Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 23

Pumpkin Buttes

Wyoming Hunt Area 23 covers 987,864 acres and lies 21 miles north-west of Wright and 30 miles south-west of Gillette. 14% of it is public land, mostly BLM (9%) and state land (5%). In 2025, 2,286 people hunted pronghorn here and took 1,992 — 87% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 1,090 nonresident tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):4,596 Applicants:1,550 Hunter success (2025):87% Public land:14% Size:987,864 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 23, 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

23-1 Any antelope 124 tags · 402 applicants · needed 2 pts · Regular

15% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
23-1 Any antelope 66 tags · 31 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed 88% as 2nd choice
23-1 Any antelope 163 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
23-2 Any antelope valid on private land 1,087 tags · 425 applicants · needed 0 pts · Regular

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
23-2 Any antelope valid on private land 436 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
23-2 Any antelope valid on private land 1,090 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
23-6 Doe or fawn 141 tags · 432 applicants · Reduced price

33% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
23-6 Doe or fawn 142 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed
23-7 Doe or fawn valid on private land 673 tags · 255 applicants · Reduced price

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
23-7 Doe or fawn valid on private land 674 tags · 1 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
23-1 ↗ Any antelope	15% Point builder	0%	2 +2 since 2021	124 / 402	Regular	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	88%	0 steady since 2021	66 / 31 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% No first-choice applicants	—	— steady since 2024	163 / 0	Landowner	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-2 ↗ Any antelope valid on private land	100% Undersubscribed	100%	0 steady since 2021	1,087 / 425 undersubscribed	Regular	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-2 ↗ Any antelope valid on private land	100% Undersubscribed	100%	0 steady since 2021	436 / 2 undersubscribed	Special	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-2 ↗ Any antelope valid on private land	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	1,090 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	33% Long shot	0%	—	141 / 432	Reduced price	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	142 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner reduced price	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on private land	100% Undersubscribed	100%	—	673 / 255 undersubscribed	Reduced price	Oct 1–31, 2026
23-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on private land	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	674 / 1 undersubscribed	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 23 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 23 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 847,886 ac · 86%
BLM 89,942 ac · 9%
State land 48,101 ac · 5%
County or city land 1,730 ac · 0%
Other public 203 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.