Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 20

Upper Powder River

Wyoming Hunt Area 20 covers 523,809 acres and lies 30 miles south of Buffalo and 55 miles east of Worland. 40% of it is public land, mostly BLM (22%) and state land (11%). In 2025, 308 people hunted pronghorn here and took 172 — 56% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 115 nonresident tags here for 4 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):372 Applicants:479 Hunter success (2025):56% Public land:40% Size:523,809 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 20, 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

20-1 Any antelope 98 tags · 281 applicants · needed 2 pts · Regular

17% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
20-1 Any antelope 45 tags · 12 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
20-1 Any antelope 115 tags · 4 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
20-6 Doe or fawn 57 tags · 182 applicants · Reduced price

31% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
20-6 Doe or fawn 57 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
20-1 ↗ Any antelope	17% Long shot	0%	2 +2 since 2021	98 / 281	Regular	Oct 15 – Nov 15, 2026
20-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	100%	0 steady since 2021	45 / 12 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 15 – Nov 15, 2026
20-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	115 / 4 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 15 – Nov 15, 2026
20-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	31% Long shot	0%	—	57 / 182	Reduced price	Oct 15 – Nov 15, 2026
20-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	57 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Oct 15 – Nov 15, 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 20 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 20 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 313,567 ac · 60%
BLM 113,913 ac · 22%
State land 57,829 ac · 11%
National Forest 38,258 ac · 7%
Other public 230 ac · 0%
County or city land 10 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.