Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 66

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Wyoming Hunt Area 66 covers 640,893 acres and lies 17 miles south of Casper. 51% of it is public land, mostly BLM (30%) and state land (18%). In 2025, 963 people hunted mule deer here and took 365 — 38% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 15 nonresident tags here for 25 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):58 Applicants:42 Mule Deer success (2025):38% Public land:51% Size:640,893 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 66, 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

66-3 Any white-tailed deer 11 tags · 17 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

81% Likely draw 0% as 2nd choice
66-3 Any white-tailed deer 5 tags · 0 applicants · Special

100% No first-choice applicants 50% as 2nd choice
66-3 Any white-tailed deer 12 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
66-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer only valid in Area 88 15 tags · 25 applicants · Reduced price

60% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
66-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer only valid in Area 88 15 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
66-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	81% Likely draw	0%	0 steady since 2021	11 / 17	Regular	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
66-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	50%	— −3 since 2023	5 / 0	Special	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
66-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	12 / 0	Landowner	Oct 15 – Nov 30, 2026
66-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer only valid in Area 88	60% Real chance	0%	—	15 / 25	Reduced price	Aug 15 – Oct 14, 2026
66-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer only valid in Area 88	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	15 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Aug 15 – Oct 14, 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 66 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 66 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 313,511 ac · 49%
BLM 190,850 ac · 30%
State land 116,890 ac · 18%
National Forest 9,171 ac · 1%
County or city land 5,347 ac · 1%
Other public 3,993 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 1,156 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.