California Antelope (Pronghorn) 755

Zone 5 - Big Valley - Archery - Buck in Zone 5 — Big Valley, archery only, Aug 9–17, 2025. 54% public land, mostly National Forest.

Your odds at 0 points · 2025 draw

2% (small sample) Point builder

about 1 in 63

Years to draw on points: —

Tags
1
Applicants
63
Success
55%

First-choice nonresidents; nonresidents capped at 1 tag statewide. Success: 750 hunters, 2023.

Points Needed to Draw

No cut was published in enough years to chart one.

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

What It Costs · 2025 NR Fees

Closes Jun 2 · 227 days
Cost to Apply
$227.94
If You Miss
$227.94
If You Draw
$841.54

The $8.13 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing Application is not refunded. The $219.81 nonresident hunting license is not refunded. Drawing adds the $613.60 nonresident pronghorn tag (paid only if drawn).

Opens
Apr 15, 2027
Closes
Jun 2, 2027
Results
about Jun 15

Next application window: Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Dates are last cycle's, rolled forward until California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes 2027.

▸ Every Fee, With Sources
McArthur 5
60%hunter success 2023 · 20 hunters, 12 pronghorn
Zone 5 in full →

Details

Odds by Point Level · 2025 Draw

Points Chance Applied Drew
0–23 ← you 2% (small sample) 63 —

Points pass + random pass, from published pools. A dash means California Department of Fish and Wildlife did not publish a count for that level. California runs a second, random pass after the points pass. As a lower choice, 755 drew no one in 2025, so lower-choice odds are left out.

Draw results: CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 1, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

How It Hunted, 2023

WhoHuntersHarvestSuccess
750 18 11 55%
755 1 0 0%
780 1 1 100%
All of Zone 5 20 12 60%

Adding up California Department of Fish and Wildlife's published lines for Zone 5 gives 20 hunters and 12 pronghorn taken in 2023, and 60% of them took a pronghorn (sum of published hunt rows). The first rows are hunters holding this license type; the rest of the area's hunters held something else. Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics.

▸ Year-by-Year Numbers 9 draws

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 Per Tag Points Needed Random Pass Source
2025 1 63 63 — 1 tag of 63 CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 1
2024 1 85 85 — 1 tag of 85 CDFW 2024 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 1
2023 1 75 75 — 1 tag of 75 CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 1
2022 1 99 99 — 1 tag of 99 CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 1
2021 1 118 118 — 1 tag of 118 CDFW 2021 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 1
2020 1 101 101 — 1 tag of 101 CDFW 2020 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 2
2019 1 89 89 — 1 tag of 89 CDFW 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn Sheep, p. 1
2018 1 74 74 — 1 tag of 74 CDFW 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1
2017 1 78 78 — 1 tag of 78 CDFW 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1

Other Licenses Valid in Zone 5

  • 750 Zone 5 - Big Valley - General Methods - Buck Aug 23–31 · 5 tags · 758 applied <1% (small sample)
  • 780 Zone 5 - Big Valley Apprentice - General Methods - Either - SexYouth only Aug 23–31 · 1 tag · 102 applied <1% (small sample)

Odds at your points, nonresident. * fewer than 5 tags.

▸ Sources 16
  1. CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 1 · draw results, seasons, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. CDFW 2024 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. CDFW 2021 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. CDFW 2020 Pronghorn Antelope Tag Drawing…, p. 2 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. CDFW 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn Sheep, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. CDFW 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  9. CDFW 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope and Bighorn…, p. 1 · earlier draws, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  10. CDFW 2026 Big Game Hunting Digest draw rules, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  11. CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  12. CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  13. CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  14. CDFW 2021 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  15. CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Hunt Zones boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  16. GreenInfo Network 2026 Protected Areas Database a land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2025 draw, the latest on file, computed from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's published results (points pass + random pass, from published pools). They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward. How we compute these.

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Prior-draw odds from California Department of Fish and Wildlife's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All California pronghorn hunts