California Antelope (Pronghorn) · Zone 6 Surprise Valley
California Zone 6 covers 522,881 acres and lies 74 miles north-east of McArthur. 58% of it is public land, mostly BLM (30%) and national forest (26%). In 2023, 15 people hunted pronghorn here and took 11, a 73% success rate (sum of published hunt rows). Its most applied-for hunt, 760, put up 10 tags (all residencies) in the 2025 draw for 1,385 first-choice applicants (one pool for residents and nonresidents).
3 licenses · NR capped at 1 tag statewide
first choice, NR
2023, all licenses
52% BLM
522,881 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2023. Nonresident, first choice, 2025 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.
Every License in Zone 6
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 760 | Zone 6 - Surprise Valley - General Methods - Buck | <1% | — | |
| 765 | Zone 6 - Surprise Valley - Archery - Buck | <1% (small sample) | — | |
| 766 · youth | Zone 6 - Surprise Valley Apprentice - General Methods - Either - Sex | <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) | 15 | 11 | 73% |
| 2022 (summed) | 14 | 11 | 79% |
| 2021 (summed) | 11 | 10 | 91% |
| 2023 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 760 | 10 | 9 | 90% |
| 765 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| 766 | 4 | 2 | 50% |
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
| BLM | 158,262 ac | 30% |
| National Forest | 137,132 ac | 26% |
| State land | 6,623 ac | 1% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 878 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 44 ac | <1% |
| Private or other non-public land | 219,940 ac | 42% |
▸ Sources 8
- CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Tag Drawing Statistics draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Big Game Hunting Digest fees, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2023 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2022 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2021 Pronghorn Harvest Statistics harvest, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- CDFW 2025 Pronghorn Hunt Zones boundary, area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- 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. 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