Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 38

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Wyoming Hunt Area 38 covers 1,509,613 acres and lies 27 miles north-east of Laramie and 36 miles south-west of Wheatland. 20% of it is public land, mostly state land (8%) and BLM (7%). In 2025, 649 people hunted pronghorn here and took 497 — 77% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 60 nonresident tags here for 12 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):209 Applicants:596 Hunter success (2025):77% Public land:20% Size:1,509,613 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 38, 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

38-1 Any antelope 30 tags · 267 applicants · needed 6 pts · Regular

4% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
38-1 Any antelope 21 tags · 43 applicants · needed 4 pts · Special

35% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
38-1 Any antelope 60 tags · 12 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
38-2 Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34 27 tags · 113 applicants · needed 5 pts · Regular

9% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
38-2 Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34 18 tags · 32 applicants · needed 4 pts · Special

43% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
38-2 Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34 45 tags · 1 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
38-6 Doe or fawn 3 tags · 126 applicants · Reduced price

2% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
38-6 Doe or fawn 5 tags · 2 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% Undersubscribed

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
38-1 ↗ Any antelope	4% Point builder	0%	6 +4 since 2021	30 / 267	Regular	Oct 5–31, 2026
38-1 ↗ Any antelope	35% Long shot	0%	4 +3 since 2021	21 / 43	Special	Oct 5–31, 2026
38-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	60 / 12 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 5–31, 2026
38-2 ↗ Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34	9% Point builder	0%	5 +5 since 2021	27 / 113	Regular	Oct 5 – Nov 30, 2026
38-2 ↗ Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34	43% Real chance	0%	4 +4 since 2021	18 / 32	Special	Oct 5 – Nov 30, 2026
38-2 ↗ Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	45 / 1 undersubscribed	Landowner	Oct 5 – Nov 30, 2026
38-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	2% Point builder	0%	—	3 / 126	Reduced price	Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026
38-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	100% Undersubscribed	—	—	5 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner reduced price	Nov 1 – Dec 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 38 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 38 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 1,209,411 ac · 80%
State land 119,691 ac · 8%
BLM 107,097 ac · 7%
National Forest 52,563 ac · 3%
Other public 10,335 ac · 1%
Department of Defense 5,878 ac · 0%
County or city land 4,635 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.