Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 65

South Converse

Wyoming Hunt Area 65 covers 782,877 acres and lies 15 miles south-west of Douglas and 25 miles south-east of Rolling Hills. 27% of it is public land, mostly state land (13%) and national forest (10%). In 2025, 998 people hunted white-tailed deer here and took 474 — 48% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 299 nonresident tags here for 84 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):704 Applicants:116 White-tailed Deer success (2025):48% Public land:27% Size:782,877 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 65, 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

65-3 Any white-tailed deer 43 tags · 29 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
65-3 Any white-tailed deer 18 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed
65-3 Any white-tailed deer 45 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
65-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 299 tags · 84 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
65-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer 299 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
65-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	100%	0 steady since 2021	43 / 29 undersubscribed	Regular	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
65-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2021	18 / 3 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
65-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	45 / 0	Landowner	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
65-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	299 / 84 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Oct 15 – Dec 31, 2026
65-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	299 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 15 – 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 65 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 65 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 575,900 ac · 74%
State land 102,655 ac · 13%
National Forest 75,469 ac · 10%
BLM 17,457 ac · 2%
Other public 9,223 ac · 1%
County or city land 2,639 ac · 0%
Bureau of Reclamation 40 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.