Unit D128 (Wind River)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Mule Deer, Whitetail Deer
Deer Hunt Area 128, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Wind River, covers about 1,246 square miles in Fremont County. It belongs to WGFD's Dubois mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 39.9%, with 863 hunters taking 344 mule deer at about 13.6 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 D128
Deer Hunt Area 128, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Wind River, covers about 1,246 square miles in Fremont County. It belongs to WGFD's Dubois mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 39.9%, with 863 hunters taking 344 mule deer at about 13.6 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 128
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 128 "Wind River". It runs to about 1,246 square miles, entirely in Fremont County. WGFD reports these mule deer as the Dubois herd unit, which also takes in deer hunt area 156. 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: Wind River and East Fork
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 defines deer hunt area 128 as all of the drainage of the Wind River west of the west boundary of the Wind River Reservation and those areas of the Spence and Moriarty Wildlife Habitat Management Area that lie east of the East Fork of the Wind River. Read it as the legal edge of your license rather than as a hint about animals. 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 128s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 128 also belongs to its elk hunt area 128. Their lines overlap this area in places and depart from it in others. 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: Whiskey Basin and Kirk Inberg/Kevin Roy
WGFD administers 3 Wildlife Habitat Management Areas inside or across the line, including Whiskey Basin (12,833 acres), Kirk Inberg/Kevin Roy (17,280 acres) and Spence & Moriarity (35,872 acres). Public Access Areas such as Wind River-Jakey's Fork and Wind River-Painted Hills are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
Wilderness inside the line: Fitzpatrick Wilderness and Washakie Wilderness
About 24% of deer hunt area 128 lies in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness and 20% of deer hunt area 128 lies in the Washakie Wilderness. WGFD's 2026 regulations print the rule that matters there: no nonresident may hunt big game in a designated wilderness area unless accompanied by a licensed professional guide or a resident guide, with at least one guide for every two nonresident hunters. Inside the wilderness there are no roads, so every animal there comes out on your back or on a horse.
High ground inside the line: Gannett Peak, Mount Warren and Turret Peak
Named high points inside deer hunt area 128 include Gannett Peak at 13,788 feet, Mount Warren at 13,694 feet, Turret Peak at 13,552 feet, Doublet Peak at 13,550 feet and Jackson Peak at 13,508 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. Mule deer bed on broken ground with a view and feed on the brush below it.
Holding ground: Goat Flat, Indian Pass and No Mans Pass
Below them sit Goat Flat at 12,202 feet, Indian Pass at 12,145 feet, No Mans Pass at 12,093 feet, Indian Pass at 11,713 feet and Angel Pass at 11,592 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.
Unit D128 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Gannett Peak (13,788 ft), Mount Warren (13,694 ft), Jackson Peak (13,508 ft), Mount Sacagawea (13,483 ft)
Holding ground: Glacier Pass (12,956 ft), Blaurock Pass (12,760 ft), Ram Flat (12,224 ft), Spence & Moriarity WHMA, Kirk Inberg/Kevin Roy WHMA
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 128
Mule Deer Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 39.9% mule deer success in deer hunt area 128: 344 animals taken by 863 active hunters over 4,682 days of hunting, or 13.6 days per animal. By residency, residents 38% (286 taken by 753) and nonresidents 52.7% (58 taken by 110).
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 either sex (resident) | 60 | 3,834 | 1.6% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 either sex (nonresident) | 1 | 1,443 | 0.1% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 either sex (resident) | 40 | 118 | 33.9% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 11 | 18.2% | — |
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 128, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1 (any deer), residents: 3,834 first-choice applicants for 60 licenses, 1.6% drawn
- Type 1 (any deer), nonresidents: 1,443 first-choice applicants for 1 license, 0.1% drawn
- Type 3, residents: 118 first-choice applicants for 40 licenses, 33.9% drawn
- Type 3, nonresidents: 11 first-choice applicants for 2 licenses, 18.2% 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.
Unit Logistics & Expectations
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 128, 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 128, 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
- 2026 Antelope, Deer and Elk Hunting Regulations — Wyoming Game and Fish Commission · supports: Nonresident guide requirement in designated wilderness · 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, 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