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 — 100% of them killed something. The 2022 draw put up 2 nonresident tags here for 23 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 6 points.

Nonresident tags (2022):4 Applicants:45 Hunter success (2022):100% Public land:99% Size:559,369 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 85, with the prior-draw chance for a first-choice nonresident applicant. Type your points in to see your own number.

Chances are from the 2022 draw (the most recent) for a first-choice nonresident. "Points needed" = the cut in the last draw.

Simple view Odds at every point level

85-1 Any antelope 2 tags · 23 applicants · needed 6 pts · Regular

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
85-1 Any antelope 2 tags · 22 applicants · needed 5 pts · Special

0% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice

Hunt	Your odds (0 pts)	As 2nd choice	Points needed	Tags / applicants	License	Season
85-1 ↗ Any antelope	0% Point builder	0%	6 +1 since 2021	2 / 23	Regular	Sep 10 – Oct 31, 2022
85-1 ↗ Any antelope	0% Point builder	0%	5 +3 since 2021	2 / 22	Special	Sep 10 – Oct 31, 2022

What these columns mean

Your odds: the share of applicants at your point level who drew this tag in the 2022 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 2022 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

Application window: opens Jan 2, closes Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.

The country

Hunt Area 85 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 85 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

National Forest 527,128 ac · 94%
National Wildlife Refuge 24,414 ac · 4%
Private 4,931 ac · 1%
State land 1,603 ac · 0%
Other public 1,009 ac · 0%
National Park Service 392 ac · 0%
County or city land 0 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.