Deer Hunt Area 80: Spring Creek
Area 80 has no general deer season; every license is drawn. In the 2026 draw for the Type 1 license, nonresidents needed about 9 preference points, and residents' first-choice odds were about 41%.
- Mule deer herd
- Platte Valley (541)
- White-tailed deer herd
- Southeast Wyoming (504)
- Size
- 771 sq mi
- Nonresident region
- Region D
Limited-quota licenses
Type 1 · Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
| Season | Special archery | Quota | Legal deer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct. 1 to Oct. 14 | Sep. 1 to Sep. 30 | 150 | Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer |
- Nonresident, preference-point draw: 12 licenses. Everyone with 9 points or more drew; nobody below that did.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds 14 2 100% 13 1 100% 10 5 100% 9 4 100% just under 9 55 0% - Nonresident, random draw: 4 licenses, 55 first-choice applicants (about 7%).
- Nonresident special, preference-point draw: 9 licenses. The draw ran out at just under 5 points: 14.3% of applicants there drew, and everyone above it drew.
Point-by-point results
Points First-choice applicants Odds just under 8 5 100% 7 1 100% 5 2 100% just under 5 7 14.29% 4 or fewer 12 0% - Nonresident special, random draw: 2 licenses, 17 first-choice applicants (about 12%).
- Resident: 118 licenses, 289 first-choice applicants (about 41%).
Legal boundary description
Beginning at the Continental Divide on Wyoming Highway 70; northerly along said divide to the Sage Creek Road (Carbon County Road 401); northerly along said road to Wyoming Highway 71; northerly along said highway to Interstate Highway 80; easterly along said Interstate to the North Platte River; southerly up said river to the town of Saratoga and Wyoming Highway 130; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 230; southerly along said highway to Wyoming Highway 70 at the town of Riverside; southwesterly along said highway to the Continental Divide.
Nearby deer areas
- Area 78: French Creek
- Area 79: Kennaday Peak
- Area 81: Blackhall
- Area 82: Baggs
- Area 84: Atlantic Rim
- Area 87: Ferris
- Area 98: Chain Lakes
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.