Nevada Antelope (Pronghorn) — Unit 043
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Nevada Unit 043 covers 516,313 acres and lies 10 miles north-east of Lovelock and 58 miles north-east of Fallon. 51% of it is public land, mostly BLM (43%) and Bureau of Reclamation (4%). In 2025, 304 people hunted pronghorn here and took 228 — 75% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 20 nonresident tags here for 295 first-choice applicants.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in Unit 043, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2025 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
2251-043.044.045.046-0822 Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 043 - 046 20 tags · 295 applicants<1% Point builder 1% as 2nd choice
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2261-043.044.045.046-0801 Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Archery | 043 - 046 6 tags · 14 applicants<1% Point builder 5% as 2nd choice
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2271-043.044.045.046-0815 Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Muzzleloader | 043 - 046 1 tags · 10 applicants<1% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice
| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | As 2nd choice | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2251-043.044.045.046-0822 ↗ Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 043 - 046 Rifle | <1% Point builder | 1% | — | 20 / 295 | Aug 22 – Sep 7, 2026 |
| 2261-043.044.045.046-0801 ↗ Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Archery | 043 - 046 Archery | <1% Point builder | 5% | — | 6 / 14 | Aug 1–14, 2026 |
| 2271-043.044.045.046-0815 ↗ Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Muzzleloader | 043 - 046 Muzzleloader | <1% Point builder | 2% | — | 1 / 10 | Aug 15–21, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2025 draw. Not a forecast: quotas and demand move every year.
- The badge —
- plain language for that number. Likely draw 75% or better · Real chance 40%+ · Long shot 15%+ · Point builder below that, so you are applying mainly to bank a point · Undersubscribed means fewer first-choice applicants than tags, so everyone who applied drew.
- As 2nd choice —
- Nevada lets you name more than one hunt on the application. Miss on your first choice and you go into the pot for whatever tags are left, alongside everyone else's second choices. Points never help a lower choice, so this number is the same whatever you have banked — it is usually worth naming a hunt that goes undersubscribed.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2025 draw, and how that cut has moved since the earliest draw we hold.
- Tags / applicants —
- tags on offer and first-choice applicants for them, as the agency published them. Under five tags we print counts instead of a percentage, because one applicant either way swings it.
What it costs to apply (2026 nonresident fees)
| License | Up front | Gone if you miss | If you draw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Per application | $168 | $168 | $468 |
Application window: opens Mar 23, closes May 13, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Other licenses valid in Unit 043
Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- Private 254,388 ac · 49%
- BLM 223,131 ac · 43%
- Bureau of Reclamation 21,313 ac · 4%
- Department of Defense 17,542 ac · 3%
How the hunting has gone
What Nevada Department of Wildlife publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Nevada Department of Wildlife 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. Nevada Department of Wildlife reports this unit inside the group 043-046, so the figures below cover the whole group, not Unit 043 alone.
| Season | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 304 | 228 | 75% |
| 2024 | 253 | 195 | 77% |
| 2023 | 202 | 162 | 80% |
| 2022 | 201 | 172 | 86% |
Boundary: NDOW Game Management Units
Harvest: 2025 Antelope Harvest by Unit Group
Harvest: 2024 Antelope Harvest by Unit Group
Harvest: 2023 Antelope Harvest by Unit Group