Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 53 Devils Canyon
Wyoming Hunt Area 53 covers 147,284 acres and lies 18 miles east of Lovell. 92% of it is public land, mostly BLM (49%) and national forest (35%). In 2025, 252 people hunted mule deer here and took 70, a 28% success rate.
0 licenses · NR capped at 20%
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
49% BLM
147,284 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 53 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 | 252 | 70 | 28% |
| 2024 | 254 | 66 | 26% |
| 2023 | 276 | 71 | 26% |
| 2022 | 263 | 69 | 26% |
| 2021 | 264 | 48 | 18% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 252 | 70 | 28% |
| White-tailed deer | 38 | 0 | 0% |
2025 split: archery 6 (9%), firearm 64 (91%) · residents 60 from 194 hunters, nonresidents 10 from 58 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 | 71,652 ac | 49% |
| National Forest | 51,788 ac | 35% |
| Private | 11,667 ac | 8% |
| State land | 5,617 ac | 4% |
| National Park Service | 4,962 ac | 3% |
| Other public | 1,516 ac | 1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 79 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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