Wyoming Hunt Planner

Welcome to the Wyoming Game and Fish Department's Hunt Planner. In the sections that follow, you will find interactive maps, species-specific hunt information, drawing odds, harvest information, public access and much more.

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If you want to hunt antelope, you’ve come to the right place. Wyoming has more antelope than the rest of the continent, and harvest success commonly exceeds 85 percent. Pronghorn, called antelope here, are found only in western North America.

Hunt Area 50

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Apply For Season Dates Archery Dates License Limitations
050-0* Sep. 1 - Sep. 15 - Any antelope, muzzle-loading firearms only
050-1* Sep. 16 - Oct. 31 Aug. 15 - Aug. 31 Any antelope
050-6* Sep. 16 - Oct. 31 Aug. 15 - Aug. 31 Doe or fawn
* Difficult Public Access
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Approx. % of Public Land: 58%
Access to Public Land: Good
Access Notes: The northern third of the area lies within a checkerboard of alternating public and private lands. Some of the checkerboard lands in this area are currently enrolled in Access Yes- Hunter Management Areas (HMA) and Walk-In Areas (WIA) and limited access for pronghorn antelope hunting is possible. Ranches along the North Platte River tend to be large, so significant blocks of the area are either unavailable for hunting or available only to outfitted clients. Owners of a few smaller tracts of deeded land may grant access. Public lands in this hunt area are primarily administered by the United States Forest Service (USFS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Several sections of State Trust Land are accessible for pronghorn antelope hunting. Pennock Mountain and the Wick/Beumee Wildlife Habitat Management Areas (WHMAs) are managed by Game and Fish and can be accessed for pronghorn antelope hunting.
Mapping Resources: Saratoga and Medicine Bow

Additional Information: None
USFS Designated Wilderness Areas: There are two wilderness areas in this hunt area (Platte River Wilderness and Savage Run Wilderness), however neither area is generally occupied by pronghorn antelope.
Hunting Access in Wyoming - Public Access Summary

Parcels of land where Game and Fish facilitates management of hunters for access to hunt. 


Available Public access Areas for this Hunt Area

Saratoga Lake More Info
North Platte River-Pick Bridge More Info
North Platte River-Sanger More Info
Elk Mountain Reservoir More Info
North Platte River-Rochelle More Info

Parcels of land where Game and Fish facilitates management of hunters for access to hunt. SW TEST


Available Wildlife Habitat Management areas for this Hunt Area

Pennock Mountain More Info
Wick Brothers/Beumee More Info

  • Nonresident Deadlines
  • Applications Open: January 2, 2026
  • Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Modify & Withdrawal Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Tentative Draw Results Available: June 18, 2026
  • Preference Point Only***: July 1, 2026 - November 2, 2026
  • Resident Deadlines
  • Applications Open: January 2, 2026
  • Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Modify & Withdrawal Deadline: June 1, 2026
  • Tentative Draw Results Available: June 18, 2026

*** An applicant must be at least eleven (11) years old at the time of submitting an application to purchase a preference point and must be at least twelve (12) years old by December 31 of that year.

  • Nonresident Fees
  • Full Price Landowner License: $326.00
  • Full Price Landowner Youth License**: $110.00
  • Full Price License: $326.00
  • Full Price Youth License**: $110.00
  • Preference Point Only Youth***: $10.00
  • Preference Point Only: $31.00
  • Reduced Price Doe/Fawn License: $34.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Doe/Fawn License: $34.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $19.00
  • Reduced Price Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $19.00
  • Special License: $1,200.00
  • Resident Fees
  • Full Price Landowner License: $37.00
  • Full Price Landowner Youth License**: $15.00
  • Full Price License: $37.00
  • Full Price Youth License**: $15.00
  • Reduced Price Doe/Fawn License: $22.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Doe/Fawn License: $22.00
  • Reduced Price Landowner Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $14.00
  • Reduced Price Youth Doe/Fawn License**: $14.00

** An applicant may apply for any big game license if he/she is eleven (11) years of age and has not attained eighteen (18) years of age at the time of application. Any person may take a big or trophy game animal at eleven (11) years of age if the person will attain twelve (12) years of age by the end of that calendar year. Persons who are less than eighteen (18) years of age and at least eleven (11) years of age at the time of application may apply for a youth license and remit youth fees. Applicants under the age of eighteen (18) may have their parent or legal guardian submit an application on their behalf.

*** An applicant must be at least eleven (11) years old at the time of submitting an application to purchase a preference point and must be at least twelve (12) years old by December 31 of that year.

Buck/Any Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Nonresident Landowner Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
1 45 0 < 1 100.00%
1 45 6 0 100.00%

Nonresident Landowner Random

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
1 15 0 100.00%

Nonresident Special Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
1 17 1 6 100.00%
1 16 0 < 6 100.00%
1 16 1 5 100.00%
1 15 2 < 5 100.00%
1 13 3 4 100.00%
1 10 2 < 4 100.00%
1 8 5 3 100.00%
1 3 0 < 3 100.00%
1 3 1 2 100.00%
1 2 0 < 2 100.00%
1 2 2 1 100.00%
1 0 < 1 0.00%

Nonresident Special Random

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 5 13 38.46%

Nonresident Preference Point

Hunt Type Quota Issued Preference Points Drawing Odds
1 24 1 11 100.00%
1 23 0 < 11 100.00%
1 23 1 10 100.00%
1 22 0 < 10 100.00%
1 22 0 9 100.00%
1 22 2 < 9 100.00%
1 20 4 8 100.00%
1 16 7 < 8 100.00%
1 9 9 7 69.23%
1 0 < 7 0.00%

Nonresident Random

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 8 243 3.29%

Doe/Fawn Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Nonresident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
6 20 0 100.00%

Nonresident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
6 20 225 8.89%

Buck/Any Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Resident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
1 240 11 100.00%

Resident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
1 229 494 46.36%

Doe/Fawn Drawing Odds

2025 Drawing odds

Resident Landowner

Hunt Type Total Quota Landowner Licenses Issued Landowner License Odds
6 80 2 100.00%

Resident

Hunt Type Total Quota First choice Applicants First choice odds
6 78 298 26.17%

Topography and Vegetation: The area is topographically diverse with broad, rolling plains dominated by sagebrush, grasslands, and saltbushes along the I-80 corridor steep timbered mountains, rugged canyons, breaks, and draws in the Snowy Range Mountains and broken rimrock and irrigated hay meadows along the North Platte River. Habitats occupied by pronghorn antelope in the area include sagebrush steppe, riparian, saltbush, greasewood, and agricultural cropland. Cropland agriculture is generally restricted to areas along the major rivers and creeks.
General Statement Regarding this Hunt Area: With the exception of the forested mountains and mountain foothills which contain open coniferous/aspen forests and mountain shrubs, pronghorn antelope can be found throughout this hunt area. Summer and fall densities of pronghorn antelope tend to be tied to available water and lusher habitats. Pronghorn antelope concentrate on irrigated croplands and riparian meadows, which are more common along the North Platte River and other major creeks in the area. Many of the pronghorn in this herd unit are found along the northern edge of the area during the hunting season, so hunters are encouraged to look into WHMA and Access Yes hunting opportunities. Weather may vary from dry and windy with temperatures in the 70s and 80s to freezing cold with significant snowfall, even in September. Roads in many portions of this hunt area become muddy and nearly impassable when wet. Rut for pronghorn antelope in this area typically peaks in the last week of September and the first part of October.
Additional Hunting Opportunities: Cottontail rabbit are most abundant in sagebrush/greasewood and rimrock habitats in the area. Sage-grouse can be found in sagebrush grasslands and near wet meadows. Blue (Dusky) grouse can be found in the National Forest. Consult the Chapter 11 Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Regulation for season dates, license requirements and bag/possession limits. Mountain lion and black bear can occasionally be found in the forested areas (Chapters 42 and 3). The North Platte River offers excellent trout fishing (Chapter 46) opportunities.
Herd Unit Job Completion Report: See the PR528 (Elk Mountain) Job Completion Report for more detailed information on the management of this pronghorn antelope herd.

Wyoming state law requires nonresidents to hunt with a resident guide in designated wilderness areas. This does not mean the entire Hunt Area, only within the boundaries of the wilderness area.

 

The resident guide does not have to be a professional; a Wyoming resident who holds a big game or trophy game hunting license is able to obtain a Resident Guide License to guide two nonresident hunters a year in wilderness areas. Resident guides simply need to register at any Game and Fish office.

 

Percentage of this Hunt Area with Designated Wilderness: 4.47%

 

For More Information: Resident Guide Information


Contact: ph: (307) 777-4600
Regional Offices

Area 50 - Type 1
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 50
# Days Hunted 769
Days/Hunter 3.2
Total Area Harvest 243
Hunter Success 85.60%
Area 50 - Type 6
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 50
# Days Hunted 241
Days/Hunter 3.4
Total Area Harvest 70
Hunter Success 79.50%
Area 50 - Type 0
2025 HARVEST REPORT
Hunt Area 50
# Days Hunted 129
Days/Hunter 3.6
Total Area Harvest 36
Hunter Success 73.50%

Hunter Education Requirements

No person born on or after January 1, 1966, may take any wildlife by the use of firearms on land other than that of his own family, unless the person possesses or can demonstrate they have obtained a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms.

All Elk Hunt Area 75 and 79 (Grand Teton National Park) hunters, regardless of age, must possess and exhibit a valid hunter safety certificate.

Compliance will be checked in the field.

Hunter Education Exemptions

If you meet the Armed Forces/Wyoming Peace Officer exemption requirements or you have obtained special 1 year authorization through the Hunter Mentor Program, you are exempt from hunter education.

Hunter Mentor Program

Any person born on or after January 1, 1966, who has not received a certificate of competency and safety in the use and handling of firearms, may apply to the Department for a special authorization to take wildlife with the use of a firearm while being accompanied by a mentor. A special authorization issued to an individual shall be valid for one (1) year from the date of issue and shall be in the possession of the recipient at all times while in the field.

Animal carcasses must be disposed of properly at designated sites that allow for it. Please click on this link to locate an area near you and check with the disposal site for details regarding your carcass disposal.

Carcass Disposal Sites in Wyoming

Laramie Regional Office
1212 S. Adams St.
Laramie WY 82070
(307) 745-4046

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About Antelope Hunting in Wyoming

Limited Quota

All Wyoming antelope hunt areas are managed under a limited quota framework, meaning there are a set number of licenses valid for each specific hunt area. All hunt areas have full-price "any" antelope licenses (Type 0, 1, 2 or 9). Most hunt areas also provide reduced-price limited quota "doe/fawn" licenses (Type 6, 7 or 8), which can be obtained separately or in addition to a full-price license.

 

After the license draw has been held, hunters can purchase a second "any antelope" license in specific hunt areas, if still available. "Any antelope" licenses still available after the draw are typically found in areas that are predominately private land, so hunters are encouraged to line up access before buying the license. Hunters may purchase up to four doe/fawn antelope licenses, only two of which can be obtained through the draw.

Location

Wyoming's most sought after antelope hunting is primarily found in south-central, central and southwest Wyoming. Most hunt areas in these parts of Wyoming have ample public access on lands managed by the BLM. Public land hunt areas are typically hard to draw. Antelope are also abundant in northeast and east-central Wyoming, although finding access can be difficult because the area is largely private land.

 

In the table of tentative antelope hunting season information for this coming year, some license types are denoted with an asterisk (*) as having difficult public access. For these license types, there is limited opportunity to harvest an antelope on accessible public land. If applying for a license type(s) with difficult public access, hunters should recognize that hunter densities may be high on accessible public land or that antelope densities may be low. In these cases, hunters should consider securing access to private land well in advance.