Deer Hunt Area 36: Badwater
Area 36 has no general deer season; every license is drawn. In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 license, nonresidents needed about 8 preference points, and residents' first-choice odds were about 42%.
- Mule deer herd
- Southwest Bighorn (208)
- Size
- 899 sq mi
- Nonresident region
- Region M
Limited-quota licenses
Type 1 · Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
| Season | Special archery | Quota | Legal deer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 15 to Oct. 31 | Sep. 1 to Sep. 30 | 125 | Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer |
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. Everyone with 8 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 10 1 100% 9 3 100% just under 9 5 100% 8 3 100% just under 8 61 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 3 licenses, 61 first-choice applicants (about 5%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 8 licenses. The draw ran out at 1 point: 33.3% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 5 1 100% just under 5 2 100% 3 1 100% 2 3 100% 1 3 33.33% just under 1 1 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 2 licenses, 2 first-choice applicants (everyone drew).
- Resident: 85 licenses, 201 first-choice applicants (about 42%).
Type 8 · Doe or fawn white-tailed deer
| Season | Special archery | Quota | Legal deer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 15 to Oct. 31 | Sep. 1 to Sep. 30 | 25 | Doe or fawn white-tailed deer |
- Nonresident: 5 licenses, 7 first-choice applicants (about 71%).
- Resident: 20 licenses, 22 first-choice applicants (about 91%).
Legal boundary description
Beginning at the town of Shoshoni and U.S. Highway 20-26; westerly along said highway to the east shoreline of Boysen Reservoir; northerly along said shoreline to Boysen Dam and the Wind River; northerly down said river to Gold Creek (excluding Indian tribal trust lands immediately north of U.S. Highway 20-26 near Boysen Reservoir and northeast of Boysen Dam); easterly up Gold Creek to the divide between Buffalo Creek and Badwater Creek on Copper Mountain; easterly along said divide to West Bridger Creek; easterly down said creek to the Kirby Creek Road (Hot Springs County Road 7); northerly along said road to the divide between Kirby Creek and Bridger Creek; northeasterly along said divide to the Packsaddle Road; southerly along said road to the Bridger Creek Road; northeasterly along said road to the Pine Creek Road at the Gardner Summer Ranch; easterly up said road to the Seaman Ranch Road; easterly, southerly, then easterly along said road to the divide between Nowood Creek and Badwater Creek at Cottonwood Pass; southeasterly then northeasterly along said divide to the Devil's Slide Road; easterly along said road to Sioux Pass and the Oakie Trail (Natrona County Road 101); easterly along said trail to the Bighorn Trail; easterly along said trail to the divide between Badwater Creek, Deep Creek and the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek; southwesterly down Badwater Creek to Natrona County Road 101; southwesterly along said road to Natrona County Road 102; southerly along said road to Natrona County Road 103; southeasterly along said road to Natrona County Road 104; southerly along said road to Waltman and U.S. Highway 20-26; westerly along said highway to the town of Shoshoni.
Nearby deer areas
- Area 34: North Natrona
- Area 35: Upper Nowood
- Area 37: Copper Mountain
- Area 39: Bates Creek
- Area 89: Rattlesnake
- Area 90: Muskrat
- Area 120: Hamilton Dome
- Area 157: Boysen
- Area 171: Crowheart Butte
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.