Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunt Area 53 Baggs
Wyoming Hunt Area 53 covers 641,214 acres and lies 19 miles north-east of Baggs and 31 miles west of Encampment. 74% of it is public land, mostly BLM (37%) and national forest (26%). In 2025, 61 people hunted pronghorn here and took 49, a 80% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 53-1, put up 1 nonresident tag in the 2026 draw for 101 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 15 points.
5 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
37% BLM
641,214 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 53
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53-1 Regular | Any antelope | 0% (small sample) | 15 ▲5 | |
| 53-1 Special | Any antelope | 0% (small sample) | 9 | |
| 53-1 Landowner | Any antelope | 100% (small sample) | 0 | |
| 53-7 Reduced price | Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 in Area… | 4% | — | |
| 53-7 Landowner reduced price | Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 in Area… | 100% | — |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2026 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 53-6.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 49 | 80% |
| 2024 | 32 | 20 | 63% |
| 2023 | 19 | 4 | 21% |
| 2022 | 191 | 180 | 94% |
| 2021 | 193 | 194 | — |
A dash under Success can also mean the agency printed a rate above 100%, which is held back for a data check.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | 25 | 16 | 64% |
| Type 7 | 56 | 33 | 59% |
2025 split: archery 0 (0%), firearm 49 (100%) · residents 34 from 50 hunters, nonresidents 15 from 11 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
| BLM | 238,406 ac | 37% |
| Private | 166,915 ac | 26% |
| National Forest | 165,542 ac | 26% |
| State land | 65,494 ac | 10% |
| County or city land | 3,789 ac | <1% |
| Bureau of Reclamation | 557 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 332 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ 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. How we compute these.
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Prior-draw odds from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's results, not a forecast · Methodology · All Wyoming pronghorn hunts