California Antelope (Pronghorn) — Zone 6
Surprise Valley
California Zone 6 covers 522,881 acres and lies 200 miles north of Roseville. 58% of it is public land, mostly BLM (30%) and national forest (26%). In 2023, 15 people hunted pronghorn here and took 11 — 73% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 10 tags here for 1,385 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in Zone 6, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
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| 760 ↗ Zone 6 - Surprise Valley - General Methods - Buck Rifle | <1% Point builder | — | 10 / 1,385 | Aug 23–31, 2025 |
| 765 ↗ Zone 6 - Surprise Valley - Archery - Buck Archery | <1% Point builder | — | 1 / 121 | Aug 9–17, 2025 |
| 766 ↗ Zone 6 - Surprise Valley Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex Rifle | <1% Point builder | — | 4 / 279 | Aug 23–31, 2025 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2025 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $227.94 | $227.94 | $841.54 |
Application window: opens Apr 15, closes Jun 2, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 158,262 ac · 30%
- National Forest 137,132 ac · 26%
- State land 6,623 ac · 1%
- National Wildlife Refuge 878 ac · 0%
- County or city land 44 ac · 0%
- Private or other non-public land 219,940 ac · 42%
Source: California Protected Areas Database (CPAD) 2026a -- Holdings by Agency Classification
How the hunting has gone
What California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. California Department of Fish and Wildlife publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15 | 11 | 73% |
| 2022 | 14 | 11 | 79% |
| 2021 | 11 | 10 | 91% |
Boundary: Pronghorn Hunt Zones [ds787]
Harvest: 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics
Harvest: 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics
Harvest: 2021 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics