Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) BANNER-SOUTH — Unit BANNER-SOUTH

Banner South · Banner South

What you may take
Banner South (either-sex)
Weapon
Rifle
Where
Banner South
0% public of 457,831 acres
Season (2026)
Oct 10–25, 2026
Resident tags (2026)
30
for 311 first-choice applicants
Firearm hunter success here (2025)
68%
of everyone who hunted the area

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Odds by point level — 2026 draw

Prior-draw probability for a first-choice resident applicant. 30 tags, 311 first-choice applicants, drew out at 4 points. Source: 2026 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 9.

Points Your chance Applicants Drawn
0 0% 72
1 0% 69
2 0% 72
3 0% 63
4 85% 33
5 100% 2
6–10 100% same chance at every one of these levels

Preference points, computed from published point-level pools. A dash means Nebraska Game and Parks Commission did not publish a count for that level. How we compute these.

What it costs (2026 resident fees)

Cash to apply
$7
Out of pocket if unsuccessful
$7
Total if drawn
$71
Refunded if unsuccessful
$0

At the 2026 odds, expected cost per hunt-year ranges from $71 (enough points to draw) to $72.25 (lowest published odds).

Antelope draw application fee (both residencies) · paid at application $7 source
Habitat Stamp (required for big-game hunters, with exemptions) · paid if drawn $25 source
Resident antelope preference point · only for a point bought without applying — an unsuccessful applicant gets the point free $22 source
Resident antelope draw permit · paid if drawn $39 source

Not applying this year? A point-only purchase costs $22 and keeps you moving toward the 4-point cut.

Next application window: opens Jun 1, closes Jun 12, 2027 (expected) · results ~June 19. Last cycle's schedule rolled forward — confirm when the agency publishes.

Point creep & years to draw

Drew out at 3 → 3 → 3 → 3 → 4 points (2022–2026): +0.0 points/yr (range +0.0 to +1.0). Projecting that pace forward:

Your points nowYears until a sure thing
04 yrs (4–∞)
13 yrs (3–∞)
22 yrs (2–∞)
31 yr (1–∞)
4now

A projection of the last five draws' median creep (capped at 2 points/yr), not a forecast. Random-pass odds still apply every year you're below the cut.

Seasons (2026)

Split 1: Oct 10–25, 2026 p. 'Season Dates' (Antelope, p.25)

How this tag has hunted

Across every license type in Banner South, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission counted 203 pronghorn taken in 2020. Full Banner South profile: maps, public land, five years of harvest →

Hunters holding this license type (2025) — the rest of the area's hunters held something else:

What they hunted Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
Type Archery 7
Type Gen Late D/F 21 35%
Type Gen Oct Firearm 41 68%
Type LO Late D/F 1 25%
Type LO Oct Firearm 3 23%
Type Muzzleloader 10

Post-season survey, not draw statistics. Source: 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book (2025 season harvest; comparisons 2021-2025) 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book (2024 season harvest; comparisons 2020-2024)

Year by year

The standard draw for residents, one row per year.

Year Tags Applicants Applicants per tag Points needed Source
2026 30 311 10.4 4 2026 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 9
2025 60 344 5.7 3 2025 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 10
2024 60 353 5.9 3 2024 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 10
2023 90 353 3.9 3 2023 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 8
2022 90 375 4.2 3 2022 Nebraska Draw Results... · p. 6
2021 385 2021 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 6
2020 369 2020 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 6
2019 70 334 4.8 2019 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 6
2018 258 2018 Nebraska Draw Results · p. 1

Legal cartridges for pronghorn in Nebraska

From the Nebraska hunting laws rules on file for a rifle. "Depends" means the rule turns on your specific load — check the state page.

.22-250 Remington
.223 Remington depends from $0.42/rd
.243 Winchester from $1.11/rd
.25-06 Remington
6.5 Creedmoor
6.5 Grendel
.270 Winchester from $0.16/rd
7mm-08 Remington
7mm Remington Magnum
.30-06 Springfield
.300 AAC Blackout from $0.56/rd
.300 Winchester Magnum from $1.25/rd
.30-30 Winchester
.308 Winchester
.338 Winchester Magnum
.350 Legend from $1.07/rd
.35 Whelen
.360 Buckhammer
.400 Legend
.444 Marlin
.450 Bushmaster from $2.00/rd
.45-70 Government from $1.97/rd
.50 Beowulf
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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.

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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.