Unit D61 (Harriman)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Mule Deer
Deer Hunt Area 61, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Harriman, covers about 339 square miles in Albany and Laramie counties. It belongs to WGFD's Sheep Mountain mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 32.7%, with 147 hunters taking 48 mule deer at about 15.6 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 D61
Deer Hunt Area 61, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Harriman, covers about 339 square miles in Albany and Laramie counties. It belongs to WGFD's Sheep Mountain mule deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put mule deer success here at 32.7%, with 147 hunters taking 48 mule deer at about 15.6 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 61
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 61 "Harriman". It runs to about 339 square miles, in Albany (54%) and Laramie (46%) counties. WGFD reports these mule deer as the Sheep Mountain herd unit, which also takes in deer hunt areas 74, 75, 76 and 77. 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.
Where deer hunt area 61 begins and ends
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 61 corner by corner. It starts at the city of Laramie and Interstate Highway 80. On the way round it follows Interstate Highway 80, Interstate Highway 25 and U.S. Highway 287. 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 61s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 61 also belongs to its elk and antelope hunt areas 61. 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: Monolith Ranch and Lone Tree Creek
Its Access Yes program enrolls 2 Hunter Management Areas here that list deer among their species — Monolith Ranch (13,698 acres) and Lone Tree Creek (15,312 acres). 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 Leazenby Lake are public ways onto water and land; check what each allows before you count on it for hunting.
High ground inside the line: Red Buttes, Twin Mountains and Natural Fort
Named high points inside deer hunt area 61 include Red Buttes at 8,240 feet, Twin Mountains at 8,099 feet, Natural Fort at 8,031 feet and Saddleback Mountain at 7,928 feet. None of them carries a public-land flag we trust, so settle ownership before you plan to stand on one. Mule deer bed on broken ground with a view and feed on the brush below it.
Holding ground: Sawmill Canyon, Gilmore Gulch and Sawmill Gulch
Below them sit Sawmill Canyon at 7,422 feet, Gilmore Gulch at 7,268 feet, Sawmill Gulch at 7,844 feet, Dry Gulch at 7,702 feet and Government Gully at 7,533 feet. Those are the basins and bottoms of the area, and they are what you glass into from above.
Water: Elkar Well, Finnerty Well and Simpson Springs
Named water inside the line includes Elkar Well, Finnerty Well and Simpson Springs. 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 61 runs from 7,268 feet to 8,240 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit D61 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Glass from: Red Buttes (8,240 ft), Twin Mountains (8,099 ft), Natural Fort (8,031 ft)
Holding ground: Sawmill Gulch (7,844 ft), Government Gully (7,533 ft), Lone Tree Creek Hunter Management Area, Elkar Well, Simpson Springs
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 61
Mule Deer Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 32.7% mule deer success in deer hunt area 61: 48 animals taken by 147 active hunters over 751 days of hunting, or 15.6 days per animal. By residency, residents 28.3% (36 taken by 127) and nonresidents 60% (12 taken by 20).
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
Draw odds data not available for this specific unit/species combination in our database.
Search Wyoming Draw OddsWGFD's demand reports for 2021 to 2026 carry no limited-quota mule deer draw for deer hunt area 61 that we hold. That usually means the area is hunted on a general license, or was not offered in those years. WGFD's draw results and odds page is the place to check before you apply.
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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 61, 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 61, 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