Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 72

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Wyoming Hunt Area 72 covers 399,581 acres and lies 33 miles west of Mills. 47% of it is public land, mostly BLM (38%) and state land (9%). In 2025, 925 people hunted pronghorn here and took 823 — 89% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 120 nonresident tags here for 0 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):360 Applicants:1,267 Hunter success (2025):89% Public land:47% Size:399,581 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 72, 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

72-1 Any antelope 72 tags · 563 applicants · needed 7 pts · Regular

5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
72-1 Any antelope 48 tags · 138 applicants · needed 5 pts · Special

18% Long shot 0% as 2nd choice
72-1 Any antelope 120 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
72-6 Doe or fawn 60 tags · 566 applicants · Reduced price

11% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
72-6 Doe or fawn 60 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
72-1 ↗ Any antelope	5% Point builder	0%	7 +3 since 2021	72 / 563	Regular	Sep 15 – Oct 31, 2026
72-1 ↗ Any antelope	18% Long shot	0%	5 +1 since 2021	48 / 138	Special	Sep 15 – Oct 31, 2026
72-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	120 / 0	Landowner	Sep 15 – Oct 31, 2026
72-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	11% Point builder	0%	—	60 / 566	Reduced price	Sep 15 – Oct 31, 2026
72-6 ↗ Doe or fawn	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	60 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Sep 15 – Oct 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 72 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 72 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 211,726 ac · 53%
BLM 151,514 ac · 38%
State land 35,616 ac · 9%
County or city land 645 ac · 0%
Other public 78 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.