Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) — Eastern Sandhills

Eastern Sandhills

Nebraska Eastern Sandhills covers 5,213,696 acres and lies 55 miles north of Broken Bow. 3% of it is public land, mostly national forest (2%) and wildlife refuge (1%). In 2020, hunters took 23 pronghorn here.

Firearm hunter success (2025):60% Public land:3% Size:5,213,696 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Eastern Sandhills, 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 Eastern Sandhills

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The country

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Eastern Sandhills within Nebraska
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Eastern Sandhills 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 5,046,161 ac · 97%
  • National Forest 90,276 ac · 2%
  • National Wildlife Refuge 53,095 ac · 1%
  • State land 23,498 ac · 0%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 340 ac · 0%
  • County or city land 324 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 23
2019 33
2018 37
2017 12

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 8 · 32%
  • Firearm 17 · 68%
  • Muzzleloader 0 · 0%

What the agency says about the area

NGPC antelope hunting unit "Eastern Sandhills"; permits drawn as Eastern Sandhills

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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