Deer Hunt Area 168: Medicine Butte
Area 168 is open on a general deer license: the 2026 general season runs Oct. 1 to Oct. 10. Nonresidents need a Region K general license; in the 2026 draw it took about 5 preference points.
- Mule deer herd
- Uinta (423)
- Size
- 448 sq mi
- Nonresident region
- Region K
General season
Residents hunt Area 168 on a general deer license. Nonresidents need the Region K general license, which is drawn for the whole region and is good in the general seasons of 4 areas.
| Season | Special archery | Legal deer |
|---|---|---|
| Oct. 1 to Oct. 10 | Sep. 1 to Sep. 30 | Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer |
Region K general license, 2026 draw
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 81 licenses. The draw ran out at 5 points: 35.3% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 11 3 100% 9 4 100% 8 8 100% just under 8 2 100% 7 8 100% just under 7 16 100% 6 14 100% just under 6 14 100% 5 34 35.29% just under 5 301 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 26 licenses, 323 first-choice applicants (about 8%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 54 licenses. The draw ran out at just under 1 point: 50% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds just under 6 6 100% 5 2 100% 4 9 100% just under 4 16 100% 3 7 100% 2 2 100% 1 10 100% just under 1 4 50% 0 or fewer 27 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 18 licenses, 27 first-choice applicants (about 67%).
Legal boundary description
Beginning where Interstate Highway 80 crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line; northerly along said line to Wyoming Highway 89; southeasterly along said highway to its junction with Uinta County Road 103; northerly along said road to the Whitney Canyon Road; easterly along said road to the Amoco Sulfur Haul Road; easterly then northerly along said road to Muddy Creek; easterly down said creek to U.S. Highway 189; northerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 412; southeasterly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80; westerly along said highway to the Wyoming-Utah state line.
Nearby deer areas
How to read this
Draw results are what happened in the 2026 draw, published by Wyoming Game and Fish. They are not a forecast; quotas and applicant numbers change every year. Preference-point odds are WGFD's own figures. For random and resident draws WGFD publishes licenses and applicant counts, so the percentage shown is the share of first-choice applicants there were licenses for, before second and third choices. Rows marked “just under” a number are applicants between two point levels, which happens when a party applies together and its points are averaged.
Season dates and legal deer are from WGFD Chapter 6, Deer Hunting Seasons. Where a draw report and the regulation describe a license differently, this page uses the regulation's wording.
Sources: WGFD draw results and odds (2026), WGFD Chapter 6 deer seasons, and the WGFD deer hunt area boundaries. Boundaries on the map are for general location, not a survey. Check the current regulations before you hunt.