Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 16

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Wyoming Hunt Area 16 covers 424,526 acres and lies 20 miles east of Buffalo and 39 miles south-east of Sheridan. 29% of it is public land, mostly BLM (19%) and state land (10%). In 2025, 193 people hunted pronghorn here and took 163 — 85% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 30 nonresident tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):80 Applicants:347 Hunter success (2025):85% Public land:29% Size:424,526 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 16, 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

16-1 Any antelope 18 tags · 227 applicants · needed 6 pts · Regular

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
16-1 Any antelope 12 tags · 27 applicants · needed 2 pts · Special

27% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
16-1 Any antelope 30 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
16-6 Doe or fawn 10 tags · 92 applicants · Reduced price

11% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
16-6 Doe or fawn 10 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
16-1 ↗ Any antelope	2% Point builder	0%	6 +6 since 2021	18 / 227	Regular	Oct 1–14, 2026
16-1 ↗ Any antelope	27% Long shot	0%	2 +2 since 2021	12 / 27	Special	Oct 1–14, 2026
16-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0	30 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–14, 2026
16-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	11% Point builder	0%	—	10 / 92	Reduced price	Oct 1–31, 2026
16-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	10 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1–31, 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.
As 2nd choice: Wyoming 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 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
Regular license	$341	$15	$362.50
Special license	$1,215	$15	$1,236.50
Reduced price license	$49	$15	$70.50
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50
Landowner reduced price license	$15	$15	$36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 16 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 16 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 299,953 ac · 71%
BLM 82,330 ac · 19%
State land 42,068 ac · 10%
County or city land 147 ac · 0%
Other public 27 ac · 0%

Source: BLM WY Surface Management Agency (land ownership / SMA)

Nearby areas

How the hunting has gone

What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes for this area after each season — harvest statistics for everyone who hunted it, not draw odds and not a forecast. Wyoming's figures are estimates from a voluntary post-season survey of license holders, extrapolated to every license issued — not a count of animals checked in.