Wyoming Deer · Hunt Area 89 Rattlesnake
Wyoming Hunt Area 89 covers 682,244 acres and lies 31 miles west of Mills. 53% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and state land (10%). In 2025, 116 people hunted mule deer here and took 92, a 79% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 89-1, put up 15 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 171 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 14 points.
3 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, mule deer
44% BLM
682,244 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Hunt Area 89
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 89-1 Regular | Antlered deer | 2% | 14 ▲3 | |
| 89-1 Special | Antlered deer | 3% | 13 ▲3 | |
| 89-1 Landowner | Antlered deer | 100% | 0 |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $410.50 ($389 to apply) · Special $1,236.50 ($1,215 to apply) · Landowner $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
Mule Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | 92 | 79% |
| 2024 | 119 | 71 | 60% |
| 2023 | 107 | 70 | 65% |
| 2022 | 84 | 66 | 79% |
| 2021 | 120 | 88 | 73% |
White-tailed Deer
| Year | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| 2021 | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Deer | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mule deer | 116 | 92 | 79% |
| White-tailed deer · 125 licenses | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer · 100 licenses | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| White-tailed deer · 101 licenses | 0 | 0 | 0% |
2025 split: archery 0 (0%), firearm 92 (100%) · residents 74 from 95 hunters, nonresidents 18 from 21 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
| Private | 319,485 ac | 47% |
| BLM | 296,772 ac | 43% |
| State land | 65,224 ac | 10% |
| County or city land | 645 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 117 ac | <1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 12
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- 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
Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. 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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