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Nevada · 2026-27 season year

Nevada Deer Season 2026-27

Archery Hunt: August 10, 2026 to January 1, 2027. Mule deer antlered general hunts: October 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027. Every date below was read from Nevada Department of Wildlife’s own published page, linked beside it, on September 2, 2026.

This page covers the 2026-27 season year. Dates were read from the agency sources linked below, last checked September 2, 2026. Seasons change annually and agencies correct their own pages; confirm against the linked agency page before you hunt.
August 10, 2026 to January 1, 2027
Archery Hunt
published
October 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027
Mule deer antlered general hunts
published
September 10, 2026 to December 20, 2026
Muzzleloader Hunt
published
8 zone rows
Zone structure
as the agency draws it
The four questions in one

Nevada deer seasons, 2026-27

“When does deer season open” is four questions wearing one coat. Nevada Department of Wildlife dates mule deer seasons separately by weapon, so each one is below under the agency’s own name for it, with the zone rows exactly as the agency lists them.

Archery Hunt

published

Archery Hunt opens in 22 days, on November 10, 2026 (The unit groups the commission dates in November).

Nevada archery hunt, as published by Nevada Department of Wildlife
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
Most unit groups, forty rows of the commission's resident archery tableAugust 10, 2026September 9, 2026
The unit groups the commission dates in NovemberNovember 10, 2026November 20, 2026
Unit group 021December 1, 2026December 10, 2026
The southern unit groups the commission dates across the year endDecember 16, 2026January 1, 2027
Two further southern unit groupsDecember 1, 2026January 1, 2027

Dates read from CR 25-07, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Big Game Hunting Seasons, Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, accessed 2026-09-02.

Nevada sets two full season years at once: the same commission regulation carries a 2025-2026 column and a 2026-2027 column, and the windows above are read from the 2026-2027 column. The August 10 archery opener holds across most of the state, with the southern desert units running months later.

Mule deer antlered general hunts

published

Mule deer antlered general hunts is OPEN now in the Most unit groups, twenty five rows of the commission's resident table, through November 5, 2026, with 3 zone segments open.

Nevada mule deer antlered general hunts, as published by Nevada Department of Wildlife
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
Most unit groups, twenty five rows of the commission's resident tableOctober 5, 2026November 5, 2026The commission names this hunt for the arms class it covers
Unit groups split into an early and a late hunt, early halfOctober 5, 2026October 20, 2026Fifteen unit group rows
Unit groups split into an early and a late hunt, late halfOctober 21, 2026November 5, 2026Fifteen unit group rows
Unit groups 101 through 109 and 171 through 173, first of three huntsOctober 1, 2026October 16, 2026
Unit groups 101 through 109 and 171 through 173, second of three huntsOctober 17, 2026October 30, 2026
Unit groups 101 through 109 and 171 through 173, third of three huntsOctober 31, 2026November 8, 2026
The southern unit groupsNovember 5, 2026November 30, 2026Nine unit group rows
Unit groups 015 and 081 and unit group 021December 11, 2026January 1, 2027Unit group 021 opens Dec 21 in the commission's table

Dates read from CR 25-07, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Big Game Hunting Seasons, Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, accessed 2026-09-02.

Nevada is entirely a draw state, and the commission assigns every unit group to a dated hunt rather than running one general season. Twenty five unit groups share the standard October window, another thirty are split into an early and a late hunt inside it, and the far south runs a month later.

Muzzleloader Hunt

published

Muzzleloader Hunt opens in 22 days, on November 10, 2026 (Unit groups the commission dates in November).

Nevada muzzleloader hunt, as published by Nevada Department of Wildlife
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
Most unit groups, sixty five rows of the commission's resident tableSeptember 10, 2026October 4, 2026
Unit groups 101 through 109September 10, 2026September 30, 2026
Unit groups the commission dates in NovemberNovember 10, 2026November 30, 2026
Unit group 081November 21, 2026December 10, 2026
Unit groups the commission dates in DecemberDecember 1, 2026December 15, 2026
Unit group 021December 11, 2026December 20, 2026

Dates read from CR 25-07, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Big Game Hunting Seasons, Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, accessed 2026-09-02.

The muzzleloader window sits between archery and the general hunts in most of Nevada and is the most uniform of the three, running the same twenty five days across sixty five unit group rows.

Resident Junior Mule Deer hunts

published

Resident Junior Mule Deer hunts is OPEN now in the Junior antlered hunts, most unit groups, through November 5, 2026.

Nevada resident junior mule deer hunts, as published by Nevada Department of Wildlife
ZoneOpensClosesNotes
Junior archery, most unit groupsAugust 10, 2026September 9, 2026
Junior muzzleloader, most unit groupsSeptember 10, 2026October 4, 2026
Junior antlered hunts, most unit groupsOctober 5, 2026November 5, 2026Several unit groups close on Nov 2 or Oct 31 instead
Junior antlered hunts, the southern unit groupsNovember 5, 2026November 30, 2026
Junior antlered hunts, unit groups 015 and 081December 11, 2026January 1, 2027

Dates read from CR 25-07, 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 Big Game Hunting Seasons, Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners, accessed 2026-09-02.

Nevada runs junior mule deer hunts as their own tag classes, one that follows whichever arms window the unit is in and one dated separately, so junior hunters hunt the same calendar as everyone else rather than on extra youth days.

The Nevada Board of Wildlife Commissioners under the authority of sections 501.181, 502.140, 503.120, and 503.140 of the Nevada Revised Statutes, and 502.4205 of the Nevada Administrative Code, does hereby adopt the following regulation for the big game resource.
Nevada Department of Wildlife, read September 2, 2026. Read it at the source
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Zones

Nevada deer zones

Nevada does not have a deer season. It has 8 of them, and the boundaries between them were drawn by Nevada Department of Wildlife along highways, rivers and county fragments rather than anything you can see from a stand. In several states those boundaries are not even the same from one weapon season to the next.

This page publishes the agency’s zone names and links the agency’s own zone map, which is where a hunter’s zone is determined. A wrong zone answer is a wrong season date.

Heavy antlered mule deer buck standing shoulder deep in snowy sagebrush in Wyoming
A mule deer buck in Wyoming sagebrush. Western general seasons run by unit and draw. Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS. “Mule Deer Buck in Southwest Wyoming (23007137314)” — Tom Koerner / USFWS Mountain-Prairie — Public domain
Rules

Nevada deer hunting regulations

Season windows are carried here with their source and read date attached. Everything else a hunter is bound by is set by Nevada Department of Wildlife, and its regulations page is linked below.

Current Nevada regulations

Harvest limits, antler restrictions, permitted arms, shooting hours, tagging and reporting, and license and permit requirements for Nevada are set by Nevada Department of Wildlife, are legally binding and change annually. Its current regulations page is linked here.

Nevada Department of Wildlife: current regulations
Two hunters in blaze orange and camouflage beside a wheelchair at the edge of bare winter woods, one helping the other with gear
Getting ready at the edge of the winter woods on a mobility assisted deer hunt. Many states date a season specifically for hunters with disabilities, and those windows are on the state pages. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps. “USMC-11410” — U.S. Marine Corps (official photo, marines.mil) — Public domain

Deer season dates in other states

Nevada turkey seasonSpring and fall wild turkey windows for 2026-27, under the same sourcing rules.Nevada duck seasonDuck and goose season dates by zone and flyway, read from the same agency.Nevada fall foliagePeak color and the archery weeks overlap. Plan the same trip.

Nevada deer season questions

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Buck with antlers in velvet standing in tall summer grass in golden light
A buck still in velvet in late summer. The earliest archery openers land within weeks of antlers hardening. “White-tailed Deer Buck in Velvet (48804848567)” — USFWS Mountain Prairie — Public domain

This page covers the 2026-27 season year with data as of September 2, 2026. Every season window is republished from the Nevada Department of Wildlife page linked beside it, read on September 2, 2026; windows the agency had not yet published are labelled not yet published. Harvest limits, antler restrictions, permitted arms, shooting hours and license rules are set by Nevada Department of Wildlife, whose page is the final word on the day you hunt. See also the national deer season guide.