Unit D34 (Natrona)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Deer Hunt Area 34, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Natrona, covers about 1,451 square miles in Natrona County. It belongs to WGFD's North Natrona mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 77.1%, with 131 hunters taking 101 mule deer at about 6.9 days of hunting per animal. CWD samples are mandatory here in 2026. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
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Mule Deer Hunting in Unit D34
Deer Hunt Area 34, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Natrona, covers about 1,451 square miles in Natrona County. It belongs to WGFD's North Natrona mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 77.1%, with 131 hunters taking 101 mule deer at about 6.9 days of hunting per animal. CWD samples are mandatory here in 2026. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find Mule Deer in Deer Hunt Area 34
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 34 "Natrona", though its own map layer still labels it North Natrona. It runs to about 1,451 square miles, entirely in Natrona County. WGFD reports these mule deer as the North Natrona herd unit, and no other hunt area shares it. WGFD prints the line and counts the harvest. It doesn't say where inside the line the mule deer live, so that part is our read of the ground, labelled as such.
The line: North Platte River, Badwater Creek and Deep Creek
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 34 corner by corner. It starts at the intersection of Interstate Highway 25 and the North Platte River in the city of Casper. On the way round it follows Interstate Highway 25, U.S. Highway 20-26, Natrona County Road 104 and Natrona County Road 103, and North Platte River, Badwater Creek, Deep Creek and Buffalo Creek. 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 34s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 34 also belongs to its elk, antelope and moose hunt areas 34. 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: Natrona 2 and Natrona 3
WGFD also lists 11 Walk-In Areas covering about 46,115 acres open for deer, among them Natrona 2, Natrona 3 and Natrona 21. 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 Badwater Ranch (10,211 acres) and Flying A Ranch (2,862 acres) are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Deadman Butte, Black Rim and Three Buttes
Named high points inside deer hunt area 34 include Deadman Butte at 6,938 feet, Black Rim at 6,660 feet, Three Buttes at 6,511 feet, Gray Wall at 6,445 feet and Flat Top Hill at 6,256 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: First Water Draw, Lost Canyon and Ralston Flats
Below them sit First Water Draw at 6,051 feet, Lost Canyon at 6,012 feet, Ralston Flats at 5,895 feet, North Branch Cave Gulch at 5,776 feet and Dean Springs Draw at 5,768 feet. Those are the basins and bottoms of the area, and they are what you glass into from above.
Water: Bar Spring, Dean Springs and Sanchez Spring
Named water inside the line includes Bar Spring, Dean Springs, Sanchez Spring, Big Sulfur Spring and Hackett Spring. Nothing in the data says which of it runs in autumn, so a scouting trip earns its fuel.
Unit D34 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Black Rim (6,660 ft), Three Buttes (6,511 ft), Gray Wall (6,445 ft), Flat Top Hill (6,256 ft)
Holding ground: Beaton Basin (7,529 ft), West Slope (6,701 ft), Cedar Gap (6,569 ft), Walk-In Area Natrona 3, Walk-In Area Natrona 25
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 34
Mule Deer Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 77.1% mule deer success in deer hunt area 34: 101 animals taken by 131 active hunters over 694 days of hunting, or 6.9 days per animal. By residency, residents 73.6% (78 taken by 106) and nonresidents 92% (23 taken by 25).
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) | 79 | 1,022 | 7.7% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 1 antlered (nonresident) | 3 | 185 | 1.6% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 either sex (resident) | 39 | 36 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General Type 3 either sex (nonresident) | 2 | 0 | 100.0% | — |
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 34, residents and nonresidents kept apart because they draw from different license pools:
- Type 1, residents: 1,022 first-choice applicants for 79 licenses, 7.7% drawn
- Type 1, nonresidents: 185 first-choice applicants for 3 licenses, 1.6% drawn
- Type 3, residents: 36 first-choice applicants for 39 licenses, 100% 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 34, 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 34, 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