Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunt Area 38 Iron Mountain

Wyoming Hunt Area 38 spans 1,509,613 acres, centered 27 miles north-east of Laramie. 20% of it is public land, mostly state land (8%) and BLM (7%). In 2025, 649 people hunted pronghorn here and took 497, a 77% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 38-1, put up 40 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 267 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.

PointsYour Wyoming preference pointsYour points

NR Tags, 2026

275

8 licenses

Applicants

596

first choice, NR

Hunter Success

77%

2025, all licenses

Public Land

20%

8% State

Size

2,359 mi²

1,509,613 acres

Laramie Wheatland Cheyenne Guernsey Hanna 69 30 47 11 103 63 48 42 62 56 34 50 43 45 52 51 44 37 32 53 108 68 38

77%

hunter success · 2025

649 hunters, 497 pronghorn

77%hunter success 2025 · 649 hunters, 497 pronghorn

Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.

Best Bets at 0 Points

Ranked by your odds times how often that license type's hunters filled their tag in 2025. Nonresident, first choice, 2026 draw; licenses with at least 10 tags that anyone can buy.

38-1

Regular · any pronghorn

Any antelope

Success: 71%
Season: Oct 5–31
Tags / Apps: 40 / 267
If Drawn: $362.50

38-1

Special · any pronghorn

35%

Any antelope

Success: 71%
Season: Oct 5–31
Tags / Apps: 28 / 43
If Drawn: $1,236.50

38-2

Regular · any pronghorn

Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34

Success: 84%
Season: Oct 5 – Nov 30
Tags / Apps: 35 / 113
If Drawn: $362.50

38-2

Special · any pronghorn

43%

Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34

Success: 84%
Season: Oct 5 – Nov 30
Tags / Apps: 24 / 32
If Drawn: $1,236.50

Every License in Hunt Area 38

90–100% 50–89% 10–49% 1–9% under 1% fewer than 5 tags: one applicant swings it

	What	Season			Tags / Apps
38-1 Regular	Any antelope	Oct 5–31	4%	6 ▲4	40 / 267	71%
38-1 Special	Any antelope	Oct 5–31	35%	4 ▲3	28 / 43	71%
38-1 Landowner	Any antelope	Oct 5–31	100%	0	80 / 12	71%
38-2 Regular	Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34	Oct 5 – Nov 30	9%	5 ▲5	35 / 113	84%
38-2 Special	Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34	Oct 5 – Nov 30	43%	4 ▲4	24 / 32	84%
38-2 Landowner	Any antelope south of Wyoming Highway 34	Oct 5 – Nov 30	100%	0	60 / 1	84%
38-6 Reduced price	Doe or fawn	Nov 1 – Dec 31	2% (small sample)	—	3 / 126	52%
38-6 Landowner reduced price	Doe or fawn	Nov 1 – Dec 31	100%	—	5 / 2	52%

First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.

Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report and 2 more, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.

If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $362.50 ($341 to apply) · Special $1,236.50 ($1,215 to apply) · Reduced price $70.50 ($49 to apply) · Landowner $36.50 ($15 to apply) · Landowner reduced price $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Harvest

Year	Hunters	Pronghorn	Success	Days/Animal
2025	649	497	77%	4.8
2024	625	520	83%	4.4
2023	679	585	86%	3.7
2022	694	569	82%	3.9
2021	722	570	79%	6.3

2025 by License	Hunters	Pronghorn	Success
Type 1	369	260	71%
Type 2	267	223	84%
Type 6	27	14	52%

2025 split: archery 18 (4%), firearm 479 (96%) · residents 337 from 485 hunters, nonresidents 160 from 164 hunters

What Wyoming Game and Fish Department publishes after each season, for everyone who hunted the area: harvest statistics, not draw odds. 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. Source: WGFD 2025 Antelope Harvest Report; WGFD 2024 Antelope Harvest Report; WGFD 2023 Antelope Harvest Report.

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	<1%
County or city land	4,635 ac	<1%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.

Next Door

▸ Sources 14

WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2026 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Sep 1, 2026
WGFD 2026 License Fee List fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2026 Game and Fish Commission Chapter 44 fees, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2025 Antelope Harvest Report harvest, area description, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2024 Antelope Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2023 Antelope Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2022 Antelope Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2021 Antelope Harvest Report harvest, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
WGFD 2026 Antelope Hunt Areas boundary, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency land ownership, retrieved Aug 31, 2026

About These Numbers

Odds are from the 2026 draw, the latest on file, computed from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's published results. They are what happened in that draw, not a forecast. Under five tags a percentage carries a *, because one applicant either way swings it. A dash means the agency did not publish the number, and a date marked expected is last cycle's schedule rolled forward.

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