California Antelope (Pronghorn) 732 — Zone 3

Zone 3 - Likely Tables Period 2 - General Methods - Buck · Likely Tables

What you may take
Zone 3 - Likely Tables Period 2 - General Methods - Buck
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Zone 3 — Likely Tables
65% public of 1,453,738 acres
Season (2024)
Sep 7–15, 2024
Tags (2024)
5
for 1,561 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 1
Hunter success here (2023)
36%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2024 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice nonresident applicant. 4 tags, 1,561 first-choice applicants. Source: 2024 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 <1% 144
1 <1% 85
2 <1% 75
3 <1% 100
4 <1% 98
5 <1% 76
6 <1% 77
7 <1% 71
8 <1% 72
9 <1% 64
10 <1% 48
11 <1% 53
12 <1% 47
13 <1% 60
14 <1% 53
15 <1% 43
16 <1% 45
17 <1% 53
18 <1% 60
19 <1% 69
20 <1% 33
21 24% 17
22 100% 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 2024 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $841.54 (enough points to draw) to $356,214.22 (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 (2024)

Split 1: Sep 7–15, 2024 p. 1

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Zone 3, California Department of Fish and Wildlife counted 61 hunters and 22 pronghorn taken in 2023 — 36% of them killed something. Full Zone 3 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 730 23 9 36%
Type 732 21 11 44%
Type 734 3 1 20%
Type 738 14 1 7%

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
2024 5 1,561 312.2 1 tagfrom 1,561 applications 2024 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1
2023 25 1,693 67.7 6 tagsfrom 1,693 applications 2023 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2022 25 2,069 82.8 6 tagsfrom 2,069 applications 2022 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2021 25 2,107 84.3 6 tagsfrom 2,107 applications 2021 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2020 45 2,123 47.2 11 tagsfrom 2,123 applications 2020 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1
2019 45 2,755 61.2 11 tagsfrom 2,755 applications 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn... · p. 1
2018 45 1,942 43.2 11 tagsfrom 1,942 applications 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1
2017 45 2,413 53.6 11 tagsfrom 2,413 applications 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1

Other licenses valid in Zone 3

Legal cartridges for pronghorn in California

From the California hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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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