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 — 80% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 5 nonresident tags here for 129 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):17 Applicants:248 Hunter success (2025):80% Public land:74% Size:641,214 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 53, 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

53-1 Any antelope 1 tags · 101 applicants · needed 15 pts · Regular

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
53-1 Any antelope 2 tags · 16 applicants · needed 9 pts · Special

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
53-1 Any antelope 4 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
53-7 Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 in Area 53… 5 tags · 129 applicants · Reduced price

4% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
53-7 Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 in Area 53… 5 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner reduced price

100% No first-choice applicants

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
53-1 ↗ Any antelope	0% Point builder	0%	15 +5 since 2021	1 / 101	Regular	Sep 20 – Oct 31, 2026
53-1 ↗ Any antelope	0% Point builder	0%	9 steady since 2021	2 / 16	Special	Sep 20 – Oct 31, 2026
53-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	4 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 20 – Oct 31, 2026
53-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 in Area 53…	4% Point builder	0%	—	5 / 129	Reduced price	Sep 1 – Nov 30, 2026
53-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 in Area 53…	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	5 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Sep 1 – Nov 30, 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.

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
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.

Other licenses valid in Hunt Area 53

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

Type 6 — Doe or fawn valid south of Wyoming Highway 70 and west of Carbon County Road 601 Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 53 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 53 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

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 · 0%
Other public 332 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.