Wyoming Antelope (Pronghorn) · Hunt Area 97 Boysen
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, a 98% success rate. Its most applied-for hunt, 97-1, put up 7 nonresident tags in the 2026 draw for 81 first-choice applicants, and the last tag went to someone with 7 points.
8 licenses
first choice, NR
2025, all licenses
32% Other public
266,599 acres
Boundaries are drawn for orientation only. The written boundary description in the regulations governs.
Best Bets at 0 Points
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 97
| What | Season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97-1 Regular | Any antelope | 1% | 7 ▲4 | |
| 97-1 Special | Any antelope | 50% | 1 ▼2 | |
| 97-1 Landowner | Any antelope | 100% | 0 | |
| 97-2 Regular | Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of… | 5% (small sample) | 4 ▼1 | |
| 97-2 Special | Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of… | 0% (small sample) | — | |
| 97-2 Landowner | Any antelope valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of… | 100% (small sample) | — | |
| 97-7 Reduced price | Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of… | 15% | — | |
| 97-7 Landowner reduced price | Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of… | 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. Not in the table, with no 2026 result: 97-6.
Draw results: WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report; WGFD 2026 Demand Report and 2 more, retrieved Sep 1, 2026.
If you draw (2026 nonresident fees): Regular $362.50 ($341 to apply) · Special $1,236.50 ($1,215 to apply) · Reduced price $70.50 ($49 to apply) · Landowner $36.50 ($15 to apply) · Landowner reduced price $36.50 ($15 to apply). Open Jan 2 – Jun 1, 2027 (expected). Full fee breakdown.
Harvest
| Year | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | 124 | 98% |
| 2024 | 111 | 93 | 84% |
| 2023 | 122 | 134 | — |
| 2022 | 218 | 215 | 99% |
| 2021 | 314 | 306 | 98% |
A dash under Success can also mean the agency printed a rate above 100%, which is held back for a data check.
| 2025 by License | Hunters | Pronghorn | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type 1 | 70 | 63 | 90% |
| Type 2 | 27 | 26 | 96% |
| Type 7 | 45 | 35 | 78% |
2025 split: archery 3 (2%), firearm 121 (98%) · residents 88 from 93 hunters, nonresidents 36 from 34 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 | 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: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Office 2026 BLM WY Surface Management Agency.
▸ Sources 14
- 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 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. How we compute these.
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