Nebraska Antelope (Pronghorn) — Prairie Muzzleloader
Prairie Muzzleloader
Nebraska Prairie Muzzleloader covers 48,390,425 acres and lies 21 miles west of Broken Bow and 40 miles north of Gothenburg. 1% of it is public land. In 2025, hunters took 60 pronghorn here.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in Prairie Muzzleloader, 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 Prairie Muzzleloader
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The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 47,695,660 ac · 99%
- National Forest 221,301 ac · 0%
- State land 220,539 ac · 0%
- National Wildlife Refuge 176,564 ac · 0%
- Department of Defense 55,978 ac · 0%
- County or city land 16,154 ac · 0%
- Bureau of Reclamation 3,135 ac · 0%
- National Park Service 1,091 ac · 0%
Nearby areas
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. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission publishes these per hunt rather than per unit; the rows below add its own figures together, since a hunter holds one tag for the species in a season.
| Season | Harvest |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 |
| 2024 | 61 |
| 2023 | 72 |
| 2022 | 87 |
| 2021 | 89 |
| 2020 | 88 |
| 2019 | 85 |
| 2018 | 88 |
| 2017 | 80 |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Muzzleloader 60 · 100%
What the agency says about the area
NGPC antelope hunting unit "Prairie Muzzleloader"; permits drawn as Prairie Muzzleloader
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)