California Antelope (Pronghorn) 728 — Zone 2

Zone 2 - Clear Lake - Archery - Buck · Clear Lake

What you may take
Zone 2 - Clear Lake - Archery - Buck
Weapon
Archery
Archery gear only — no rifle season on this license.
Where
Zone 2 — Clear Lake
82% public of 722,828 acres
Season (2025)
Aug 9–17, 2025
Tags (2025)
1
for 105 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 1
Hunter success here (2023)
80%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2025 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 0 tags, 105 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% 24
1 <1% 11
2 <1% 6
3 <1% 11
4 <1% 8
5 <1% 5
6 <1% 5
7 <1% 7
8 <1% 0
9 <1% 3
10 <1% 3
11 <1% 2
12 <1% 5
13 <1% 1
14 <1% 2
15 <1% 3
16 <1% 3
17 <1% 3
18 <1% 1
19 <1% 1
20 <1% 0
21 <1% 0
22 <1% 1
23 <1% 0

Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means California Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2025 nonresident fees)

Cash to apply
$227.94
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$227.94
Total if drawn
$841.54
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $24,546.82 (enough points to draw) to $24,546.82 (lowest published odds).

Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing Application · paid at application $8.13 source
Nonresident hunting license · paid at application $219.81 source
Nonresident pronghorn tag (paid only if drawn) · paid if drawn, refundable $613.60 source

Next application window: opens Apr 15, closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 15. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Insufficient history (0 of 3 draws) — a creep trend needs at least three draw years with a published drew-out level.

Seasons (2025)

Split 1: Aug 9–17, 2025 p. 1

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Zone 2, California Department of Fish and Wildlife counted 15 hunters and 12 pronghorn taken in 2023 — 80% of them killed something. Full Zone 2 profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2023) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type 720 14 12 80%
Type 728 1 0 0%

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics

Year by year

The standard draw for nonresidents, one row per year. California runs a second, random pass after the points pass; it is shown beside the year it belongs to.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Random pass Source
2025 1 105 105.0 1 tagfrom 105 applications 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1
2024 1 119 119.0 1 tagfrom 119 applications 2024 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1
2023 1 124 124.0 1 tagfrom 124 applications 2023 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2022 1 137 137.0 1 tagfrom 137 applications 2022 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2021 1 128 128.0 1 tagfrom 128 applications 2021 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2020 1 126 126.0 1 tagfrom 126 applications 2020 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2019 1 95 95.0 1 tagfrom 95 applications 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn... · p. 1
2018 1 86 86.0 1 tagfrom 86 applications 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1
2017 1 93 93.0 1 tagfrom 93 applications 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1

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How to read these numbers

Every percentage on this page is a prior-draw probability: the chance an applicant with that many points would have drawn in the draw year shown, computed from the agency's published results. It is not a forecast — quotas, applicant numbers, and point creep change every year. Every figure links to the agency document it came from. Where a state does not publish a number, we show a dash, never a zero. Hunts with fewer than five tags show counts instead of percentages. Fees show the fee year used. Read the methodology for the engine details.

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