Wyoming Deer — Hunt Area 82

Baggs

Wyoming Hunt Area 82 covers 641,115 acres and lies 19 miles north-east of Baggs and 31 miles west of Encampment. 74% of it is public land, mostly BLM (37%) and national forest (26%). In 2025, 1,659 people hunted mule deer here and took 526 — 32% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 5 nonresident tags here for 30 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):20 Applicants:59 Mule Deer success (2025):32% Public land:74% Size:641,115 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every deer license type on offer in Hunt Area 82, 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

82-3 Any white-tailed deer 4 tags · 29 applicants · needed 10 pts · Regular

4% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
82-3 Any white-tailed deer 2 tags · 0 applicants · Special

0% No first-choice applicants
82-3 Any white-tailed deer 4 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
82-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land 5 tags · 30 applicants · Reduced price

17% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
82-8 Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land 5 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
82-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	4% Point builder	0%	10 +9 since 2025	4 / 29	Regular	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
82-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	0% No first-choice applicants	—	—	2 / 0	Special	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
82-3 ↗ Any white-tailed deer	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	4 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1 – Nov 30, 2026
82-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land	17% Long shot	0%	—	5 / 30	Reduced price	Nov 1 – Jan 15, 2027
82-8 ↗ Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	5 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Nov 1 – Jan 15, 2027

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.

2 hunts not offered in 2026 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 82

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

Type 6 — Doe or fawn Reduced price Type 7 — Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 or east of Carbon County Road 503 and south of Carbon County Roa… Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 82 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 82 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

BLM 238,391 ac · 37%
Private 166,890 ac · 26%
National Forest 165,498 ac · 26%
State land 65,493 ac · 10%
County or city land 3,765 ac · 1%
Bureau of Reclamation 557 ac · 0%
Other public 332 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.