Unit D8 (Upton-Four Horse)
Wyoming Hunting Guide — Whitetail Deer
Deer Hunt Area 8, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Upton-Four Horse, covers about 563 square miles in Weston and Crook counties. It belongs to WGFD's Central white-tailed deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put white-tailed deer success here at 32.7%, with 113 hunters taking 37 white-tailed deer at about 20.4 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 D8
Deer Hunt Area 8, which Wyoming Game and Fish names Upton-Four Horse, covers about 563 square miles in Weston and Crook counties. It belongs to WGFD's Central white-tailed deer herd unit. WGFD's 2025 harvest survey put white-tailed deer success here at 32.7%, with 113 hunters taking 37 white-tailed deer at about 20.4 days of hunting per animal. Check land status on a current map before you plan a route.
Where to Find White-Tailed Deer in Deer Hunt Area 8
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission names deer hunt area 8 "Upton-Four Horse". It runs to about 563 square miles, in Weston (90%) and Crook (8%) counties. WGFD reports these white-tailed deer as the Central herd unit, which also takes in deer hunt areas 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 21 and 7 more. What WGFD publishes for the area is its boundary and its harvest; where the white-tailed deer stand inside it is our reading of the ground, and the two are kept apart below.
The line: Black Thunder Creek, Bacon Creek and Cheyenne River
WGFD's 2026 Chapter 6 walks the line around deer hunt area 8 corner by corner. It starts at the junction of Wyoming Highway 116 and Wyoming Highway 450. On the way round it follows Wyoming Highway 116, Wyoming Highway 450, U.S.F.S. Road 930 and Interstate Highway 90, and Black Thunder Creek, Bacon Creek, Cheyenne River and Belle Fourche River Divide. 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 8s
WGFD numbers each species' hunt areas on its own grid, so the number 8 also belongs to its elk, antelope, moose and bighorn sheep hunt areas 8. Only the antelope area 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: Weston 15
WGFD also lists one Walk-In Area covering about 4,778 acres open for deer: Weston 15. 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: Chalk Butte, Goose Butte and Spy Glass Hill
Named high points inside deer hunt area 8 include Chalk Butte at 4,928 feet, Goose Butte at 4,838 feet and Spy Glass Hill at 4,574 feet. None of them carries a public-land flag we trust, so settle ownership before you plan to stand on one. White-tailed deer on farm country live in the cover strips between fields and feed out at the edges of the day.
Holding ground: Madren Draw, Coal Draw and Alkali Draw
Below them sit Madren Draw at 4,389 feet, Coal Draw at 4,377 feet, Alkali Draw at 4,362 feet, Wildcat Draw at 4,359 feet and Butler Draw at 4,347 feet. That is the low ground — where animals drop when they are pushed or when the weather turns.
Reading the land status
Named ground inside deer hunt area 8 runs from 4,221 feet to 4,928 feet. Those are the heights of the features GNIS names, which bound the range from inside rather than measure it.
Unit D8 terrain and land status
Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up
Named features inside the unit
Holding ground: Dickey Draw (4,411 ft), Rough Draw (4,390 ft), Butler Draw (4,347 ft), Walk-In Area Weston 15
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 8
Whitetail Deer Success Rates
Wyoming Game and Fish's 2025 harvest report estimates 32.7% white-tailed deer success in deer hunt area 8: 37 animals taken by 113 active hunters over 753 days of hunting, or 20.4 days per animal. By residency, residents 26.9% (18 taken by 67) and nonresidents 41.3% (19 taken by 46).
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) | 40 | 40 | 100.0% | — |
| Rifle — General either sex (nonresident) | 7 | 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.
Open in Draw Odds EngineThe 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
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 8, 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 8, 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