California Antelope (Pronghorn) Draw Odds
In the 2025 draw California offered 14 pronghorn hunts to residents and nonresidents in one shared draw, drawn partly by preference points and partly at random. At 0 points an applicant had at least an even chance in 0 hunts open to every hunter.
Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected)
Kept if you miss. Antelope (Pronghorn) license $614 only if drawn
2025 draw · nonresidents capped at 1 tag statewide
2025 draw, first choice
Point only: $8.38 nonresident · on the draw application · apply by Jun 2, 2027 (expected) → Buying Points in California
How the California Draw Works (30-Second Version)
Hybrid: preference + random.
Say a hunt has 100 nonresident tags. 75 go to the applicants with the most preference points; if the last point level that draws has more applicants than tags left, that level is split at random. The other 25 are drawn at random from everyone who missed the points pass, so an applicant with no points still has a chance.
Best Bets at 0 Points
Odds × hunter success × public land, 10 tags or more. Private-land, ranch, landowner and youth hunts left out.
Every Hunt at 0 Points
14 hunt codes drawn in 2025 · 0 at 50% or better · first choice · all residencies
| Hunt | Season | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 710 Zone 1 · Buck · Zone 1 · Mount Dome · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 1 · Mount Dome · General Methods · Buck | 1 | Aug 23–31 | <1% (small sample) | — | 2 / 439 | — |
| 720 Zone 2 · Buck · Zone 2 · Clear Lake · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 2 · Clear Lake · General Methods · Buck | 2 | Aug 23–31 | <1% | — | 6 / 1,224 | 80% |
| 728 Zone 2 · Buck archery · Zone 2 · Clear Lake · Buck | Buck archery · Zone 2 · Clear Lake · Buck | 2 | Aug 9–17 | 1% (small sample) | — | 1 / 105 | 80% |
| 730 Zone 3 · Buck · Zone 3 · Likely Tables Period 1 · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 3 · Likely Tables Period 1 · General Methods · Buck | 3 | Aug 23–31 | 0% (small sample) | — | 5 / 2,773 | 36% |
| 740 Zone 4 · Buck · Zone 4 · Lassen Period 1 · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 4 · Lassen Period 1 · General Methods · Buck | 4 | Aug 23–31 | <1% | — | 35 / 5,610 | 89% |
| 742 Zone 4 · Buck · Zone 4 · Lassen Period 2 · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 4 · Lassen Period 2 · General Methods · Buck | 4 | Sep 6–14 | <1% | — | 35 / 4,020 | 89% |
| 745 Zone 4 · Buck archery · Zone 4 · Lassen · Buck | Buck archery · Zone 4 · Lassen · Buck | 4 | Aug 9–17 | <1% (small sample) | — | 5 / 558 | 89% |
| 790 Youth · Zone 4 · Either-sex · Zone 4 · Lassen Apprentice · General Methods · Either · Sex | Either-sex · Zone 4 · Lassen Apprentice · General Methods · Either · SexYouth | 4 | Aug 23–31 | <1% (small sample) | — | 5 / 695 | 89% |
| 750 Zone 5 · Buck · Zone 5 · Big Valley · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 5 · Big Valley · General Methods · Buck | 5 | Aug 23–31 | <1% (small sample) | — | 5 / 758 | 60% |
| 755 Zone 5 · Buck archery · Zone 5 · Big Valley · Buck | Buck archery · Zone 5 · Big Valley · Buck | 5 | Aug 9–17 | 2% (small sample) | — | 1 / 63 | 60% |
| 780 Youth · Zone 5 · Either-sex · Zone 5 · Big Valley Apprentice · General Methods · Either · Sex | Either-sex · Zone 5 · Big Valley Apprentice · General Methods · Either · SexYouth | 5 | Aug 23–31 | 1% (small sample) | — | 1 / 102 | 60% |
| 760 Zone 6 · Buck · Zone 6 · Surprise Valley · General Methods · Buck | Buck · Zone 6 · Surprise Valley · General Methods · Buck | 6 | Aug 23–31 | <1% | — | 10 / 1,385 | 73% |
| 765 Zone 6 · Buck archery · Zone 6 · Surprise Valley · Buck | Buck archery · Zone 6 · Surprise Valley · Buck | 6 | Aug 9–17 | <1% (small sample) | — | 1 / 121 | 73% |
| 766 Youth · Zone 6 · Either-sex · Zone 6 · Surprise Valley Apprentice · General Methods · Either · Sex | Either-sex · Zone 6 · Surprise Valley Apprentice · General Methods · Either · SexYouth | 6 | Aug 23–31 | <1% (small sample) | — | 4 / 279 | 73% |
Showing all 14 · sorted by zone · 3 hunts not offered in 2025 hidden — show discontinued hunts
What These Columns Mean
- Odds at your points —
- the share of first-choice applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year. A badge marked * had under five tags, so one applicant either way swings it.
- Pts needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw; the ▲ or ▼ is how far that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold. A 0 marks a hunt that went Undersubscribed: fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Tags / apps —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them.
- Success —
- the share of hunters in the zone who killed an animal, from the latest harvest report on file. It is the whole zone's figure, not the hunt's.
- Private land, RFW, ranch, youth —
- tags not every hunter can use: private-land-only hunts need landowner access, ranch hunts (Colorado's Ranching for Wildlife, Utah's CWMUs) come with access to one ranch, youth tags have an age limit. They are never best bets and never colour the map.
All 6 Zones
Each zone has its own page: where it is on the map, how much of it is public land, what the hunters who went there killed last season, and every license type you can apply for inside it.
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About These Numbers
Every percentage here is the chance an applicant with that many points had in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results; quotas, applicant numbers and point levels change every year. A dash means the agency did not publish the number. Under five tags the percentage is flagged: one applicant either way swings it. Check the agency's site and apply there; we don't take applications. How we compute these.