Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 59

South Laramie Mountains

Wyoming Hunt Area 59 covers 864,314 acres and lies 30 miles north-east of Laramie. 13% of it is public land, mostly state land (8%) and BLM (5%). In 2025, 452 people hunted mule deer here and took 231 — 51% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 328 nonresident tags here for 4 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):785 Applicants:72 Mule Deer success (2025):51% Public land:13% Size:864,314 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 59, 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

59-3 Any white-tailed deer 36 tags · 16 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
59-3 Any white-tailed deer 15 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants 100% as 2nd choice
59-3 Any white-tailed deer 38 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
59-6 Doe or fawn valid on private land 20 tags · 51 applicants · Reduced price

39% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
59-6 Doe or fawn valid on private land 20 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants
59-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 328 tags · 4 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
59-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 328 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
59-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	100%	0 steady since 2021	36 / 16 undersubscribed	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
59-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	100%	— steady since 2021	15 / 0	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
59-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2025	38 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
59-6 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on private land	39% Long shot	0%	—	20 / 51	Reduced price	Oct 20–31, 2026
59-6 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on private land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	20 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 20–31, 2026
59-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	328 / 4 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
59-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	328 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Nov 1 – Dec 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 59 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 59 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

Private 748,607 ac · 87%
State land 71,578 ac · 8%
BLM 44,022 ac · 5%
County or city land 76 ac · 0%
Other public 30 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.