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Units / Wyoming / Deer area 123

Yellowtail · Deer area 123 · Wyoming

Deer hunt area — its own geography, not the elk area with the same number. Public land, access, and deer harvest below are computed for this boundary.

Deer area 123Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

42%

10,346 ac of 24,514 ac

Landlocked public

267 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

6%

of public · 583 ac

Walk-in access

13,258 ac

private land opened to hunting

mule deer · 2025

11.6% success

15 taken by 129 hunters · 365 days afield

11 bucks · 4 does · 0 fawns

Res 12% success

mule deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 21% → 12%

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Wyoming deer draw odds

Same number, different ground: Elk area 123

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Terrain — this boundary, not the elk area’s

Elevation3,630–4,600 ft
Median elevation3,740 ft
Median slope

Where the ground sits

3,630 ft4,600 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 24%
E 32%
S 22%
W 22%

Share of ground steeper than 5° — flat ground has no facing

North slopes hold shade, cover and snow; south slopes open first.

USGS 3DEP 1 arc-second (30 m), slope at native resolution in a local metric projection, sampled on a 200 m grid. See the code →

Nearby deer deer areas

Devils Canyon · Deer area 53 · 92% publicCrystal Creek · Deer area 52 · 77% publicShoshone River · Deer area 122 · 65% publicBeaver Creek · Deer area 51 · 74% public

Boundaries from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department deer hunt-area layer; ownership from USGS PAD-US; access from the state walk-in program; roads from OSM + MVUM. Same open formulas as every unit page — the methodology is published and the code is open.