Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunt Area 85 Gros Ventre
Wyoming Hunt Area 85 covers 559,369 acres and lies 24 miles east of Jackson and 34 miles west of Dubois. 99% of it is public land, mostly national forest (94%) and wildlife refuge (4%). In 2022, 20 people hunted pronghorn here and took 20, a 100% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 85-1, put up 2 nonresident tags in the 2022 draw for 23 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.
No more draws here. The last one was 2022.
Wyoming Game and Fish Department held its 2026 pronghorn draw without Hunt Area 85. No current hunt code lists this unit; the Wyoming pronghorn hunts on offer are drawn elsewhere. The odds, costs and harvest below are that history, kept for the record.
2 licenses
first choice, NR
2022, all licenses
94% Forest Service
559,369 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Every License in Hunt Area 85
The last draw held in Hunt Area 85 was 2022. These are that draw's chances for a first-choice nonresident applicant, kept for the record.
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85-1 Regular | Any antelope | 0% (small sample) | 6 ▲1 | |
| 85-1 Special | Any antelope | 0% (small sample) | 5 ▲3 |
First-choice nonresident odds at your points, 2022 draw. Cut = points the last tag went at; ▲ = points added since the earliest draw on file.
Draw results: WGFD 2022 Demand Report; WGFD 2022 Demand Report, retrieved Aug 31, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $362.50 ($341 to apply) · Special $1,236.50 ($1,215 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 100% |
| 2021 | 22 | 17 | 77% |
| 2022 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type Limited 1 | 20 | 20 | 100% |
2022 split: archery 2 (10%), firearm 18 (90%) · residents 16 from 16 hunters, nonresidents 4 from 4 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 2022 Antelope Harvest Report; WGFD 2021 Antelope Harvest Report.
The Ground
| National Forest | 527,128 ac | 94% |
| National Wildlife Refuge | 24,414 ac | 4% |
| Private | 4,931 ac | <1% |
| State land | 1,603 ac | <1% |
| Other public | 1,009 ac | <1% |
| National Park Service | 392 ac | <1% |
| County or city land | 0 ac | <1% |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 8
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 2026
- WGFD 2022 Demand Report draw results, retrieved Aug 31, 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 2022 Antelope Harvest Report harvest, area description, 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 2022 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