Wyoming Deer Hunt Area 138

Mule deer

17.2% 2025 · 157 hunters

Residents
General license
Nonresidents
Draw

Whitetail

30.3% 2025 · 33 hunters

Residents
General license
Nonresidents
Draw

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Mule Deer

Licenses

General deer license

Nonresident license: Region general deer license (Region H)

Availability: Residents General license · Nonresidents Draw

Included Includes buck mule deer

Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 14; Sep. 15–Oct. 2: Antlered mule deer four (4) points or more on either antler or any white-tailed deer.

Nonresidents: Nonresidents apply in the drawing for a region general license, valid in any hunt area within Region H that is not totally limited in quota.

Source: WGFD regulations (2026)

WGFD's harvest reports give harvest and hunter success as estimates from a survey of license holders.

Success rate history

YearHuntersAllBucks
HarvestRateHarvestRate
20251572717.2%2717.2%
20241692816.6%2816.6%
20231381913.8%1913.8%
20222314117.7%3816.5%
20212575722.2%5320.6%

Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.

Whitetail

Licenses

General deer license

Nonresident license: Region general deer license (Region H)

Availability: Residents General license · Nonresidents Draw

Included Includes buck whitetail

Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 14; Sep. 15–Oct. 2: Antlered mule deer four (4) points or more on either antler or any white-tailed deer.

Nonresidents: Nonresidents apply in the drawing for a region general license, valid in any hunt area within Region H that is not totally limited in quota.

Source: WGFD regulations (2026)

Type 3 limited quota license

Availability: Residents Limited quota · Nonresidents Draw

Valid in Hunt Areas 138, 139, 140, 142 and 143. 50 licenses.

Archery Sep. 1–Sep. 30; Oct. 1–Nov. 30: Any white-tailed deer.

Source: WGFD regulations (2026)

WGFD's harvest reports give harvest and hunter success as estimates from a survey of license holders.

Success rate history

YearHuntersAllBucks
HarvestRateHarvestRate
2025331030.3%1030.3%
20245459.3%59.3%
202326830.8%830.8%
20223625.6%00.0%
2021481633.3%1429.2%

Source: WGFD harvest reports, 2025.

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