Hunt area 81 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O)
- Hunt code
- D-081-1
- Unit
- 81
- Weapon
- Any weapon
- Draw years
- 2021–2026
In 2026, 554 residents applied as their first choice for 132 licenses: roughly 24% of them drew, since first choices are drawn before any second choice.
In 2026, 132 nonresidents applied. The preference draw reached 10 points. The random draw's winners aren't counted by point level in the report.
2026 draw by point level
First-choice applicants at each point level, and how many of them drew. “Drew” counts the preference draw only; WGFD doesn't report random-draw winners by point level.
| Points | Nonresidents | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Rate | |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| Over 11, under 12 | 5 | 5 | 100% |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Over 10, under 11 | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 33% |
| Under 10 | 115 | 0 | 0% |
| All | 132 | – | – |
Year by year
| Year | Permits | Residents | Nonresidents | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applied | Drew | Pts needed | Applied | Drew | Pts needed | ||
| 2026 | 151 | 554 | – | – | 132 | 15 | 10 |
| 2025 | 153 | 560 | – | – | 132 | 20 | 11 |
| 2024 | 154 | 572 | – | – | 119 | 16 | 10 |
| 2023 | 200 | 579 | – | – | 127 | 20 | 9 |
| 2022 | 222 | 532 | – | – | 161 | 22 | 9 |
| 2021 | 224 | 488 | – | – | 201 | 24 | 8 |
Reading these numbers
Nonresident elk, deer and antelope, and everyone's moose and bighorn sheep: 75% of each hunt's licenses go to the preference-point draw, highest points first (party points are averaged), and the other 25% are drawn at random among everyone who missed, points ignored. Residents draw elk, deer and antelope at random with no points; mountain goat, bison and the doe/fawn, cow/calf and ewe/lamb licenses are random for everyone. Nonresident 'special' licenses cost more and are drawn as a separate pool (hunt codes ending -S).
Other hunts in unit 81
Units listed next to it
In WGFD's unit order, which often but not always means nearby.
- Hunt area 79 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O)
- Hunt area 79 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 80 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O)
- Hunt area 80 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 84 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O)
- Hunt area 84 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O) - nonresident special draw
- Hunt area 87 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O)
- Hunt area 87 deer, type 1 (Antlered Mule Deer O) - nonresident special draw