California Antelope (Pronghorn) 780 — Zone 5
Zone 5 - Big Valley Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex · Big Valley
- What you may take
- Zone 5 - Big Valley Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex
- Weapon
- Rifle
- Season (2025)
- Aug 23–31, 2025
- Tags (2025)
- 1
- for 102 first-choice applicants · nonresidents capped at 1
- Hunter success here (2023)
- 60%
- 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, 102 first-choice applicants. Source: 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1.
| Points | Your chance | Applicants | Drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | <1% | 39 | — |
| 1 | <1% | 29 | — |
| 2 | <1% | 23 | — |
| 3 | <1% | 11 | — |
| 4–10 | <1% same chance at every one of these levels | — | — |
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)
At the 2025 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $23,863.29 (enough points to draw) to $23,863.29 (lowest published odds).
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)
How this tag has hunted
Across every license type in Zone 5, California Department of Fish and Wildlife counted 20 hunters and 12 pronghorn taken in 2023 — 60% of them killed something. Full Zone 5 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 750 | 18 | 11 | 55% | — |
| Type 755 | 1 | 0 | 0% | — |
| Type 780 | 1 | 1 | 100% | — |
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 | 102 | 102.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 102 applications | 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 100 | 100.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 100 applications | 2024 Pronghorn Tag Drawing... · p. 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 108 | 108.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 108 applications | 2023 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 113 | 113.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 113 applications | 2022 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 120 | 120.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 120 applications | 2021 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 113 | 113.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 113 applications | 2020 Pronghorn Antelope Tag... · p. 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 147 | 147.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 147 applications | 2019 Big Game Drawing Bighorn... · p. 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 124 | 124.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 124 applications | 2018 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 123 | 123.0 | — | 1 tagfrom 123 applications | 2017 Elk, Pronghorn Antelope... · p. 1 |
Other licenses valid in Zone 5
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.
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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.
Not an application service
This page is informational only. Draw rules, quotas, fees, and deadlines are set by the state agency and change by commission action — confirm everything on the agency's own site before you apply, and apply through the agency, not here. We disclaim all liability for reliance on this page.