Wyoming Whitetail Deer

Unit D132 (Cedar Mountain)

Wyoming Hunting Guide — Whitetail Deer

Deer Hunt Area 132, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Cedar Mountain, covers about 1,686 square miles in Sweetwater and Uinta counties. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put white-tailed deer success here at 15.6%, with 77 hunters taking 12 white-tailed deer at about 21.8 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.

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Whitetail Deer Hunting in Unit D132

Where to Find White-Tailed Deer in Deer Hunt Area 132

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 132 "Cedar Mountain". It runs to about 1,686 square miles, in Sweetwater (64%) and Uinta (36%) counties. The boundary and the harvest figures are WGFD's. The read of the country inside them is ours, and it says so where it starts.

The line: Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Blacks Fork River and Green River

WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 132 corner by corner. It starts where the Flaming Gorge Reservoir crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line. On the way round it follows Interstate Highway 80, and Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Blacks Fork River and Green 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.

Ground WGFD opens: Sweetwater 2 and Uinta 6

WGFD also lists 7 Walk-In Areas covering about 10,926 acres open for deer, among them Sweetwater 2, Uinta 6 and Uinta 7. 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: Thunderbolt Mountain, Cottonwood Mountain and Buck Fever Ridge

Named high points inside deer hunt area 132 include Thunderbolt Mountain at 9,538 feet, Cottonwood Mountain at 9,431 feet, Buck Fever Ridge at 9,260 feet, Table Mountain at 9,202 feet and Hickey Mountain at 8,974 feet. Several carry a public-land flag in our data, which makes them the first places to try for a view. White-tailed deer hold to cover — river bottoms, brushy draws and timber edges — and rarely stray far from it.

Holding ground: Slab Park, Gourley Meadows and West Canyon

Below them sit Slab Park at 8,761 feet, Gourley Meadows at 8,597 feet, West Canyon at 7,764 feet, Middle Canyon at 7,758 feet and Cedar Basin at 7,652 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.

Water: Chicken Spring, Soaphole Spring and Rocky Springs

Named water inside the line includes Chicken Spring, Soaphole Spring, Rocky Springs, Webb Spring, Shurtliff Spring and Pitcher Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.

Reading the land status

Named ground inside deer hunt area 132 runs from 6,033 feet to 9,538 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.

Unit D132 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Cottonwood Mountain (9,431 ft), Buck Fever Ridge (9,260 ft), Table Mountain (9,202 ft), Hickey Mountain (8,974 ft)

Holding ground: Sage Creek Park (9,178 ft), Deadhorse Park (8,895 ft), Jacks Park (8,861 ft), Walk-In Area Uinta 7, Walk-In Area Sweetwater 2

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 White-Tailed Deer in Deer Hunt Area 132

Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest survey estimates 77 hunters took 12 white-tailed deer in deer hunt area 132 — 15.6% success, at about 21.8 days of hunting for every animal taken. Residents ran 14.3% and nonresidents 28.6% that year. Most hunters here went home without an animal; plan the trip around the days-per-animal figure, not the hope of a quick one. The plan: find the trails between bedding cover and feed, then sit downwind of them at first and last light.

License types WGFD reported in deer hunt area 132 for 2025

WGFD's 2025 survey breaks the white-tailed deer harvest in deer hunt area 132 down by license type.

Type 3 — 16 licenses in use, 56.2% success, 16.7 days per animal (a cross-area license with areas 133, 134, 135 and 168)
General — 62 licenses in use, 4.8% success, 37.3 days per animal

What each type allows — antlered, antlerless, archery-only, where it is valid — and this year's dates are set area by area in Section 2 of WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6, so read the line for the license you hold rather than assume it matches another area's.

A CWD priority area in 2026

WGFD's 2026 CWD map lists deer hunt area 132 as a priority area for chronic wasting disease sampling, where it wants samples to meet its testing goals. Chapter 2's mandatory-sample rule applies where the Department designates an area mandatory; this one is listed as priority, and a sample from your animal is still the most useful thing you can hand in.

Glassing from Mass Mountain, Dans Nipple and The Butte

Take a position on one of Mass Mountain (8,177 ft), Dans Nipple (8,120 ft), The Butte (8,111 ft) and Bald Range (8,061 ft) and be on it before light. Cold air slides downhill in the dark, so keep your scent out of the bowl you mean to watch, and expect the thermals to turn uphill an hour after the sun reaches the slope. November bucks travel and check doe groups in daylight, which is when a stand on a travel route pays.

Hunting the Access Yes ground

Hunter Management Areas and Walk-In Areas are private land opened through WGFD's Access Yes program, and the 2026 regulations open each one only for the species and dates listed for it. Read the area's page on WGFD's site before you go — its rules, its dates and whether it needs anything more than your license. Anything else on that land, or any species not listed, needs the landowner's permission, so treat the Access Yes line as the edge of what you were given.

A first plan from the pins on this page

The map above marks Cottonwood Mountain, Buck Fever Ridge and Table Mountain as places to see from, and Sage Creek Park, Deadhorse Park and Jacks Park as ground to work. Each pin is a named feature or a WGFD access property placed inside the area line, not a spot anyone has hunted. Walk between two of them rather than driving between four, and you will learn more in a day.

Wyoming rules that decide your day

Summarised from WGFD regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Wyoming has no general off-road retrieval allowance on federal ground. Travel stays on designated routes.

Tagging

Attach the carcass coupon to the animal before it is moved, and keep evidence of sex attached.

Leaving meat

Wanton waste of edible meat is a serious offence in Wyoming.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting from or across a public road, and no shooting toward an occupied dwelling.

Whitetail Deer: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Whitetail Deer Success Rates

Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 15.6% white-tailed deer success in deer hunt area 132: 12 animals taken by 77 active hunters over 262 days of hunting, or 21.8 days per animal. By residency, residents 14.3% (10 taken by 70) and nonresidents 28.6% (2 taken by 7).

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.

Whitetail Deer Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — General either sex (resident)	17	64	26.6%	—
Rifle — General either sex (nonresident)	3	1	100.0%	—

Data from 2025 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.

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The white-tailed deer draw figures we hold for Wyoming have not been checked against WGFD's demand reports, so none are printed here. WGFD's draw results and odds page has the demand report for every hunt area and license type.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Water

22 named water sources inside the hunt area in our water layer, including Chicken Spring, Soaphole Spring and Rocky Springs. Which of them run in autumn is something only a scouting trip will tell you.

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Road Conditions

WGFD's boundary for the hunt area follows Interstate Highway 80. That is the edge, not a promise of access inside — check a current motor-vehicle-use map before you drive in.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features inside the hunt area run from 6,033 to 9,538 ft. Named heights only — the ground between and below them can run lower.

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Hunting Pressure

WGFD's 2025 survey counted about 77 white-tailed deer hunters spending 262 days here.

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Permit Notes

Season dates and license limitations: WGFD 2026 Chapter 6, Section 2.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Wyoming deer hunt area 132?

Deer Hunt Area 132 (Cedar Mountain) covers about 1,686 square miles in Sweetwater and Uinta counties. WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 132 corner by corner. It starts where the Flaming Gorge Reservoir crosses the Wyoming-Utah state line. On the way round it follows Interstate Highway 80, and Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Blacks Fork River and Green River.

What is the white-tailed deer success rate in deer hunt area 132?

Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 15.6% white-tailed deer success in deer hunt area 132, with 77 hunters taking 12 white-tailed deer at about 21.8 days of hunting per animal. That is WGFD's figure for this hunt area, not a statewide average.

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