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California Antelope (Pronghorn) · Zone 5 Big Valley

California Zone 5 spans 1,145,642 acres, centered 11 miles north-east of McArthur. 54% of it is public land, mostly national forest (40%) and BLM (11%). In 2023, 20 people hunted pronghorn here and took 12, a 60% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 750, put up 5 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 758 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).

Tags, 2025
7

3 licenses · NR capped at 1 tag statewide

Applicants
923

first choice, NR

Hunter Success
60%

2023, all licenses

Public Land
54%

74% Forest Service

Size
1,790 mi²

1,145,642 acres

McArthur 5
60%hunter success 2023 · 20 hunters, 12 pronghorn

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Every License in Zone 5

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it
750 <1% (small sample) —
755 2% (small sample) —
780 · youth <1% (small sample) —

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2025 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.

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

If you draw (2025 nonresident fees): $841.54 ($227.94 to apply). Open Apr 15 – Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year Hunters Pronghorn Success
2023 (summed) 20 12 60%
2022 (summed) 18 10 56%
2021 (summed) 19 13 68%
2023 by LicenseHuntersPronghornSuccess
750 18 11 55%
755 1 0 0%
780 1 1 100%

What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes no whole-zone line for 2023; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Source: CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics; CDFW 2021 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics.

The Ground

National Forest 457,665 ac 40%
BLM 129,096 ac 11%
State land 25,270 ac 2%
County or city land 6,846 ac <1%
Other public 927 ac <1%
Private or other non-public land 525,835 ac 46%

Source: GreenInfo Network 2026 Protected Areas Database a.

Next Door

▸ Sources 8
  1. CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  2. CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  3. CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  4. CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  5. CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  6. CDFW 2021 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Hunt Zones boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. 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. 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.

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