Units / Wyoming / Deer area 153

Monument Ridge · Deer area 153 · 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 153Full map — ownership, roads, wind →

Public land

97%

72,292 ac of 74,849 ac

Landlocked public

0 ac

public you can't legally reach

>1 mi from a road

49%

of public · 35,712 ac

mule deer · 2025

27.4% success

72 taken by 263 hunters · 1,372 days afield

72 bucks (bucks only) · 0 fawns

Res 26% · NR 32% success

mule deer hunter success · 2021–2025 · 42% → 27%

Plan it

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Wyoming deer draw odds →

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Terrain — this boundary, not the elk area’s

Elevation6,400–10,820 ft

Median elevation7,870 ft

Median slope15°

Where the ground sits

6,400 ft10,820 ft

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Slope mix

Which way the slopes face

N 29%

E 31%

S 21%

W 19%

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

Raspberry Ridge · Deer area 154 · 86% public Lower Hoback · Deer area 152 · 92% public Greys River · Deer area 144 · 100% public Piney-Horse Creek · Deer area 142 · 52% public

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