Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 26

Bear Creek

Wyoming Hunt Area 26 covers 1,164,114 acres and lies 25 miles north-east of Rolling Hills and 36 miles north of Douglas. 15% of it is public land, mostly state land (7%) and BLM (6%). In 2025, 902 people hunted pronghorn here and took 790 — 88% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 609 nonresident tags here for 1 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):1,348 Applicants:1,380 Hunter success (2025):88% Public land:15% Size:1,164,114 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 26, 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

26-1 Any antelope 477 tags · 1,043 applicants · needed 2 pts · Regular

28% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
26-1 Any antelope 244 tags · 152 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special

100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
26-1 Any antelope 609 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
26-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within (1) mile of irrigated land 8 tags · 182 applicants · Reduced price

4% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
26-7 Doe or fawn valid on or within (1) mile of irrigated land 10 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
26-1 ↗ Any antelope	28% Long shot	0%	2 +2 since 2021	477 / 1,043	Regular	Sep 24 – Oct 14, 2026
26-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	100%	0 steady since 2021	244 / 152 undersubscribed	Special	Sep 24 – Oct 14, 2026
26-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	609 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 24 – Oct 14, 2026
26-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within (1) mile of irrigated land	4% Point builder	0%	—	8 / 182	Reduced price	Sep 24 – Oct 31, 2026
26-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid on or within (1) mile of irrigated land	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	10 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner reduced price	Sep 24 – Oct 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.

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
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.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 26

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 26 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 26 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 988,472 ac · 85%
State land 80,146 ac · 7%
BLM 68,036 ac · 6%
National Forest 24,856 ac · 2%
Other public 1,357 ac · 0%
County or city land 1,315 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.