Wyoming Guided Whitetail Rut Hunt

The Wyoming Guided Whitetail Rut Hunt Package

This hunt takes place during the month of November when the whitetail rut is in full swing. Open country coupled with lots of buck activity makes for an exciting hunt. Seeing 10-15 bucks per day is common. Bucks average 120 - 140 inches. Spotting a trophy whitetail and then making a short stalk is the primary method of hunting. Guides will also use tree stands in the river bottoms that they hunt. Accommodations: 

• Length: 4-days
• Hunting Dates: Nov 6th - Nov 26th
• Application Dates: Jan 1st - Mar 15th
• Two hunters per guide on all hunts
• 1x1 hunts available for $850 extra
• Food
• Lodging
• Transportation of meats and mounts to processing plant or taxidermist
• No hidden costs
• Outfitter can make arrangements to pick you up at the Sheridan, Wyoming airport if you plan to fly

About Preference Points and Licenses

In any type of big game draw, 75 % of available licenses in each hunt area and license type will be allotted to the preference point drawing. The remaining 25% of available licenses will be reserved for a random drawing. The random drawing is intended to provide everyone who applies a chance of drawing a license without preference points.

Like many other states, Wyoming gives non-resident hunters the option to purchase preference points to get a better shot at a preferred hunt. You can purchase a preference point only from July 1 - November 2. Preference points are a way for hunters to improve their odds of eventually drawing a license in a hard-to-draw hunt area. To get the best use of your preference points, check out the application strategies. Click here to find out more information or apply for preference points.  

The preference point system is designed to improve an applicant’s odds of eventually drawing a high demand license in Wyoming. Seventy-five percent (75%) of available licenses in each hunt area and license type are allocated to the preference point drawing. Applicants with the highest preference point ranking will receive priority in the preference point drawing. The remaining twenty-five percent (25%) of available licenses will be allocated in a random drawing regardless of preference points.  The random drawing is intended to provide everyone who applies a chance of drawing a license, regardless of their preference point total. Preference points will be required to draw elk and moose tags in the units we hunt unless you get lucky in the random draw.  Deer and antelope tags can be drawn with one point.

• Preference points are assigned to the person’s sportsperson identification number and are tied to a species, but not to a specific hunt area.  *You are allowed to apply for different hunt areas from one year to the next. 
• No person may apply for, or be awarded, more than one (1) preference point per species in the same calendar year.
• The number of preference points you have going into the draw is the number used.  A common misconception is that you are given next years point and that's how many are used in the draw, not the way it works.
• Preference points are only considered for an applicant’s first choice for full price license applications, you will not use your points if you draw your second choice.  
• Preference points can be purchased July 1- November 2.  There is no application fee to purchase a preference point only.
• If a person fails to either apply for a drawing with the preference point option or purchase a preference point during the preference point only application period for two (2) consecutive years, all accumulated points for that species will be lost.
• A youth applicant wanting to purchase preference points only must be at least eleven (11) years old at the time of submitting an application and must be at least twelve (12) years old by December 31 of that year.

Preference point costs: 

• Resident:

• Moose -- $7
• Sheep -- $7

• Nonresident:

• Elk -- $52
• Deer -- $41
• Antelope -- $31
• Moose -- $150
• Bighorn Sheep -- $150
• Youth Elk -- $10
• Youth Deer -- $10
• Youth Antelope -- $10

2024 Wyoming Hunting License Fees (License Prices Subject to Change Per State of Wyoming):

• Elk -- $692
• Special Elk -- $1,950
• Deer -- $374
• Antelope -- $326
• Moose -- $1,982
• Bear -- $373
• Mountain Lion -- $373
• Spring Turkey -- $74
• Conservation Stamp -- $16.50
• Archery Stamp -- $30

Purchase Preference Points:

• https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Hunting/Preference-Points

Apply or Buy a License:

• https://wgfd.wyo.gov/apply-or-buy