Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 5

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Wyoming Hunt Area 5 covers 550,091 acres and lies 18 miles south of Sundance. 31% of it is public land, mostly national forest (19%) and state land (9%). In 2025, 111 people hunted pronghorn here and took 87 — 78% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 19 nonresident tags here for 7 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):33 Applicants:98 Hunter success (2025):78% Public land:31% Size:550,091 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 5, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

3 licenses on offer · 33 tags · 98 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
  • 5-1 Any antelope 8 tags · 73 applicants · needed 4 pts · Regular
    3% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5-1 Any antelope 6 tags · 18 applicants · needed 3 pts · Special
    18% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
  • 5-1 Any antelope 19 tags · 7 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner
    100% Undersubscribed
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
Landowner license $15 $15 $36.50

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 5

Not in the table above because they had no result in the 2026 draw.

The country

Upton Sundance Wright Lusk Buffalo
Hunt Area 5 within Wyoming
1 17 18 19 2 23 24 27 3 4 6 7 8 Upton Sundance Newcastle Moorcroft Wright
Hunt Area 5 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 382,205 ac · 69%
  • National Forest 102,533 ac · 19%
  • State land 48,240 ac · 9%
  • BLM 16,115 ac · 3%
  • County or city land 995 ac · 0%

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 111 87 78% 3.8
2024 108 82 76% 4.2
2023 91 75 82% 4.6
2022 111 90 81% 5.5
2021 123 118 96% 4.5

What people carried (2025 harvest)

  • Archery 2 · 2%
  • Firearm 85 · 98%

Residents vs nonresidents (2025)

  • Resident 57 taken · 81 hunters
  • Nonresident 30 taken · 30 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