Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunt Area 8 Niobrara
Wyoming Hunt Area 8 covers 715,283 acres and lies 37 miles south of Newcastle and 54 miles south of Upton. 19% of it is public land, mostly BLM (11%) and state land (7%). In 2025, 213 people hunted pronghorn here and took 188, a 88% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 8-1, put up 79 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 355 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 3 points.
3 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
11% BLM
715,283 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
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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.
Every License in Hunt Area 8
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8-1 Regular | Any antelope | 6% | 3 ▲4 | |
| 8-1 Special | Any antelope | 100% | 0 | |
| 8-1 Landowner | Any antelope | 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.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $362.50 ($341 to apply) · Special $1,236.50 ($1,215 to apply) · Landowner $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 213 | 188 | 88% |
| 2024 | 215 | 201 | 94% |
| 2023 | 160 | 149 | 93% |
| 2022 | 160 | 132 | 83% |
| 2021 | 233 | 178 | 76% |
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | 213 | 188 | 88% |
2025 split: archery 3 (2%), firearm 185 (98%) · residents 34 from 59 hunters, nonresidents 154 from 154 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 | 576,776 ac | 81% |
| BLM | 77,189 ac | 11% |
| State land | 47,792 ac | 7% |
| National Forest | 13,486 ac | 2% |
| Other public | 30 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 12
- 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 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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Prior-draw odds from Wyoming Game and Fish Department's results, not a forecast · All Wyoming pronghorn hunts