Wyoming Whitetail Deer

Unit D145 (Salt River)

Wyoming Hunting Guide — Whitetail Deer

Deer Hunt Area 145, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Salt River, covers about 485 square miles in Lincoln County. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put white-tailed deer success here at 27.6%, with 76 hunters taking 21 white-tailed deer at about 18.3 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 D145

Where to Find White-Tailed Deer in Deer Hunt Area 145

The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 145 "Salt River". It runs to about 485 square miles, entirely in Lincoln County. 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: Snake River, Greys River and Squaw Creek

WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 145 corner by corner. It starts at the Wyoming-Idaho state line on the Snake River. On the way round it follows Snake River, Greys River, Squaw Creek and Salt River. 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.

Ground WGFD opens: Greys River and Lincoln 1

WGFD administers the Greys River Wildlife Habitat Management Area (3,042 acres) inside or across the line. WGFD also lists 4 Walk-In Areas covering about 1,735 acres open for deer, among them Lincoln 1, Lincoln 3 and Lincoln 4. 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. Public Access Areas such as Salt River-Clark's Barn (29 acres) and Salt River-Burton's Upper (40 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.

High ground inside the line: Rock Lake Peak, Mount Wagner and Red Top Mountain

Named high points inside deer hunt area 145 include Rock Lake Peak at 10,684 feet, Mount Wagner at 10,680 feet, Red Top Mountain at 10,389 feet, Haystack Peak at 10,054 feet and The Pinnacle at 8,320 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: Mud Gulch, Quaking Aspen Hollow and Churchhouse Hollow

Below them sit Mud Gulch at 7,030 feet, Quaking Aspen Hollow at 6,980 feet, Churchhouse Hollow at 6,959 feet, Steves Canyon at 6,885 feet and Forest Dell at 6,880 feet. These are the folds worth watching, and the ones other hunters walk past.

Water: Periodic Spring

Named water inside the line includes Periodic 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 145 runs from 5,632 feet to 10,684 feet — more than 4,000 feet between the named features alone, so the season you draw decides which part of it you hunt.

Unit D145 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Rock Lake Peak (10,684 ft), Mount Wagner (10,680 ft), Red Top Mountain (10,389 ft), Haystack Peak (10,054 ft)

Holding ground: McDougal Pass (9,226 ft), Slide Canyon (7,675 ft), Salt River Pass (7,616 ft), Greys River WHMA, Walk-In Area Lincoln 4

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 145

Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest survey estimates 76 hunters took 21 white-tailed deer in deer hunt area 145 — 27.6% success, at about 18.3 days of hunting for every animal taken. Fewer than half the hunters here filled a license, which makes scouting time the difference between the two groups. 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 145 for 2025

WGFD's 2025 survey breaks the white-tailed deer harvest in deer hunt area 145 down by license type.

Type 3 — 16 licenses in use, 25% success, 58 days per animal
Type 8 — 27 licenses in use, 51.9% success, 3.9 days per animal
General — 38 licenses in use, 7.9% success, 32.7 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 145 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 Haderlie Knoll, Rock Lake Peak and Mount Wagner

Take a position on one of Haderlie Knoll (6,090 ft), Rock Lake Peak (10,684 ft), Mount Wagner (10,680 ft) and Red Top Mountain (10,389 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 Rock Lake Peak, Mount Wagner and Red Top Mountain as places to see from, and McDougal Pass, Slide Canyon and Salt River Pass 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 27.6% white-tailed deer success in deer hunt area 145: 21 animals taken by 76 active hunters over 384 days of hunting, or 18.3 days per animal. By residency, residents 20.8% (15 taken by 72) and nonresidents 150% (6 taken by 4).

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)	20	86	23.3%	—
Rifle — General either sex (nonresident)	3	3	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

1 named water source inside the hunt area in our water layer, including Periodic Spring. Which of them run in autumn is something only a scouting trip will tell you.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features inside the hunt area run from 5,632 to 10,684 ft. More than 4,000 feet between them alone, so plan the pack-out before the shot.

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Hunting Pressure

WGFD's 2025 survey counted about 76 white-tailed deer hunters spending 384 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 145?

Deer Hunt Area 145 (Salt River) covers about 485 square miles in Lincoln County. WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 145 corner by corner. It starts at the Wyoming-Idaho state line on the Snake River. On the way round it follows Snake River, Greys River, Squaw Creek and Salt River.

What is the white-tailed deer success rate in deer hunt area 145?

Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 27.6% white-tailed deer success in deer hunt area 145, with 76 hunters taking 21 white-tailed deer at about 18.3 days of hunting per animal. That is WGFD's figure for this hunt area, not a statewide average.

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Sources & Verification

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 145, 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 white-tailed deer in deer hunt area 145, The same by license type and residency · 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