Can a hunter use a general or regional deer license to hunt this area?

No. Hunt area 141 is a limited-quota area and must be drawn for individually by both residents and nonresidents. A general or regional license is not valid here; only a specific license for this area permits hunting.

How do Wyoming resident and nonresident hunters draw licenses for this area?

Wyoming residents enter a random draw for this hunt area with no preference points. Nonresidents compete in a preference-point draw where three quarters of licenses go to the highest-point applicants and a quarter to a random draw; a nonresident applying here should know their point standing.

Which deer species can be hunted in the seasons here?

Both mule deer and white-tailed deer are legal, but under different rules. Antlered mule deer are legal in all seasons, while any white-tailed deer—buck, doe or fawn—is also legal. The antler restriction applies only to mule deer.

Does this hunt area include wilderness, and what does that mean for access?

Yes, hunt area 141 contains designated wilderness. Nonresidents must be accompanied by a licensed guide or a resident guide when hunting in wilderness; a nonresident planning to hunt this area should account for that requirement.

When do the deer seasons run in this area?

Archery for antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer runs September 1–30. The regular season for these species runs October 1–21 on private and general public land, then October 22–31 on national forest only.

Wyoming Hunt Area 141 (Green River) deer hunting

Licence

Limited quota — drawn

Open public land

91%

Elevation

7,500–13,700 ft

Terrain

Moderate

Deer region

Hunt area 141 spans the upper Green River drainage across 507 square miles of the Wind River and Gros Ventre ranges, elevations from 7,500 to 13,700 feet with typical ground around 9,100 feet. The country is mountainous and broken: 63% slopes gently, 27% moderately, with 8% steep and 2% rugged ground. The upper elevations of the southeastern and northwestern portions are mostly bare rock and alpine tundra, but heading downslope the terrain transitions through dense conifer forest, then aspen, and finally to high-elevation sagebrush parks and open ground along the river bottoms. The headwaters of the Green River run through the hunt area. Mule deer are found throughout, though distribution is patchy—denser populations occur in the Rock Creek, Lime Creek, Tosi Creek and Gypsum Creek drainages, and they inhabit all habitat types here. Many deer move through and out of the hunt area during fall migration to lower wintering grounds beginning typically in mid-October.

Access is predominantly public land. About 91% of the hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on—National Forest, BLM and State Trust Land, roughly 461 square miles. Private land comprises 9%. The hunt area contains designated wilderness, which requires any nonresident to be accompanied by a licensed guide or a resident guide. Access points are concentrated: the Upper Green River road, the Gypsum Creek and Moose Creek road, and Union Pass road are the major routes, with several minor spurs reaching limited areas. The Miner Creek road accesses Forest Service lands in the northwestern portion, and the Warren Bridge road reaches scattered BLM and State lands along the Green River in the south. Though most of the area is public, roads and trailheads still dictate where a hunter can efficiently reach, and seasonal closures and private inholdings within the public framework still apply.

Licence and how this hunt area is drawn

Hunt Area 141 (Green River) is limited quota. A licence for it must be drawn for this hunt area specifically, by resident and nonresident alike. A region licence does not reach it — a region licence is valid only in the general-licence areas of its region, so there is no fallback for this hunt.

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 October 1 – October 21
Type 1 · Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer on national forest
Legal: mule deer and white-tailed deer, under different rules
Regular October 22 – October 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–October)

Archery for antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer runs through September as bucks shed velvet and transition into early fall patterns, with warm days (highs near 57°F) and cool nights (lows near 32°F) and minimal snowfall. Deer are moving into their fall range but have not yet begun concentrated migration—mule deer are still widely distributed and can be found in all habitat types across the hunt area. Access via major roads and trailheads is open, though some minor spurs may close seasonally. Antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer are legal throughout the archery window.

Type 1 — Antlered mule deer or any… · mule deer & whitetail (October)

The regular season opens October 1 and runs through October 21 on general public land and private ground, then continues October 22–31 on national forest only, spanning two different rut phases and a dramatic weather shift. Early October sees nocturnal buck activity as deer night-feed and day-bed, with highs dropping from the mid-50s to the low 40s and lows falling toward freezing, while mid to late October moves into early pre-rut staging as migration corridors activate and snowfall increases to around 6.4 inches for the month. Many deer filter out of the hunt area during fall migration typically starting in mid-October, moving to wintering grounds at lower elevation. Access depends on season timing—the October 1–21 window reaches all public and private ground via major roads and trailheads, but the October 22–31 window is restricted to national forest only. Antlered mule deer or any white-tailed deer remain legal across both windows.

Land and access

National Forest88%

Generally open to public hunting

private land9%

Private

BLM2%

Generally open to public hunting

About 91% of this hunt area is ground a hunter can generally count on — National Forest, BLM and State Trust Land, roughly 461 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 80% 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 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

Summer Range99%

used in summer

Winter Range1%

used in winter

Crucial Winter Range1%

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

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

Sagebrush45%

Conifer37%

Riparian9%

Grass and meadow5%

Aspen4%

Other cover1%

Mid elevations

Conifer53%

Sagebrush33%

Grass and meadow10%

Riparian2%

Aspen1%

Higher elevations

Grass and meadow58%

Sagebrush23%

Other cover13%

Conifer5%

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	25°F	3°F	21.1 in
February	29°F	3°F	20.1 in
March	37°F	10°F	18 in
April	42°F	18°F	13.2 in
May	51°F	27°F	3.2 in
June	59°F	34°F	0.4 in
July	68°F	40°F	0 in
August	67°F	38°F	0 in
September	57°F	32°F	0.4 in
October	44°F	22°F	6.4 in
November	31°F	11°F	17.1 in
December	23°F	3°F	23.5 in

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

Common questions

Can a hunter use a general or regional deer license to hunt this area?: No. Hunt area 141 is a limited-quota area and must be drawn for individually by both residents and nonresidents. A general or regional license is not valid here; only a specific license for this area permits hunting.
How do Wyoming resident and nonresident hunters draw licenses for this area?: Wyoming residents enter a random draw for this hunt area with no preference points. Nonresidents compete in a preference-point draw where three quarters of licenses go to the highest-point applicants and a quarter to a random draw; a nonresident applying here should know their point standing.
Which deer species can be hunted in the seasons here?: Both mule deer and white-tailed deer are legal, but under different rules. Antlered mule deer are legal in all seasons, while any white-tailed deer—buck, doe or fawn—is also legal. The antler restriction applies only to mule deer.
Does this hunt area include wilderness, and what does that mean for access?: Yes, hunt area 141 contains designated wilderness. Nonresidents must be accompanied by a licensed guide or a resident guide when hunting in wilderness; a nonresident planning to hunt this area should account for that requirement.
When do the deer seasons run in this area?: Archery for antlered mule deer and any white-tailed deer runs September 1–30. The regular season for these species runs October 1–21 on private and general public land, then October 22–31 on national forest only.

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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