Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) · Eastern Sandhills

Nebraska Eastern Sandhills spans 5,213,696 acres, centered 55 miles north of Broken Bow. 3% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 25 pronghorn here (sum of published weapon rows); hunter counts not published.

Tags
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0 licenses · NR capped at 250 tags

Applicants
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first choice, NR

Hunter Success
60%

2025, firearm hunter

Public Land
3%

2% Forest Service

Size
8,146 mi²

5,213,696 acres

Broken Bow O'Neill Valentine Gothenburg Grand Island EASTERN-SANDHILLS
60%hunter success 2025

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

Every License in Eastern Sandhills

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

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: EASTERN-SANDHILLS.

Harvest

Year Pronghorn
2025 (summed) 25
2024 (summed) 15
2023 (summed) 17
2022 (summed) 21
2021 (summed) 26
2020 23
2019 33
2018 37
2017 12
2025 by LicenseHuntersPronghornSuccess
Archery — 8 —
Gen oct firearm — 12 60%
Lo oct firearm — 5 33%
Muzzleloader — 0 —

2025 split: archery 8 (32%), firearm 17 (68%), muzzleloader 0 (0%)

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 weapon 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 5,046,161 ac 97%
National Forest 90,276 ac 2%
National Wildlife Refuge 53,095 ac 1%
State land 23,498 ac <1%
Bureau of Reclamation 340 ac <1%
County or city land 324 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 "Eastern Sandhills"; permits drawn as Eastern Sandhills

Source: Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Guide.

▸ Sources 8
  1. Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  2. Nebraska Game and Parks 2025 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  3. Nebraska Game and Parks 2024 Big Game Recommendation Book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  4. Nebraska Game and Parks 2023 Big Game Recommendations book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  5. Nebraska Game and Parks 2022 Big Game Recommendations book harvest, retrieved Sep 2, 2026
  6. Nebraska Game and Parks 2026 Antelope Hunting Units boundary, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  7. Nebraska Game and Parks 2024-2025 NGPC Public Access Atlas land… land ownership, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
  8. 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