Can a hunter obtain a general deer licence for this hunt area without entering a draw?

Wyoming residents buy a general deer licence over the counter with no draw or preference points, valid statewide across all general-licence hunt areas including hunt area 133. Nonresidents must draw a Region K general licence to hunt here, a separate application competing with nonresidents seeking other general-licence areas in the region, and must have preference points or enter the random-draw quarter of the licensing pool to have a shot.

Which deer species can a hunter legally take on this hunt area?

Type 3 hunts white-tailed deer only; mule deer are not legal on that hunt. Type Gen permits antlered mule deer (under the antler requirement) and any white-tailed deer (any buck, doe, or fawn), giving a hunter two legal paths. Mule deer dominate the hunt area while white-tailed deer are scarce, mostly confined to Bridger Valley and the Bear River.

How much of this hunt area can a hunter get onto without special permission?

About 19% of the hunt area is dependably open public ground—BLM, State Trust Land, and National Forest—totaling roughly 111 square miles. Much of this public land sits surrounded by private holdings and requires crossing private ground to reach; landowner permission is necessary to cross all private land. Five walk-in areas on enrolled private land are open to hunting during posted seasons with no permission slip required, and the Coyote Creek Hunter Management Area is available with a printed WGFD permission slip.

Does a hunter need to apply for or obtain permission before hunting a walk-in area?

Walk-in areas require no application and no permission slip—a hunter may walk in during the posted open season, subject to the area's rules. The five walk-in areas on hunt area 133 are renegotiated annually with their private landowners, so their availability should be confirmed each year.

When do the different seasons run on this hunt area?

Type 3 (white-tailed-deer-only) archery runs September 1–30 and regular season October 1–November 30. Type Gen (mule deer and white-tailed deer) archery runs September 1–30 and regular season October 1–10. A youth-only general licence hunt with the same species rules runs archery September 1–30 and regular season October 1–14.

Wyoming Hunt Area 133 (Uinta) deer hunting

Licence

General licence area

Open public land

19%

Elevation

6,600–9,800 ft

Terrain

Gentle

Deer region

Hunt area 133 sits in the higher country of the Uinta Basin, with elevations running from 6,600 to 9,800 feet and averaging around 7,400 feet. The terrain is gentle—90% of the ground slopes under 9 degrees—with the country built of sagebrush flats in the lower reaches giving way to juniper-studded broken hills and aspen or mixed-shrub slopes in the rougher ground. Forested areas occupy the higher elevations toward the south. Scattered irrigated lands follow the Bear River and Muddy Creek. Road access becomes difficult during wet periods, and much of the private land is leased to outfitters, limiting how a hunter can move across the area.

About 19% of the hunt area—roughly 111 square miles—is public ground a hunter can generally depend on: BLM, State Trust Land, and National Forest parcels. The challenge is that much of this public ground sits as islands in private land, and crossing to reach it requires landowner permission. Five walk-in areas are enrolled on private land and open to hunting during their posted seasons, including areas in Uinta County; the Hunter Management Area at Coyote Creek also lies on private land and requires a printed permission slip from WGFD before hunting. Neither mule deer nor white-tailed deer are uniformly distributed across this hunt area. Mule deer can be found throughout—in forested pockets, aspen stands, junipers, and mountain shrub—but white-tailed deer are scarce, limited to a small population on private lands in Bridger Valley and a few scattered along the Bear River.

The region publishes general and limited hunts across different seasons. Type 3 is white-tailed-deer-only hunting across September and October-November, running on a general licence. Type Gen permits both antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer in a shorter window, also on a general licence. A youth-only general licence hunt with the same species and antler rules runs slightly later into October than the regular-season Type Gen hunt.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 133 (Uinta) 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 K, 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 3 · Any white-tailed deer
Legal: white-tailed deer only
Archery September 1 – September 30Regular October 1 – November 30
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 1 – October 10

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

Hunting white-tailed deer on Type 3 begins in September with archery and continues through November with rifle or other arms, but white-tailed deer are very sparse across this hunt area—a small population survives in Bridger Valley and along the Bear River, mostly on private land. September hunting comes during velvet-shedding with moderate temperatures (highs near 68°F) and light snow, when animals scatter across their summer and fall range; October transitions into nocturnal buck patterns and early migration staging as temperatures drop into the 50s and occasional snow arrives; November sees the primary rut and early winter consolidation amid cold weather (highs dropping to the low 40s) and heavier snowfall averaging 8.5 inches, which can push deer into lower cover and make roads across the area nearly impassable. Access to white-tailed deer depends almost entirely on private land—either the walk-in areas, the Coyote Creek Hunter Management Area with its required permission slip, or negotiated access on private ranches.

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

Type Gen hunting for antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer spans archery in September and rifle season through October 10, making it a significantly shorter regular-season window than the Type 3 hunt. September archery occurs during velvet-shedding when mule deer, which occupy forested pockets, aspen stands, junipers, and mountain-shrub habitat throughout the area, are more active and accessible; temperatures remain moderate (highs near 68°F) and snow is light. October regular season runs from October 1–10, overlapping the onset of the nocturnal buck phase and early migration as temperatures slide toward the low 50s and snow increases to around 2.2 inches monthly—a brief window before deer begin consolidating in winter areas. Getting to mule deer on public ground requires crossing private land in most cases, and much of the hunt area is leased by outfitters, narrowing the practical entry points; the walk-in areas and Coyote Creek HMA offer the most reliable public-access routes.

Land and access

private land80%

Private

BLM13%

Generally open to public hunting

State Trust Land6%

Generally open to public hunting

About 19% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — BLM, State Trust Land and National Forest, roughly 111 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.

the Wyoming Game & Fish Department publishes 13% public land for this hunt area. That counts public ownership; the figure above counts ground a hunter can depend on getting onto. They answer different questions, so both are shown rather than blended.

This hunt area has 5 enrolled walk-in areas. 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.

Where deer are mapped

Winter Range85%

used in winter

Yearlong Range65%

the only layer that means year-round use

Crucial Winter Range17%

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

Summer Range15%

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

Across the unit

Sagebrush72%

Other cover9%

Riparian7%

Conifer6%

Aspen4%

Grass and meadow1%

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	33°F	10°F	9.7 in
February	35°F	11°F	7.7 in
March	43°F	18°F	6.7 in
April	51°F	24°F	5.4 in
May	60°F	33°F	0.2 in
June	70°F	39°F	0 in
July	78°F	46°F	0 in
August	77°F	45°F	0 in
September	68°F	37°F	0.2 in
October	55°F	28°F	2.2 in
November	42°F	18°F	8.5 in
December	33°F	10°F	8.7 in

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

Common questions

Can a hunter obtain a general deer licence for this hunt area without entering a draw?: Wyoming residents buy a general deer licence over the counter with no draw or preference points, valid statewide across all general-licence hunt areas including hunt area 133. Nonresidents must draw a Region K general licence to hunt here, a separate application competing with nonresidents seeking other general-licence areas in the region, and must have preference points or enter the random-draw quarter of the licensing pool to have a shot.
Which deer species can a hunter legally take on this hunt area?: Type 3 hunts white-tailed deer only; mule deer are not legal on that hunt. Type Gen permits antlered mule deer (under the antler requirement) and any white-tailed deer (any buck, doe, or fawn), giving a hunter two legal paths. Mule deer dominate the hunt area while white-tailed deer are scarce, mostly confined to Bridger Valley and the Bear River.
How much of this hunt area can a hunter get onto without special permission?: About 19% of the hunt area is dependably open public ground—BLM, State Trust Land, and National Forest—totaling roughly 111 square miles. Much of this public land sits surrounded by private holdings and requires crossing private ground to reach; landowner permission is necessary to cross all private land. Five walk-in areas on enrolled private land are open to hunting during posted seasons with no permission slip required, and the Coyote Creek Hunter Management Area is available with a printed WGFD permission slip.
Does a hunter need to apply for or obtain permission before hunting a walk-in area?: Walk-in areas require no application and no permission slip—a hunter may walk in during the posted open season, subject to the area's rules. The five walk-in areas on hunt area 133 are renegotiated annually with their private landowners, so their availability should be confirmed each year.
When do the different seasons run on this hunt area?: Type 3 (white-tailed-deer-only) archery runs September 1–30 and regular season October 1–November 30. Type Gen (mule deer and white-tailed deer) archery runs September 1–30 and regular season October 1–10. A youth-only general licence hunt with the same species rules runs archery September 1–30 and regular season October 1–14.

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.

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