Nevada Antelope (Pronghorn) — Unit 163

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Nevada Unit 163 covers 753,369 acres and lies 87 miles south-west of Ely. 99% of it is public land, mostly BLM (76%) and national forest (22%). In 2025, 24 people hunted pronghorn here and took 19 — 79% of them killed something. The 2025 draw put up 2 nonresident tags here for 75 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2025):3 Applicants:79 Hunter success (2025):79% Public land:99% Size:753,369 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Unit 163, 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

2251-131.145.163.164-0822 Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Any Legal Weapon | 131, 145, 163, 164 2 tags · 75 applicants

<1% Point builder <1% as 2nd choice
2261-131.145.163.164-0801 Antelope horns longer than ears | NR | Archery | 131, 145, 163, 164 1 tags · 4 applicants

<1% Point builder 2% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	Season
2251-131.145.163.164-0822 ↗ Antelope horns longer than ears \| NR \| Any Legal Weapon \| 131, 145, 163, 164 Rifle	<1% Point builder	<1%	—	2 / 75	Aug 22 – Sep 7, 2026
2261-131.145.163.164-0801 ↗ Antelope horns longer than ears \| NR \| Archery \| 131, 145, 163, 164 Archery	<1% Point builder	2%	—	1 / 4	Aug 1–14, 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.

3 hunts not offered in 2025 are hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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 163

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2025 draw.

The country

Unit 163 within Nevada

Unit 163 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

BLM 572,267 ac · 76%
National Forest 169,228 ac · 22%
Private 7,112 ac · 1%
Other public 2,601 ac · 0%
Department of Defense 2,158 ac · 0%

Source: BLM Nevada Surface Management Agency

Nearby areas

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 131, 145, 163-164, so the figures below cover the whole group, not Unit 163 alone.