Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 17

Gillette

Wyoming Hunt Area 17 covers 1,135,828 acres and lies 27 miles north-west of Gillette and 47 miles north-west of Moorcroft. 21% of it is public land, mostly BLM (15%) and state land (6%). In 2025, 474 people hunted pronghorn here and took 357 — 75% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 75 nonresident tags here for 3 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):149 Applicants:476 Hunter success (2025):75% Public land:21% Size:1,135,828 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 17, 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

17-1 Any antelope 44 tags · 413 applicants · needed 4 pts · Regular

4% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
17-1 Any antelope 30 tags · 60 applicants · needed 2 pts · Special

30% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
17-1 Any antelope 75 tags · 3 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
17-1 ↗ Any antelope	4% Point builder	0%	4 +5 since 2021	44 / 413	Regular	Oct 1–20, 2026
17-1 ↗ Any antelope	30% Long shot	0%	2 +2 since 2021	30 / 60	Special	Oct 1–20, 2026
17-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	75 / 3 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–20, 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.
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.

1 hunt not offered in 2026 is hidden — show discontinued hunts.

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
Landowner license	$15	$15	$36.50

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

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 17

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

Type 6 — Doe or fawn Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 17 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 17 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 898,011 ac · 79%
BLM 165,518 ac · 15%
State land 68,858 ac · 6%
National Forest 1,912 ac · 0%
County or city land 1,206 ac · 0%
Other public 199 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.