Can a hunter with a general deer licence hunt in hunt area 113?

Yes, a Wyoming resident holding a general deer licence can hunt hunt area 113. A nonresident cannot buy a general licence; instead, a nonresident must draw a Region F general licence to hunt here and the other general-licence hunt areas of that region.

Which deer species are legal in each hunt type on this area?

Type 1 and Type Gen hunts permit both antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer, under different rules for each species. Type 3 and Type 8 are white-tailed deer only, and mule deer are not legal on those hunts. Type 7 permits doe or fawn of either species, valid north and east of Carter Creek.

When do white-tailed deer become concentrated in hunt area 113?

Few white-tailed deer reside year-round on hunt area 113. The hunt area depends on fall deer migration from summer ranges elsewhere in the Shoshone and Yellowstone watersheds. Snowstorms in late fall and early winter push deer into major creek drainages, particularly along the north face of Carter Mountain, making later-season hunting more likely to encounter migrating animals.

What part of hunt area 113 can a hunter actually access without crossing private land?

The southeastern portion of the hunt area has good public land access via National Forest and BLM, but the remainder has little to no public land access across private ground. Public land overall covers about 47 percent of the area's 398 square miles, but private inholdings, roads and trailheads constrain where a hunter can actually go.

Does a nonresident hunting designated wilderness in hunt area 113 need a guide?

Yes, Wyoming law requires a nonresident to be accompanied by either a licensed guide or a resident guide when hunting designated wilderness. Hunt area 113 contains designated wilderness, so a nonresident planning to hunt there must secure a guide to do so legally.

Wyoming Hunt Area 113 (Boulder) deer hunting

Licence

General licence area

Open public land

47%

Elevation

4,800–12,300 ft

Terrain

Moderate

Deer region

Hunt area 113 is high-elevation, steep country where mountains, deep drainages and rolling sagebrush basins run together. The terrain grades moderate overall at a mean of 10.5 degrees, with 60 percent gentle ground, though the layout—forest at elevation, sage at lower levels—means finding rideable country takes map work. Typical elevation sits around 6,400 feet across the area's span of 4,800 to 12,300 feet. The southeastern portion has dependable access via public land, but the rest has little way in across private ground and that asymmetry shapes which country a hunter can actually reach.

The draw here is residency-specific. A Wyoming resident buys a general deer licence over the counter with no draw and no preference points involved, limited to one licence per person per year. A nonresident cannot purchase a general licence and must instead draw a Region F general licence to hunt here; within that nonresident pool, three quarters of the region's licences go to the preference-point draw—awarded to the applicants with the most points first—and a quarter go to random selection open to all applicants. For a nonresident, preference points therefore matter significantly. Public land covers roughly 188 square miles of the area's 398 total, split across National Forest, BLM and State Trust Land, but public ownership does not guarantee access: roads, trailheads, seasonal closures and private inholdings all constrain where a hunter can actually go. The area holds designated wilderness, and Wyoming law requires any nonresident hunting there to have either a licensed guide or a resident guide in the party. Hunt area 113 also holds Park County Walk-In Area 9, open to walk-in access during posted periods with no permission slip required, and the Carter Mountain Hunter Management Area, which requires a printed permission slip obtained before hunting. Both are renegotiated each year and cannot be counted on to remain open.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 113 (Boulder) is a general-licence hunt area, and how a hunter gets a licence for it depends on where they live.

A Wyoming resident buys a general deer licence over the counter — unlimited statewide, on sale from mid-July. No draw, no application, no preference points.
A nonresident cannot buy one. They must draw a Region general licence — for this hunt area, deer region F, which is valid across the general-licence hunt areas of that region and nowhere else.

A hunter may hold only ONE general deer licence in a year, so a general licence is a single choice rather than something to stack.

Wyoming residents have no preference points for deer — the resident deer draw is random, and no resident point cutoff exists for any hunt area in the state. For nonresidents points matter a great deal: Wyoming awards 75% of each nonresident pool through the preference-point draw, top-down by points, and the remaining 25% at random. Nonresidents also choose between the Regular and Special pools — the same hunts at two price points, competing separately.

Seasons (2026)

Type 1 · Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
Legal: mule deer and white-tailed deer, under different rules
Archery September 1 – September 30Regular November 1 – November 20
Type 3 · Any white-tailed deer
Legal: white-tailed deer only
Archery September 1 – September 30Regular October 1 – December 31
Type 8 · Doe or fawn white-tailed deer
Legal: white-tailed deer only
Archery September 1 – September 30Regular October 1 – December 31
Type Gen — general licence · Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer
Legal: mule deer and white-tailed deer, under different rules
Archery September 1 – September 30Regular October 15 – November 10
Type 7 · Doe or fawn valid north and east of Carter Creek
Archery September 1 – September 14Regular September 15 – December 31

The wording of each hunt is the Wyoming Game & Fish Department’s and is legally exact — a “doe or fawn” hunt is not a deer hunt in general, and a hunt limited to part of the area is not valid across it. Confirm every hunt in the current regulations before applying.

Hunting each season

Type 1 — Antlered mule deer or any… · mule deer & whitetail (September–November)

Type 1 archery runs through September as velvet is still shedding and deer begin dispersing from summer bachelor patterns across higher elevations toward their fall and winter ranges. The weather stays mild—highs near 68 degrees—so glassing and stalking work well across open country and sagebrush. Regular-season Type 1 hunting runs November 1 through November 20, spanning the early pre-rut staging phase into the primary rut, when bucks become active and less cautious. By early November, highs drop to the low 40s and snowfall can reach 1.5 inches per month, potentially pushing migrating deer into accessible drainages; later in the season, November snowfall averages 3.1 inches and temperatures fall to the low 20s, which may further concentrate animals. Type 1 permits antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer, and access to public land in the southeastern portion is generally workable, though the rest of the area offers limited entry without crossing private ground.

Type 3 — Any white-tailed deer · whitetail only (September–December)

Type 3 hunting for any white-tailed deer runs archery through September and regular season October 1 through December 31, giving a long window across the early-fall transition into the nocturnal buck phase, the pre-rut staging corridor, the primary rut and finally late-rut consolidation. This extended season lets a hunter wait for migration: few white-tailed deer live year-round here, so hunting later as snowfall accumulates—October brings 1.5 inches, November 3.1 inches and December 3.4 inches—improves odds of encountering deer moving through the major creek drainages. Temperatures cool from the mid-50s in October to the low 30s in December, which can push animals into lower, more accessible country. White-tailed deer opportunity exists primarily in the creek drainages and on private land throughout the area, requiring either permission or reliance on public land in the southeast.

Type 8 — Doe or fawn white-tailed deer · whitetail only (September–December)

Type 8 hunting for doe or fawn white-tailed deer mirrors Type 3's archery-through-December span, covering the transition from velvet shedding through the primary rut into late-rut consolidation. This doe-or-fawn hunt works the full migration window: earlier hunting in September and October can find animals still dispersed or beginning to move, while November and December snowfall—averaging 3.1 to 3.4 inches—concentrates white-tailed deer into the drainages where they winter. Access and opportunity are the same as for Type 3: white-tailed deer concentrate in creek bottoms and on private land, with limited opportunity on public ground except where the southeastern portion allows general public-land access.

Type Gen — Antlered mule deer or any… · mule deer & whitetail (September–November)

Type Gen is the general-licence hunt for antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer, running archery through September and regular season October 15 through November 10. The archery window covers early September velvet shedding and fall dispersal when deer are still spread across higher elevations and sagebrush country, offering glassing opportunity if thermals cooperate. Regular season runs through the early-fall nocturnal phase into pre-rut staging and into the primary rut itself, a span when bucks become increasingly active and deer begin moving with the cooling weather and early snowfall. October temperatures in the 50s drop to the 40s by early November, and snowfall averages rise from 1.5 to 3.1 inches, which can push both mule deer and white-tailed deer toward lower, more accessible drainages. The hunt permits both species under different rules—antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer—and success depends partly on timing the fall migration from higher summer ranges.

Type 7 — Doe or fawn valid north and east of… (September–December)

Type 7 hunting for doe or fawn valid north and east of Carter Creek runs archery September 1 through September 14, then regular season September 15 through December 31. The brief archery window falls in the velvet-shedding early-fall transition when deer are still dispersed, but the long regular season carries through all of early fall, migration, pre-rut staging and rut into late-rut consolidation. Waiting into October and November pays dividends as snowfall increases and deer concentrate: October brings 1.5 inches on average, November 3.1 inches, and December 3.4 inches, pushing animals toward the lower, accessible drainages where whites and mule deer both concentrate for winter. The restriction north and east of Carter Creek narrows where this doe-or-fawn hunt is legal, so a hunter needs to verify the boundary before hunting. The hunt permits either doe or fawn of both species, offering flexibility to take either a white-tailed or mule deer doe or fawn where legal.

Land and access

private land50%

Private

National Forest32%

Generally open to public hunting

BLM9%

Generally open to public hunting

State Trust Land6%

Generally open to public hunting

unclassified ownership3%

Ownership unclassified

About 47% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — National Forest, BLM and State Trust Land, roughly 188 square miles. Public ownership is not the same as easy entry: roads, trailheads, seasonal closures and private inholdings all still apply.

State trust land counts toward the open figure above. Wyoming extends hunting on legally accessiblestate trust land to the public unless a parcel is specifically closed — the catch is the access itself, since crossing private ground to reach it still needs the landowner’s permission. Camping, fires and off-road vehicles are not allowed on it.

This hunt area has 1 enrolled walk-in area. It also holds 1 Hunter Management Area. Both are private ground enrolled for public access, not public land. A Hunter Management Area requires a printed permission slip from the Wyoming Game & Fish Department before hunting it. A Walk-In Area needs no permission slip — a hunter may walk in during the open period, subject to its posted rules. Enrollment is renegotiated every year, so check current status before counting on either.

This hunt area includes designated wilderness. Wyoming law requires a nonresident to be accompanied by a licensed guide or a resident guide in designated wilderness.

Where deer are mapped

Winter Range74%

used in winter

Crucial Winter Range39%

the part of Winter Range considered essential to the herd — inside Winter Range, not added to it

Yearlong Range35%

the only layer that means year-round use

Summer Range26%

used in summer

Each figure is the share of the hunt area that layer covers. It says where deer are mapped, not where inside the area they are, and not when they move.

Habitat and cover

Lower elevations

Sagebrush77%

Other cover19%

Grass and meadow3%

Riparian1%

Mid elevations

Sagebrush86%

Conifer11%

Other cover2%

Grass and meadow1%

Higher elevations

Conifer52%

Sagebrush41%

Other cover3%

Grass and meadow3%

Shares are of each elevation band, not of the whole hunt area — they describe what grows up there, not how much of the area sits at that elevation.

Weather through the season

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Snowfall
January	34°F	14°F	3.2 in
February	36°F	15°F	4.5 in
March	45°F	22°F	2.7 in
April	52°F	28°F	2 in
May	61°F	37°F	0 in
June	70°F	45°F	0 in
July	80°F	52°F	0 in
August	78°F	50°F	0 in
September	68°F	42°F	0.1 in
October	54°F	32°F	1.5 in
November	42°F	21°F	3.1 in
December	33°F	14°F	3.4 in

Snowfall is the monthly total, not depth lying on the ground.

Common questions

Can a hunter with a general deer licence hunt in hunt area 113?: Yes, a Wyoming resident holding a general deer licence can hunt hunt area 113. A nonresident cannot buy a general licence; instead, a nonresident must draw a Region F general licence to hunt here and the other general-licence hunt areas of that region.
Which deer species are legal in each hunt type on this area?: Type 1 and Type Gen hunts permit both antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer, under different rules for each species. Type 3 and Type 8 are white-tailed deer only, and mule deer are not legal on those hunts. Type 7 permits doe or fawn of either species, valid north and east of Carter Creek.
When do white-tailed deer become concentrated in hunt area 113?: Few white-tailed deer reside year-round on hunt area 113. The hunt area depends on fall deer migration from summer ranges elsewhere in the Shoshone and Yellowstone watersheds. Snowstorms in late fall and early winter push deer into major creek drainages, particularly along the north face of Carter Mountain, making later-season hunting more likely to encounter migrating animals.
What part of hunt area 113 can a hunter actually access without crossing private land?: The southeastern portion of the hunt area has good public land access via National Forest and BLM, but the remainder has little to no public land access across private ground. Public land overall covers about 47 percent of the area's 398 square miles, but private inholdings, roads and trailheads constrain where a hunter can actually go.
Does a nonresident hunting designated wilderness in hunt area 113 need a guide?: Yes, Wyoming law requires a nonresident to be accompanied by either a licensed guide or a resident guide when hunting designated wilderness. Hunt area 113 contains designated wilderness, so a nonresident planning to hunt there must secure a guide to do so legally.

Sources

Wyoming Game & Fish — Hunting & Trapping — licence types, general and limited-quota hunts, and season structure
WGFD Hunt Planner — hunt-area boundaries, season dates and the unit descriptions
WGFD — Draw results and odds — how the resident random draw and the nonresident preference-point draw work
WGFD — Regulations — the legal limitations on each hunt, and the statewide licence rules
USGS National Land Cover Database (NLCD 2021) and 3DEP elevation — land cover and terrain by elevation band

Seasons, licence types and boundaries change. Confirm every detail with the Wyoming Game & Fish Department before applying or hunting.

All Wyoming deer hunt areas