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 85

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Approx. % of Public Land: 95%
Access to Public Land: Excellent
Access Notes: There is good access to U.S. Forest Service lands in this hunt area where antelope are located during the hunting season. The major access points to U.S. Forest Service lands are via the Gros Ventre Road. Antelope hunting is also allowed on the National Elk Refuge with a permission slip. Permission slips are available online through the Wyoming Game and Fish website under Hunter Management Areas.
Mapping Resources: Jackson, Jackson Lake

Additional Information: None
USFS Designated Wilderness Areas: The Gros Ventre Wilderness is within this hunt area, but few antelope reside there.
Hunting Access in Wyoming - Public Access Summary

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


Available Hunter Management Areas for this Hunt Area

National Elk Refuge 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

Teton More Info
Woods Canyon More Info
Patrol Cabin 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

Doe/Fawn Drawing Odds

Buck/Any Drawing Odds

Doe/Fawn Drawing Odds

Topography and Vegetation: Rolling to moderately steep sagebrush rangeland with large open riverbottoms, scattered areas of aspen, riparian cottonwoods and lodgepole pine forested draws and or ridgetops.
General Statement Regarding this Hunt Area: Public land hunting access is excellent. Most of the antelope will be found within a few miles of the Gros Ventre River and on the National Elk Refuge. There are resident antelope in the hunt area during the summer and fall, and additional antelope migrate into the hunt area from Grand Teton National Park later in the season. Few antelope are found on private lands in the Gros Ventre River drainage. The one exception is the agricultural fields on the Red Rock Ranch next to Crystal Creek. Written permission to hunt on private lands must be obtained. Antelope hunting is also allowed on the National Elk Refuge with a permission slip which can be obtained online on the Wyoming Game and Fish website under Hunter Management Areas. Hunters should be aware that special rules apply to hunting on the National Elk Refuge.
Additional Hunting Opportunities: Elk, mule deer, moose, and bighorn sheep can all be found in the area. Consult the hunting regulations for those species and hunt areas, license requirements, and season dates. Black bears, mountain lions, and wolves are found here as well. Consult those regulations for hunt areas, license requirements, and season dates. Dusky and ruffed grouse are locally abundant in forested regions in the area and although sage grouse can be found in the sagebrush lowlands throughout the area, there is no sage grouse hunting season. Consult the Upland Game Bird and Small Game Hunting Regulation for season dates, license requirements, and bag/possession limits.
Herd Unit Job Completion Report: See the PR401 (Sublette) Job Completion Report for more detailed information on the management of this 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: 30.86%

 

For More Information: Resident Guide Information


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2025 HARVEST REPORT
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Hunter Success

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

Jackson Regional Office
420 North Cache
Jackson, WY 83001
(307) 733-2321

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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.