Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) · Box Butte East
Nebraska Box Butte East covers 714,325 acres and lies 23 miles north of Alliance and 32 miles south-east of Chadron. 1% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 34 pronghorn here (sum of published hunt rows); hunter counts not published.
0 licenses · NR capped at 250 tags
first choice, NR
2025, firearm hunter
<1% Forest Service
714,325 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Box Butte East
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no result: BOX-BUTTE-EAST.
Harvest
| Year | Pronghorn |
|---|---|
| 2025 (summed) | 34 |
| 2024 (summed) | 38 |
| 2023 (summed) | 43 |
| 2022 (summed) | 41 |
| 2021 (summed) | 52 |
| 2020 | 87 |
| 2019 | 76 |
| 2018 | 87 |
| 2017 | 89 |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | — | 3 | — |
| Gen late d/f | — | 14 | 47% |
| Gen oct firearm | — | 14 | 70% |
| Lo late d/f | — | 0 | 0% |
| Lo oct firearm | — | 0 | 0% |
| Muzzleloader | — | 3 | — |
2025 split: archery 3 (15%), firearm 14 (70%), muzzleloader 3 (15%)
What Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes no whole-unit line for 2025; a year's total is the sum of published hunt rows, added only where the lines do not overlap. Hunter counts not published for 2025. Source: Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book; Nebraska Game and Parks 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book; Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Recommendation Book.
The Ground
| Private | 708,231 ac | 99% |
| National Forest | 5,306 ac | <1% |
| State land | 787 ac | <1% |
Source: Nebraska Game and Parks 2024-2025 NGPC Public Access Atlas land….
What the Agency Says About the Area
NGPC antelope hunting unit "Box Butte East"; permits drawn as Box Butte East
▸ Sources 8
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2023 Big Game Recommendations book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Big Game Recommendations book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Antelope Hunting Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2024-2025 NGPC Public Access Atlas land… land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
- Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Guide area description, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
About These Numbers
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 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Nebraska pronghorn hunts