Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) — Hunt Area 97

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Wyoming Hunt Area 97 covers 266,599 acres and lies 14 miles north of Riverton and 23 miles north of Hudson. 45% of it is public land, mostly Bureau of Reclamation (28%) and state land (13%). In 2025, 127 people hunted pronghorn here and took 124 — 98% of them killed something. The 2026 draw put up 12 nonresident tags here for 2 first-choice applicants.

Nonresident tags (2026):53 Applicants:183 Hunter success (2025):98% Public land:45% Size:266,599 acres

Your chance of drawing here

Every pronghorn license type on offer in Hunt Area 97, 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

97-1 Any antelope 6 tags · 81 applicants · needed 7 pts · Regular

1% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
97-1 Any antelope 5 tags · 7 applicants · needed 1 pts · Special

50% Real chance 0% as 2nd choice
97-1 Any antelope 12 tags · 2 applicants · needed 0 pts · Landowner

100% Undersubscribed
97-2 Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road… 4 tags · 26 applicants · needed 4 pts · Regular

5% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
97-2 Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road… 2 tags · 0 applicants · Special

0% No first-choice applicants 0% as 2nd choice
97-2 Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road… 4 tags · 0 applicants · Landowner

100% No first-choice applicants
97-7 Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road… 10 tags · 67 applicants · Reduced price

15% Point builder 0% as 2nd choice
97-7 Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road… 10 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
97-1 ↗ Any antelope	1% Point builder	0%	7 +4 since 2021	6 / 81	Regular	Sep 19 – Oct 31, 2026
97-1 ↗ Any antelope	50% Real chance	0%	1 −2 since 2021	5 / 7	Special	Sep 19 – Oct 31, 2026
97-1 ↗ Any antelope	100% Undersubscribed	—	0 steady since 2024	12 / 2 undersubscribed	Landowner	Sep 19 – Oct 31, 2026
97-2 ↗ Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road…	5% Point builder	0%	4 −1 since 2021	4 / 26	Regular	Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2026
97-2 ↗ Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road…	0% No first-choice applicants	0%	— −1 since 2021	2 / 0	Special	Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2026
97-2 ↗ Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road…	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	4 / 0	Landowner	Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2026
97-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road…	15% Point builder	0%	—	10 / 67	Reduced price	Aug 15 – Oct 31, 2026
97-7 ↗ Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road…	100% No first-choice applicants	—	—	10 / 0	Landowner reduced price	Aug 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.

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 97

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

Type 6 — Doe or fawn Reduced price

The country

Hunt Area 97 within Wyoming

Hunt Area 97 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 143,891 ac · 54%
Bureau of Reclamation 75,404 ac · 28%
State land 35,562 ac · 13%
Other public 8,383 ac · 3%
County or city land 1,827 ac · 1%
Tribal 1,563 ac · 1%

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.