Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) — Box Butte West

Box Butte West

Nebraska Box Butte West covers 2,074,753 acres and lies 24 miles north-east of Scottsbluff. 1% of it is public land, mostly state land (1%) and national forest (1%). In 2020, hunters took 199 pronghorn here.

Firearm hunter success (2025):75% Public land:1% Size:2,074,753 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Box Butte West, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

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Other licenses valid in Box Butte West

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The country

Scottsbluff Chadron Kimball Ogallala Valentine
Box Butte West within Nebraska
BANNER-NORTH BOX-BUTTE-EAST CHERRY CHEYENNE GARDEN NORTH-SIOUX Scottsbluff Alliance Chadron Kimball
Box Butte West and its neighbours
Zoomable USGS topo, aerial imagery and shaded relief, with the neighboring areas drawn on.

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

Who owns the ground

  • Private 2,043,944 ac · 99%
  • State land 16,987 ac · 1%
  • National Forest 10,983 ac · 1%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 2,781 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 56 ac · 0%

Source: NGPC Public Access Atlas land layers: Other Public Recreation Lands, NGPC Properties 2024-2025, Park Areas, Conservation Partner Lands

How the hunting has gone

What Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast.

Season Harvest
2020 199
2019 160
2018 121
2017 110

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 25 · 32%
  • Firearm 43 · 56%
  • Muzzleloader 9 · 12%

What the agency says about the area

NGPC antelope hunting unit "Box Butte West"; permits drawn as Box Butte West

Source: Nebraska Big Game Guide 2026 (unit names, public-land statements)

Boundary: Antelope Hunting Units (NGPC hosted feature layer, Antelope_Hunting_Units_2022)

Harvest: 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book (2025 season harvest; comparisons 2021-2025)

Harvest: 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book (2024 season harvest; comparisons 2020-2024)

Harvest: 2024 Big Game Recommendation Book (2023 season harvest; comparisons 2019-2023)

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