Unit D10 (Rochelle Hills)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Deer Hunt Area 10, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Rochelle Hills, covers about 857 square miles in Converse, Campbell, Weston and Niobrara counties. It belongs to WGFD's Cheyenne River mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 55.6%, with 72 hunters taking 40 mule deer at about 10.2 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit D10
Deer Hunt Area 10, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Rochelle Hills, covers about 857 square miles in Converse, Campbell, Weston and Niobrara counties. It belongs to WGFD's Cheyenne River mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 55.6%, with 72 hunters taking 40 mule deer at about 10.2 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mule Deer in Deer Hunt Area 10
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 10 "Rochelle Hills". It runs to about 857 square miles, in Converse (51%), Campbell (31%), Weston (11%) and Niobrara (7%) counties. WGFD reports these mule deer as the Cheyenne River herd unit, which also takes in deer hunt areas 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 21. What WGFD publishes for the area is its boundary and its harvest; where the mule deer stand inside it is our reading of the ground, and the two are kept apart below.
The line: North Lance Creek, Cow Creek and Walker Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 10 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of Wyoming Highway 59 and Wyoming Highway 450. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 59, Wyoming Highway 450, Converse County Road 39 and Weston County Road 7A, and North Lance Creek, Cow Creek, Walker Creek and Dry Creek. It is the description your license is good inside, so it is worth reading once in full before you go. The full text is in Section 7 of that chapter, with this year's season dates and license limitations in Section 2.
Not the same ground as the other hunt area 10s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 10 also belongs to its elk, antelope, moose and bighorn sheep hunt areas 10. None of them shares a county with this one. A license is good only in the hunt area of its own species, so this page is about the deer area, and the cards at the foot of the page link the others.
Ground WGFD opens: Converse 12 and Converse 14
WGFD also lists 2 Walk-In Areas covering about 6,725 acres open for deer, among them Converse 12 and Converse 14. WGFD's 2026 regulations open Access Yes land only for the species and dates listed for each area, with each area's own rules on WGFD's site and no motorized travel unless WGFD says otherwise.
High ground inside the line: Black Butte, Gray Butte and Miller Hills
Named high points inside deer hunt area 10 include Black Butte at 5,098 feet, Gray Butte at 5,063 feet, Miller Hills at 5,004 feet, Cow Creek Buttes at 4,918 feet and Red Hills at 4,758 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Mule deer on open country use every fold and draw there is, and almost none of the flat.
Holding ground: Windy Draw, Boss Draw and Philips Draw
Below them sit Windy Draw at 4,743 feet, Boss Draw at 4,737 feet, Philips Draw at 4,712 feet, Frey Draw at 4,709 feet and Piney Canyon at 4,680 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside deer hunt area 10 runs from 4,221 feet to 5,098 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit D10 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Miller Hills (5,004 ft), Cow Creek Buttes (4,918 ft), Red Hills (4,758 ft)
Holding ground: Nicholson Draw (4,830 ft), Black Butte Draw (4,798 ft), Donna Draw (4,750 ft), Walk-In Area Converse 12, Walk-In Area Converse 14
Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.
How to Hunt Mule Deer in Deer Hunt Area 10
Mule Deer Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 55.6% mule deer success in deer hunt area 10: 40 animals taken by 72 active hunters over 408 days of hunting, or 10.2 days per animal. By residency, residents 57.9% (33 taken by 57) and nonresidents 46.7% (7 taken by 15).
These are WGFD's own estimates from its hunter survey, for this hunt area and season only — not a statewide average. One season isn't a trend, so check the current report before you read one into it.
Mule Deer Draw Odds
| Season | Tags | Applicants | Draw % | Pts (n/p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rifle — General Type 1 antlered (resident) | 47 | 757 | 6.2% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 antlered (nonresident) | 1 | 92 | 1.1% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 either sex (resident) | 18 | 48 | 37.5% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 5 | 20.0% | — |
Data from 2026 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.
Open in Draw Odds EngineWyoming Game and Fish's 2026 demand report for mule deer in deer hunt area 10, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1, residents: 757 first-choice applicants for 47 licenses, 6.2% drawn
- Type 1, nonresidents: 92 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 1.1% drawn
- Type 3, residents: 48 first-choice applicants for 18 licenses, 37.5% drawn
- Type 3, nonresidents: 5 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 20% drawn
Wyoming residents draw mule deer licenses without preference points; nonresidents draw part of their quota on points, highest balance first (Chapter 44, Section 19), and the nonresident figures above are from WGFD's random draw. WGFD publishes no preference-point level at which a hunt draws, so none is given here. Every figure was checked against WGFD's demand-report PDFs on 2026-08-10.
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Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.
- Chapter 6 — Deer Hunting Seasons (2026) — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Name and legal boundary of deer hunt area 10, Season dates, license types and limitations by hunt area · accessed 2026-10-25
- Deer 2025 Harvest Report — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Hunters, harvest, percent success and days per animal for mule deer in deer hunt area 10, The same by license type and residency · accessed 2026-10-25
- WGFD draw results and odds — demand reports 2021-2026 — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: First-choice applicants, licenses and percent drawn, by license type, residency and year · accessed 2026-08-10
- Chapter 44 — Regulation for Issuance of Licenses, Permits, Stamps, Tags, Preference Points and Competitive Raffle Chances — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Which licenses are drawn on preference points (Section 19), When preference points are deleted · accessed 2026-10-25
- Chapter 2 — General Hunting Regulation (2026) — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Mandatory CWD sample submission (Section 17) · accessed 2026-10-25
- 2026 Antelope, Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Access Yes Walk-In and Hunter Management Area rules · accessed 2026-10-25
- WGFD ArcGIS feature services — hunt areas by species, CWD sampling areas, WHMAs, Public Access Areas, Hunter Management Areas, Walk-In Hunting Areas — Wyoming Game and Fish Department · supports: Mapped outline of the hunt area, Herd unit and square miles, 2026 CWD mandatory and priority sampling areas, WHMAs, Public Access Areas, Hunter Management Areas and Walk-In Areas inside the area · accessed 2026-10-25
- TIGERweb State_County — Wyoming county boundaries (used only to measure which counties a hunt area lies in) — U.S. Census Bureau · supports: Which counties the hunt area lies in, and in what share · accessed 2026-10-25