This is Wyoming's published 2026 season, the whole state at once. A pin reads its hunt area off the map and cuts this to the seasons, arms and limits that apply there.
Wyoming deer seasons
2026
2 antlered deer per licence year. "No person shall receive more than a total of two (2) deer licenses valid for the taking of antlered or any deer, of which not more than one (1) shall be valid for antlered or any mule deer in any one (1) calendar year." A second any-white-tailed-deer licence is available to residents and non-residents only in the leftover drawing and afterwards first come, first served, and it sells at full price. Reduced price doe or fawn licences are limited quota only and valid solely in the hunt areas and under the limitations they are issued for; the Commission may authorise more than two of them in certain areas. Wyoming Game and Fish, 2026 Deer Hunting Regulations.
Special Archery
Archery equipmentPrinted in 17 columns — check which covers your hunt area.September, in front of the regular season — and it ends the day before the regular season opens.
Special archery 1 September to 14 September
Sep 1–14Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 30 September
Sep 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 9 September
Sep 1–9Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Special archery 1 September to 14 September
Sep 1–14Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
- "There shall be special archery deer hunting seasons on the dates specified in Section 2. Special archery hunting seasons are specific to individual hunt areas by license type." Chapter 6, Section 3.
- "During the special archery hunting seasons, archers are restricted to the limitations associated with the special archery season dates for a hunt area and license type" — the archery row's limitations, not the regular season's.
- In most hunt areas the archery season opens 1 September and closes the day before the regular season opens; where the regular season starts later, archery runs to 30 September.
- "Hunters holding general or limited quota hunting licenses may hunt with archery equipment during special archery seasons if they first obtain an archery license in addition to their valid hunting license." One archery licence covers every big game and trophy game species for the whole special archery season. Neither Chapter 6 nor the 2026 application information publishes its fee, so it is not priced in the tag list here.
- Fluorescent orange or pink is required during an open regular season, which the special archery season by definition is not — but it is required of anyone hunting big game once the regular season opens.
Regular Season
Any centre-fire firearm of at least .22 calibre for deer, or archery equipmentPrinted in 17 columns — check which covers your hunt area.Every hunt area has its own — seventeen different calendars across the state.
Regular season 15 September to 2 October
Sep 15 – Oct 2Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 15 October to 24 October
Oct 15–24Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 October to 14 October
Oct 1–14Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 October to 15 October
Oct 1–15Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 October to 10 October
Oct 1–10Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 November to 20 November
Nov 1–20Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 15 October to 20 October
Oct 15–20Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 15 October to 21 October
Oct 15–21Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 15 October to 31 October
Oct 15–31Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 15 October to 10 November
Oct 15 – Nov 10Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 November to 10 November
Nov 1–10Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 October to 6 October
Oct 1–6Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 20 October to 31 October
Oct 20–31Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 October to 31 October
Oct 1–31Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 1 October to 22 October
Oct 1–22Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 10 September to 27 October
Sep 10 – Oct 27Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
Regular season 15 September to 25 October
Sep 15 – Oct 25Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
- The regular season dates are printed hunt area by hunt area in Chapter 6, Section 2. There is no statewide deer season in Wyoming.
- "All persons hunting big or trophy game during an open regular season, shall wear in a visible manner one (1) or more exterior garments of a fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink color that shall include at least one of the following: a hat, shirt, jacket, coat, vest or sweater." Fluorescent orange camouflage and fluorescent pink camouflage are both legal here, which is unusual.
- Hunters in limited quota muzzle-loading seasons must meet the same fluorescent requirement.
- "Big game and trophy game animals may only be taken from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset."
- The limitations column of the season table is where the real restriction lives — "Antlered deer", "Antlered deer valid in the entire area; any white-tailed deer valid on private land", and dozens of others specific to one area. Read your area's row.
- A conservation stamp must be bought before hunting in Wyoming, by every hunter who is not exempt. Pioneer licence holders, 100 per cent disabled Wyoming resident veterans, 50 per cent disabled veteran fishing licence holders and resident permanently and totally disabled lifetime fishing licence holders are exempt and must carry the exempting licence in the field. Stamps are sold only electronically, through the department's licensing system.
- The Commission may close a season early by emergency regulation if a harvest quota is reached; no refunds are given for unused licences.
General White-Tailed Deer
Any centre-fire firearm of at least .22 calibre for deer, or archery equipmentPrinted in 6 columns — check which covers your hunt area.A second general season for white-tailed deer, in nineteen areas of the north-east.
16 October to 30 November
Oct 16 – Nov 30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
25 October to 30 November
Oct 25 – Nov 30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
1 November to 30 November
Nov 1–30Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
1 November to 30 November, then 1 December to 31 December
Nov 1–30Either sexDec 1–31Antlerless onlyOne deer of the class your licence names.
1 November to 15 November
Nov 1–15Either sexOne deer of the class your licence names.
1 November to 15 November, then 16 November to 31 December
Nov 1–15Either sexNov 16 – Dec 31Antlerless onlyOne deer of the class your licence names.
- This is the general deer licence's second season, printed as a second "Gen" row against the same hunt area in Chapter 6, Section 2. No special archery season runs with it — those columns are blank on the printed row.
- White-tailed deer only. The first run in each area reads "Any white-tailed deer", which includes does and fawns; the December and late-November runs in Areas 29, 30 and 33 read "Antlerless white-tailed deer", where no antlered deer may be taken.
- A mule deer may not be taken on these dates. Wyoming's antler and point restrictions on mule deer belong to the first general row, and it has closed.
- "All persons hunting big or trophy game during an open regular season, shall wear in a visible manner one (1) or more exterior garments of a fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink color."
- "Big game and trophy game animals may only be taken from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset."
Legal Arms
Chapter 6, Deer Hunting Seasons (2026) weapon specifications, as the digest prints them.
Archery
Chapter 6, Section 3
- Archery equipment, with an Archery Permit during a special archery season
Regular season
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations
- Any legal firearm for deer under the brochure's caliber rules
- Archery equipment
Hunting Hours and Orange
What the state defines as legal light, and what has to be worn in it.
Legal Shooting Hours
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations, Open Hours for Taking Big Game and Trophy Game Animals
"Big game and trophy game animals may only be taken from one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset." One sentence, and it covers deer, elk, antelope, moose and the trophy species alike.
Fluorescent Orange
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations, Clothing Requirements
One or more exterior garments of fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink, worn visibly, including at least one of: a hat, shirt, jacket, coat, vest or sweater. Required of all persons hunting big or trophy game during an open regular season. Wyoming accepts fluorescent orange camouflage and fluorescent pink camouflage — most states that require orange refuse camouflage patterns, so this is worth knowing. Hunters in limited quota muzzle-loading seasons must meet the same requirement. There is no square-inch minimum: one garment from the list is the rule.
Sundays
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations, which print no Sunday exception
Wyoming sets no Sunday restriction on big game hunting.
Standing Rules
The parts of the digest that are true every day of the season.
How many deer licences
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations
- No person shall receive more than two deer licences valid for antlered or any deer in a calendar year, of which no more than one may be valid for antlered or any mule deer.
- A second any-white-tailed-deer licence is available to residents and non-residents only in the leftover drawing and afterwards first come, first served, at full price.
- Reduced price doe or fawn licences are limited quota only, valid solely in the hunt areas and under the limitations for which they are issued. The Commission may authorise more than two in certain hunt areas.
- Wyoming statute sets aside 40 per cent of non-resident deer licences for applicants who pay an extra $826 for a special full price licence and draw separately.
Reading a hunt area row
Chapter 6, Section 2
Every row in the season table carries a hunt area, a licence type, special archery dates, regular season dates, a quota where the licence is limited, and a limitations column. The limitations column is where the real restriction lives: "Antlered deer", "Antlered deer valid in the entire area; any white-tailed deer valid on private land", "Doe or fawn white-tailed deer valid on private land", and dozens more written for one area alone. This app carries the general licence's dates; it cannot carry the limitations, and they decide what you may actually shoot.
Firearms
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations, Firearm Calibers
For bighorn sheep, elk, moose, mountain goat or black bear a hunter must use a centre-fire firearm of at least .24 calibre. The deer minimum is lower; check the brochure's caliber table before choosing a rifle for a combination hunt.
Emergency closures
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations
The Commission may shorten a season in any area at any time by emergency regulation if a harvest quota is reached or an emergency arises. If the closure comes after the season opens, no refunds are given for unused licences.
Tagging and Reporting
The clock that starts the moment the deer is down.
2026 Deer Hunting Regulations
Every deer must be reported attach the carcass coupon at the kill site.
- Attach the carcass coupon from your licence as the regulations require
- Complete the department's harvest survey when it reaches you
- Report a collared or tagged animal to the department; do not cut the collar
Chronic Wasting Disease
Background, and the rules that apply if you carry a carcass out of a management area.
Chapter 6, Section 2
Chapter 6 ends its season table by pointing hunters at the Important Hunting Information section of the Deer Hunting Regulations brochure for chronic wasting disease. Wyoming runs priority and mandatory CWD hunt areas that change each year.
- The 2026 CWD priority and mandatory hunt areas are published separately by the department and are not carried here.
- Read the Important Hunting Information section of the Deer Hunting Regulations brochure before hunting a CWD area.
Where This App Is Coarser Than the Digest
Said plainly, because an absence is easy to read as a permission.
- This app carries the general licence's dates for each hunt area — both of them where there are two. Nineteen areas in the north-east print a second "Gen" row that opens as the first closes and is white-tailed deer only; those are the General White-Tailed Deer season here. Wyoming's season table also has a limitations column — "Antlered deer", "Antlered mule deer three (3) points or more on either antler or any white-tailed deer", "any white-tailed deer valid on private land", and dozens more written for a single area — and that column decides what you may actually shoot. Read your area's row in Chapter 6.
- Twenty-eight hunt areas issue no general deer licence at all. The app shows no season for them because there is no general season; every licence valid there is a limited quota licence drawn for that area with its own dates.
- Limited quota licences in areas that also have a general season often run on different dates from the general season. The app shows the general dates only.
- The 2025 and 2026 editions of Chapter 6 are both published and look almost identical. The signature date on the last page is the only reliable way to tell them apart — this file was transcribed from the one dated 22 April 2026.
- Wyoming accepts fluorescent orange camouflage and fluorescent pink camouflage, which most orange states do not. There is no square-inch minimum either: one visible exterior garment from the listed kinds is the rule.
- Non-resident hunters must be accompanied by a licensed guide or a resident companion in Wyoming's designated wilderness areas. The app does not draw wilderness boundaries.
- Wyoming's peak breeding date is an estimate. The department publishes none; the rut meter uses 18 November, which falls after most general seasons have closed.
- Wyoming publishes no open statewide parcel service, so there are no property lines on the map here.
Useful Numbers
The agency, when the app cannot answer it.
- Wyoming Game and Fish
- 307-777-4600
- Apply or buy
- wgfd.wyo.gov/apply-or-buy
- Hunt Planner
- wgfd.wyo.gov
Transcribed from the published 2026 Wyoming digest. Where this app and the digest disagree, the digest is the law. Read the Wyoming Game and Fish Department digest.