Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) — Cherry

Cherry

Nebraska Cherry covers 4,212,024 acres and lies 55 miles south-west of Valentine and 76 miles east of Alliance. 4% of it is public land, mostly national forest (3%) and wildlife refuge (1%). In 2020, hunters took 87 pronghorn here.

Firearm hunter success (2025):55% Public land:4% Size:4,212,024 acres

Your chance of drawing here

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

0 licenses on offer in the draw

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Other licenses valid in Cherry

Not in the table above because they had no result in the draw.

The country

Valentine Alliance Chadron Ogallala Broken Bow
Cherry within Nebraska
BANNER-NORTH BOX-BUTTE-EAST BOX-BUTTE-WEST DISMAL EASTERN-SANDHILLS GARDEN NORTH-SIOUX PRAIRIE Valentine Alliance Chadron
Cherry 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 4,037,784 ac · 96%
  • National Forest 114,735 ac · 3%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 41,346 ac · 1%
  • State land 18,072 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 86 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 87
2019 102
2018 88
2017 77

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 16 · 24%
  • Firearm 47 · 69%
  • Muzzleloader 5 · 7%

What the agency says about the area

NGPC antelope hunting unit "Cherry"; permits drawn as Cherry

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)

How we compute draw odds · All Nebraska pronghorn hunts