Pronghorn Antelope · Areas 97, 117 · Type 7
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Drawn together: Areas 97, 117 — one license valid in all of these areas; WGFD lists the draw results under Area 97.
Purple hatch = WGFD limitation-area polygon (where this hunt is valid) — “Valid 97, 117-2, 7; Valid 97,117-2, 7”. Black outline = hunt areas of this license; thin gray = neighbouring hunt areas.
Hunt-area boundaries: WGFD AntelopeHuntAreas GIS layer. Limitation polygon: WGFD LimitationAreas2026_Final, downloaded 2026-11-03. Basemap © OpenFreeMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. GIS overview only; the WGFD regulation text governs.
Part of area only WGFD limitation (exact text):
“Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road, and in all of Area 117”
Season dates (2026)
| Special archery dates | Regular season dates | Limitations |
|---|---|---|
| — | Aug. 15 – Oct. 31 | Doe or fawn valid in Area 97 south of U.S. Highway 26 or Wyoming Highway 134 and east of Eight Mile Road, and in all of Area 117 |
Commission quota: 50 (total licenses for this hunt set in regulation; WGFD’s draw reports split licenses across resident / nonresident / special pools, so per-pool draw numbers on this site will not add up to this total in a simple way). Source: WGFD Commission Regulation Ch. 5, Antelope Hunting Seasons (2026), PDF p. 7. Last checked 2026-11-03.
Draw odds (2026, first choice)
- Nonresident regular · doe/fawn: 10 licenses for 67 first-choice applicants — roughly 15% estimate.
- Resident regular · doe/fawn: 37 licenses for 170 first-choice applicants — roughly 22% estimate.
- Resident landowner · doe/fawn: 40 licenses for 3 first-choice applicants — roughly 100% estimate.
Applicants & licenses (2026)
| Pool | Licenses | 1st choice | 2nd | 3rd | Ratio estimate | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nonresident · regular · all · Doe/fawn | 10 | 67 | 38 | 0 | 14.9% | WGFD PDF |
| resident · regular · all · Doe/fawn | 37 | 170 | 18 | 0 | 21.8% | WGFD PDF |
| nonresident · landowner · all · Doe/fawn | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | WGFD PDF |
| resident · landowner · all · Doe/fawn | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | WGFD PDF |
Draw odds PDFs: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33863/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33864/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33865/download?inline · https://wgfd.wyo.gov/media/33866/download?inline
Trend & 2027 outlook
Estimate based on past WGFD draw results, not a WGFD prediction. Straight-line fit through every year with data (needs 3+ years). 2027 quotas are not set yet; quota changes and new regulations can change everything.
Nonresident · landowner · doe/fawn
- Odds: not enough history (0 yrs; need 3)
- 1st-choice applicants: 0 (2024) → 0 (2025) → 0 (2026); licenses: 5 (2024) → 10 (2025) → 10 (2026)
Nonresident · regular · doe/fawn
- ↓ Odds: 50% (2021) → … → 9% (2025) → 15% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 0–15%
- 1st-choice applicants: 117 (2021) → 102 (2022) → 41 (2023) → 86 (2024) → 110 (2025) → 67 (2026); licenses: 58 (2021) → 10 (2022) → 5 (2023) → 5 (2024) → 10 (2025) → 10 (2026)
Resident · landowner · doe/fawn
- → Odds: 100% (2024) → 100% (2025) → 100% (2026), 3 yrs · 2027: likely about 100%
- 1st-choice applicants: 1 (2024) → 2 (2025) → 3 (2026); licenses: 20 (2024) → 40 (2025) → 40 (2026)
Resident · regular · doe/fawn
- ↓ Odds: 100% (2021) → … → 19% (2025) → 22% (2026), 6 yrs · 2027: likely 0–22%
- 1st-choice applicants: 56 (2021) → 93 (2022) → 72 (2023) → 151 (2024) → 199 (2025) → 170 (2026); licenses: 118 (2021) → 37 (2022) → 18 (2023) → 19 (2024) → 38 (2025) → 37 (2026)
- ⚠ Quota changed 38 → 37 from 2025 to 2026 — a quota change can break the trend.