Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 3

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Wyoming Hunt Area 3 covers 212,255 acres and lies 3 miles north-east of Pine Haven and 12 miles north-east of Moorcroft. 16% of it is public land, mostly state land (12%) and BLM (2%). In 2025, 204 people hunted pronghorn here and took 193 — 95% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 72 nonresident tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):171 Applicants:390 Hunter success (2025):95% Public land:16% Size:212,255 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 3, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

5 licenses on offer · 171 tags · 390 applicants in the 2026 draw

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
  • 3-1 Any antelope 60 tags · 318 applicants · needed 2 pts · Regular
    7% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
  • 3-1 Any antelope 29 tags · 13 applicants · needed 0 pts · Special
    100% Undersubscribed 100% as 2nd choice
  • 3-1 Any antelope 72 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner
    100% Undersubscribed
  • 3-6 Doe or fawn 5 tags · 57 applicants · Reduced price
    9% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
  • 3-6 Doe or fawn 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price
    100% No first-choice applicants
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

Pine Haven Newcastle Buffalo Lusk Sheridan
Hunt Area 3 within Wyoming
18 19 2 4 5 Pine Haven Sundance Moorcroft Upton
Hunt Area 3 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 172,457 ac · 81%
  • State land 25,003 ac · 12%
  • BLM 4,237 ac · 2%
  • Bureau of Reclamation 2,438 ac · 1%
  • National Forest 2,090 ac · 1%
  • County or city land 303 ac · 0%
  • Other public 109 ac · 0%
  • Private or other non-public land 5,615 ac · 3%

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

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.

Season Hunters Harvest Success Days per animal
2025 204 193 95% 3.2
2024 231 192 83% 4.0
2023 172 180 105% 4.1
2022 201 190 95% 4.3
2021 167 165 99% 4.0

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 12 · 6%
  • Firearm 181 · 94%

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Resident 81 taken · 89 hunters
  • Nonresident 112 taken · 115 hunters

Boundary: Antelope Hunt Areas (Wyoming Game and Fish Department)

Harvest: Antelope 2025 Harvest Report

Harvest: Antelope 2024 Harvest Report

Harvest: Antelope 2023 Harvest Report

How we compute draw odds · All Wyoming pronghorn hunts