99% |
| Private | 841 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 566 ac | <1% |
| BLM | 502 ac | <1% |
| State land | 15 ac | <1% |
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. How we compute these.
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