Utah Antelope (Pronghorn) — West Desert, Snake Valley
Utah West Desert, Snake Valley covers 3,559,619 acres and lies 79 miles south-west of Grantsville and 89 miles west of Eagle Mountain. 95% of it is public land, mostly BLM (61%) and military (28%). In 2025, 122 people hunted pronghorn here and took 94 — 77% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 11 nonresident tags here for 209 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 16 points.
Your chance of drawing here
Every pronghorn license type on offer in West Desert, Snake Valley, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.
Chances are from the 2026 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.
Simple view Odds at every point level-
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| Hunt | Your odds (0 pts) | Points needed | Tags / applicants | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PB5021 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - West Desert, Snake Valley Archery | <1% Point builder | 16 +9 since 2023 | 3 / 26 | Aug 15 – Sep 11, 2026 |
| PB5052 ↗ LE Buck Pronghorn - West Desert, Snake Valley Rifle | <1% Point builder | 16 +4 since 2021 | 11 / 209 | Sep 12–20, 2026 |
What these columns mean
- Your odds —
- the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2026 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.
- Points needed —
- the lowest point total that still got a tag in the 2026 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 | $165 | $165 | $736 |
Application window: opens Mar 19, closes Apr 23, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
The country
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only — the written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Who owns the ground
- BLM 2,182,771 ac · 61%
- Department of Defense 979,621 ac · 28%
- State trust land 216,842 ac · 6%
- Private 111,587 ac · 3%
- Tribal 49,126 ac · 1%
- National Wildlife Refuge 17,961 ac · 1%
- State land 1,084 ac · 0%
How the hunting has gone
What Utah Division of Wildlife Resources publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Utah Division of Wildlife Resources 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 | Hunters | Harvest | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | 94 | 77% |
| 2024 | 103 | 80 | 78% |
| 2023 | 79 | 56 | 71% |
| 2022 | 65 | 47 | 72% |
| 2021 | 54 | 42 | 78% |
What people carried (2025 harvest)
- Archery 14 · 15% · 23 hunters, 61% success
- Firearm 80 · 85% · 99 hunters, 81% success
Boundary: Utah Big Game Hunt Boundaries 2025 (DWR hunt-unit / sub-unit boundaries, all species)
Harvest: 2025 Utah Big Game Harvest (preliminary) — single combined report, all species and hunt types