Nevada Bighorn Sheep Mule Deer Pronghorn

Unit 035 (Jackson Mountains, King Lear Peak and Parrot Peak)

Nevada Hunting Guide — Bighorn Sheep, Mule Deer, Pronghorn

Unit 035 covers about 1,704 square miles of Humboldt County, and NDOW's sheet for its Jackson Mountains hunt puts the sheep around King Lear Peak, south toward Navajo Peak, near Parrot Peak and above the Iron King Mine. NDOW calls it one of the roughest California bighorn hunts it offers. Two wilderness areas cover much of the sheep range and bar all vehicles.

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Bighorn Sheep Hunting in Unit 035

Where to Find Bighorn Sheep in Unit 035: King Lear Peak, Parrot Peak and the Jackson Mountains

King Lear Peak south toward Navajo Peak

NDOW's 035C sheet covers the part of Unit 035 that's open to bighorn hunting in the Jackson Mountains, which hold all of the sheep in that portion. King Lear Peak and the country a little south of it, toward Navajo Peak, continue to support good numbers. Parrot Peak, and Deer Creek south of Jackson Creek, also seem to have a few sheep concentrating there.

Above the Iron King Mine to O'Brien Creek

Sheep have spread in recent years into the country above the Iron King Mine, all the way toward O'Brien Creek. That's newer ground than the King Lear and Parrot Peak areas, and it belongs on your scouting list.

The Bloody Run Hills

The sheet describes the Bloody Run Hills, on the far west side of Unit 035, as closed to bighorn hunting. NDOW's 2025 hunt data, though, lists a separate Bloody Runs ram hunt alongside the Jacksons hunt. Those two sources don't line up, so check the current regulations for exactly which ground your tag covers before you plan around either range.

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

A bighorn sheep tag for this group is good in unit 035, about 1,704 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Humboldt County. The named ranges inside the line are Tenmile Hills, Slumbering Hills, Jackson Mountains, Krum Hills and Bloody Run Hills. The highest named points are Quinn Peak (9,066 ft), DeLong Peak (9,008 ft) and King Lear Peak (8,905 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 4,041 feet. We don't print a land-status split for Nevada groups, because the figures we held didn't come from BLM's surface-management data; check BLM's current map for private parcels before you cross a fence or a cattle guard. GNIS names 38 springs inside it, Bonita Spring, Willow Springs, Donna Schee Spring and O'Donnell Spring among them.

Unit 035 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

4,043–6,489 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,638 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,703.8 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Water on the ground

15 tanks
40 springs
22 stream segments
1 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Quinn Peak (9,066 ft), Trout Creek Spur (8,973 ft), Jackson Mountains (8,905 ft), Parrot Peak (8,428 ft)

Holding ground: Pickhandle Pass (5,507 ft), Brush Basin (5,152 ft), Pinson Canyon (4,903 ft), Jackson Well, Donna Schee Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Bighorn Sheep in Unit 035: State Route 140, the Jungo Road and two wilderness areas

State Route 140, the Jungo Road and Bottle Creek Road

From the north, reach the Jackson Mountains off State Route 140, west of Highway 95 and north of Winnemucca. From the south, the Jungo Road runs along the railroad tracks west of Winnemucca. Bottle Creek Road follows the east side of the range, and the Jackson Creek and Trout Creek roads cut through the mountains from the west to the southeast. For the west side, leave State Route 140 on the Leonard Creek Road.

North and South Jackson Mountains wilderness

Two wilderness areas take in a large share of the sheep habitat: North Jackson Mountains around Parrot Peak and South Jackson Mountains around King Lear Peak. No motorized or mechanical vehicles or equipment are allowed in either; the BLM has the details. The Iron King, Bottle Creek and Trout Creek Spur areas lie outside the wilderness and carry no such limits.

NDOW is plain about the difficulty. The steep, rocky ground near King Lear Peak makes this a very hard hunt, so learn the unit, arrive in shape, and make sure all your gear works. Winnemucca has the closest services.

The 2025 season in NDOW's own numbers

NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data is the hunter survey behind these figures: who drew, who went, who filled a tag. Success there is NDOW's own figure, successful hunters over hunters afield.

Any ram, any legal weapon (035 - Jacksons), Sep 01 - Oct 31: 8 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 9 hunters went afield and 8 filled their tag (89%). Hunters reported 7.9 days afield on average.
Any ram, any legal weapon (035 - Bloody Runs), Sep 01 - Oct 31: 1 resident tag. 1 hunter went afield and 1 filled the tag (100%). Hunters reported 5.0 days afield on average.

Roads in and the nearest towns

The longest named roads through the group are NV 140, Jackson Creek Ranch Road, US 95 and Winnemucca Mountain Road. Our road inventory counts roughly 37 miles of pavement, 38 of gravel and 38 of high-clearance or four-wheel-drive track. The nearest towns are Winnemucca (28 mi), Grass Valley (28 mi) and Orovada (35 mi), measured from the centre of the closest unit in the group.

Getting in and staying out: unit 035

Named routes and what they need

NV 140 — 17.5 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Jackson Creek Ranch Road — 17.5 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
US 95 — 15.1 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Winnemucca Mountain Road — 6.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Bottle Creek Ranch Road — 4.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
US 95 Old — 4.2 mi · Paved (all rigs)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Winnemucca — 27.7 mi · groceries, lodging
Grass Valley — 28.4 mi · groceries
Orovada — 34.7 mi · no services listed
Imlay — 35.6 mi · no services listed
Golconda — 39.7 mi · no services listed

Season weather and signal

Jan43° / 20° · 1" precip
Aug92° / 50° · 0.2" precip
Sep82° / 41° · 0.4" precip
Oct68° / 30° · 0.8" precip
Nov53° / 24° · 0.7" precip
Dec42° / 18° · 1" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 26% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Nevada rules that decide your day

Summarised from NDOW regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Nevada has no general off-road retrieval allowance; travel stays on existing routes.

Tagging

Validate and attach the tag before the animal is moved.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting within 5,000 feet of an occupied dwelling without permission in some counties; no shooting from or across a highway.

Bighorn Sheep: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Bighorn Sheep Success Rates

Any ram, any legal weapon (035 - Jacksons): 8 of 9 hunters afield (89%); Any ram, any legal weapon (035 - Bloody Runs): 1 of 1 hunters afield (100%). Figures are NDOW's own, from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

Bighorn Sheep Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — Early Season ram only (resident)	6	1,391	0.4%	—
Rifle — Early Season ram only (nonresident)	1	3,636	0.0%	—

Data from 2023 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.

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From NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data. Demand is NDOW's count of tags awarded plus first-choice applicants who did not draw; its draw rate is tags over demand.

Any ram, any legal weapon (035 - Jacksons) — Residents: 1,853 demand for 8 tags, a 0.4% draw rate; Nonresidents: 4,580 demand for 1 tag, a 0.0% draw rate.
Any ram, any legal weapon (035 - Bloody Runs) — Residents: 725 demand for 1 tag, a 0.1% draw rate.

NDOW's hunt data publishes no points-required figure, so none is given here.

Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 035

Unit 035 covers about 1,704 square miles of Humboldt County, built around the Jackson Mountains. NDOW's mule deer sheet says most of the harvest comes from the Jacksons north of the Trout Creek - Jackson Creek Road, with more scattered deer to the south and a few in the Bloody Run Range. Two wilderness areas in the range are closed to vehicles, but the road across it stays open.

Where to Find Mule Deer in Unit 035: Jackson Mountains North of the Trout Creek Road

North of the Trout Creek - Jackson Creek Road

The Jackson Mountains produce most of Unit 035's deer harvest, and NDOW narrows it further: the bulk of it comes from north of the Trout Creek - Jackson Creek Road, the route that splits the range. That's where most of your scouting should go.

Happy Creek, Iron King Mine and the south end

South of that road, deer are more scattered, but NDOW still calls the hunting good. Two areas may give you extra opportunity if you're willing to hike in: the country above Happy Creek, and the ground south of Iron King Mine.

The Bloody Run Range is the unit's other named deer area. NDOW says densities there are low and opportunities fewer, but it still provides some quality experiences. Treat it as a second option rather than the main plan.

Keep the wilderness lines in mind when you choose. The King Lear Peak area at the south end of the Jacksons and the Parrot Peak area at the north end are both wilderness, so deer there are reached on foot only. The next section covers which areas stay open to vehicles.

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

A mule deer tag for this group is good in unit 035, about 1,704 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Humboldt County. The named ranges inside the line are Tenmile Hills, Slumbering Hills, Jackson Mountains, Krum Hills and Bloody Run Hills. The highest named points are Quinn Peak (9,066 ft), DeLong Peak (9,008 ft) and King Lear Peak (8,905 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 4,041 feet. We don't print a land-status split for Nevada groups, because the figures we held didn't come from BLM's surface-management data; check BLM's current map for private parcels before you cross a fence or a cattle guard. GNIS names 38 springs inside it, Bonita Spring, Willow Springs, Donna Schee Spring and O'Donnell Spring among them.

Unit 035 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

4,043–6,489 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,638 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,703.8 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Water on the ground

15 tanks
40 springs
22 stream segments
1 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Quinn Peak (9,066 ft), Trout Creek Spur (8,973 ft), Jackson Mountains (8,905 ft), Parrot Peak (8,428 ft)

Holding ground: Pickhandle Pass (5,507 ft), Brush Basin (5,152 ft), Pinson Canyon (4,903 ft), Jackson Well, Donna Schee Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Mule Deer in Unit 035: Highway 140, Jungo Road and the Jackson Mountain Wilderness

Highway 140, Jungo Road and the roads across the range

NDOW lists Highway 140 and Jungo Road as the ways into Unit 035. Bottle Creek Road runs along the east side of the range, and the Trout Creek Road and Jackson Creek Road cross it, splitting the range in two. The west side is reached off Highway 140 by way of the Leonard Creek Road.

Wilderness in the Black Rock NCA

The Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area includes several wilderness areas where no motorized or mechanical vehicles or equipment are allowed. In Unit 035, that covers the south Jackson Mountain wilderness around King Lear Peak and the north Jackson Mountain wilderness around Parrot Peak. The Jackson Creek - Trout Creek Road is still open, which matters because the best deer country lies north of it. The Iron King, Bottle Creek and Trout Creek Spur areas, outside the wilderness, aren't subject to access restrictions. NDOW and the BLM post maps and fact sheets on their websites.

If you head into either wilderness block, plan for a long day on foot. With no wheeled carts allowed, anything you take there comes out on your back.

Chukar and most upland game seasons are open during the regular deer season, so a shotgun in the truck can fill a slow afternoon.

The 2025 season in NDOW's own numbers

NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data is the hunter survey behind these figures: who drew, who went, who filled a tag. Success there is NDOW's own figure, successful hunters over hunters afield. NDOW ran 1 more mule deer hunt on this group, smaller ones; the draw panel lists them.

Antlered, any legal weapon, Oct 05 - Nov 05: 30 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 27 hunters went afield and 14 filled their tag (52%). Hunters reported 4.9 days afield on average. 23% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.
Antlered, archery, Aug 10 - Sep 09: 15 resident and 2 nonresident tags. 17 hunters went afield and 1 filled their tag (6%). Hunters reported 6.2 days afield on average. 0% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.
Antlered, muzzleloader, Sep 10 - Oct 04: 9 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 9 hunters went afield and 5 filled their tag (56%). Hunters reported 5.4 days afield on average. 75% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.
Junior, seasonal weapon restriction, Aug 10 - Nov 05: 7 resident tags. 5 hunters went afield and 3 filled their tag (60%). Hunters reported 4.2 days afield on average. 67% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 035

Named routes and what they need

NV 140 — 17.5 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Jackson Creek Ranch Road — 17.5 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
US 95 — 15.1 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Winnemucca Mountain Road — 6.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Bottle Creek Ranch Road — 4.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
US 95 Old — 4.2 mi · Paved (all rigs)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Winnemucca — 27.7 mi · groceries, lodging
Grass Valley — 28.4 mi · groceries
Orovada — 34.7 mi · no services listed
Imlay — 35.6 mi · no services listed
Golconda — 39.7 mi · no services listed

Season weather and signal

Jan43° / 20° · 1" precip
Aug92° / 50° · 0.2" precip
Sep82° / 41° · 0.4" precip
Oct68° / 30° · 0.8" precip
Nov53° / 24° · 0.7" precip
Dec42° / 18° · 1" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 26% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Nevada rules that decide your day

Summarised from NDOW regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Nevada has no general off-road retrieval allowance; travel stays on existing routes.

Tagging

Validate and attach the tag before the animal is moved.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting within 5,000 feet of an occupied dwelling without permission in some counties; no shooting from or across a highway.

Mule Deer: where to put the shot

Broadside or quartering away, on the back edge of the front leg about a third of the way up the body.

Shots to refuse

Nothing behind or overlapping the animal you picked.
Your maximum range is the farthest you have shot a three-shot group into a paper plate from the rest you are carrying.
Pass the shot you are talking yourself into.

Plan the carry: roughly 40– 120 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — two large coolers. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Mule Deer Success Rates

Antlered, any legal weapon: 14 of 27 hunters afield (52%); Antlered, archery: 1 of 17 hunters afield (6%); Antlered, muzzleloader: 5 of 9 hunters afield (56%); Junior, seasonal weapon restriction: 3 of 5 hunters afield (60%). Figures are NDOW's own, from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — Mid Season bull/buck only (resident)	30	137	21.9%	—
Rifle — Mid Season bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	40	2.5%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (resident)	10	20	50.0%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident)	3	0	0.0%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry antlerless (resident)	25	32	78.1%	—
Rifle — Early Season either sex (resident)	7	11	63.6%	—
Archery — Early Season bull/buck only (resident)	15	17	88.2%	—
Archery — Early Season bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	5	40.0%	—
Muzzleloader — Early Season bull/buck only (resident)	9	10	90.0%	—
Muzzleloader — Early Season bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	2	50.0%	—

Data from 2025 draw results. Each row is one residency pool — read the label before the number. This agency publishes no point thresholds, so the Pts column stays blank and these are pool odds, not what a point total draws.

Open in Draw Odds Engine

From NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data. Demand is NDOW's count of tags awarded plus first-choice applicants who did not draw; its draw rate is tags over demand.

Antlered, any legal weapon — Residents: 137 demand for 30 tags, a 21.9% draw rate; Nonresidents: 40 demand for 1 tag, a 2.5% draw rate.
Antlered, archery — Residents: 17 demand for 15 tags, a 88.2% draw rate; Nonresidents: 5 demand for 2 tags, a 40.0% draw rate.
Antlered, muzzleloader — Residents: 10 demand for 9 tags, a 90.0% draw rate; Nonresidents: 2 demand for 1 tag, a 50.0% draw rate.
Junior, seasonal weapon restriction — Residents: 11 demand for 7 tags, a 63.6% draw rate.
Guided antlered, any legal weapon — Nonresidents: 3 demand for 2 tags, a 66.7% draw rate.

NDOW's hunt data publishes no points-required figure, so none is given here.

Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 035

Unit 035 covers about 1,704 square miles of Humboldt County, taking in the Jackson Mountains, the Slumbering Hills, the Krum Hills, the Tenmile Hills and the Bloody Run Hills. NDOW publishes no Hunt Information Sheet for pronghorn on this unit, so there's no agency guidance on where animals live. What's here comes from the unit's named ground and roads, and from NDOW's access notes for the same unit.

Where to Find Pronghorn in Unit 035: the Jackson Mountains and the Hills Around Them

No NDOW pronghorn sheet for Unit 035

NDOW publishes Hunt Information Sheets for many species and unit groups, but none for pronghorn on Unit 035. So there's no agency list of basins, flats or water to start from, and nothing official on how pronghorn here shift through the season. This page won't fill that gap with guesses. What it can do is lay out the ground you'll be working with.

The Jackson Mountains and the hills around them

GNIS places five named ranges inside the unit: the Jackson Mountains, the Slumbering Hills, the Krum Hills, the Tenmile Hills and the Bloody Run Hills. The highest named summits on the list include Quinn Peak, DeLong Peak, King Lear Peak, Parrot Peak and Bloody Run Peak.

Two of those summits matter for more than orientation. NDOW's mule deer sheet for the same unit says the King Lear Peak area and the Parrot Peak area of the Jackson Mountains are now wilderness, closed to motorized and mechanical vehicles and equipment. That's a land rule rather than a pronghorn note, but it applies to anyone hunting Unit 035.

Without a sheet, scouting is the plan. The unit's pronghorn hunts run from early August into early October, archery first, which leaves time to look over the country between those ranges before the season you hold.

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

A pronghorn tag for this group is good in unit 035, about 1,704 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Humboldt County. The named ranges inside the line are Tenmile Hills, Slumbering Hills, Jackson Mountains, Krum Hills and Bloody Run Hills. The highest named points are Quinn Peak (9,066 ft), DeLong Peak (9,008 ft) and King Lear Peak (8,905 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 4,041 feet. We don't print a land-status split for Nevada groups, because the figures we held didn't come from BLM's surface-management data; check BLM's current map for private parcels before you cross a fence or a cattle guard. GNIS names 38 springs inside it, Bonita Spring, Willow Springs, Donna Schee Spring and O'Donnell Spring among them.

Unit 035 terrain and land status

Measured from the unit boundary, not from the agency write-up

The lay of it

4,043–6,489 ft on a terrain sample , averaging 4,638 ft ; peaks can run higher.
1,703.8 sq mi inside the boundary. Big enough that picking one drainage beats driving three.

Water on the ground

15 tanks
40 springs
22 stream segments
1 lakes

Counts from mapping data, so this is how many exist, not how many hold water in a dry year. Sitting water only pays where you find fresh tracks.

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Quinn Peak (9,066 ft), Trout Creek Spur (8,973 ft), Jackson Mountains (8,905 ft), Parrot Peak (8,428 ft)

Holding ground: Pickhandle Pass (5,507 ft), Brush Basin (5,152 ft), Pinson Canyon (4,903 ft), Jackson Well, Donna Schee Spring

Every one of these was tested against the unit polygon before it went on the map. They are starting points, not agency recommendations.

How to Hunt Pronghorn in Unit 035: Highway 140, Jungo Road and the Jackson Mountain Wilderness Lines

Roads into Unit 035

NDOW publishes no pronghorn access notes for Unit 035, but its mule deer sheet for the same unit does describe the roads, and those don't change with the species. Highway 140 and Jungo Road are the ways in. Bottle Creek Road runs along the east side of the Jackson Mountains, and the Trout Creek Road and Jackson Creek Road cross the range, splitting it in two. The west side is reached off Highway 140 by way of the Leonard Creek Road.

Wilderness inside the Black Rock NCA

The Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area contains several wilderness areas where no motorized or mechanical vehicles or equipment are allowed. In Unit 035, those are the south Jackson Mountain wilderness around King Lear Peak and the north Jackson Mountain wilderness around Parrot Peak. The Jackson Creek - Trout Creek Road remains open, and the Iron King, Bottle Creek and Trout Creek Spur areas, outside the wilderness, carry no access restrictions. NDOW and the BLM post maps and fact sheets on their websites.

Anything taken inside those wilderness boundaries comes out on foot. Check NDOW's current regulations before you go, since the agency hasn't published pronghorn-specific advice for this ground.

The 2025 season in NDOW's own numbers

NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data is the hunter survey behind these figures: who drew, who went, who filled a tag. Success there is NDOW's own figure, successful hunters over hunters afield.

Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon, Aug 22 - Sep 07: 30 resident and 3 nonresident tags. 30 hunters went afield and 28 filled their tag (93%). Hunters reported 2.6 days afield on average. 8% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.
Horns longer than ears, archery, Aug 01 - Aug 21: 3 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 4 hunters went afield and 3 filled their tag (75%). Hunters reported 2.7 days afield on average. 33% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.
Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader, Sep 25 - Oct 04: 2 resident tags. 2 hunters went afield and 2 filled their tag (100%). Hunters reported 2.0 days afield on average. 0% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.

Roads in and the nearest towns

Getting in and staying out: unit 035

Named routes and what they need

NV 140 — 17.5 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Jackson Creek Ranch Road — 17.5 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
US 95 — 15.1 mi · Paved (all rigs)
Winnemucca Mountain Road — 6.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
Bottle Creek Ranch Road — 4.3 mi · Graded gravel (2WD / small trailer)
US 95 Old — 4.2 mi · Paved (all rigs)

Ratings come from road data, not from a drive this season. Check current conditions with the managing office before you commit a trailer.

Nearest services

Winnemucca — 27.7 mi · groceries, lodging
Grass Valley — 28.4 mi · groceries
Orovada — 34.7 mi · no services listed
Imlay — 35.6 mi · no services listed
Golconda — 39.7 mi · no services listed

Season weather and signal

Jan43° / 20° · 1" precip
Aug92° / 50° · 0.2" precip
Sep82° / 41° · 0.4" precip
Oct68° / 30° · 0.8" precip
Nov53° / 24° · 0.7" precip
Dec42° / 18° · 1" precip

Best signal is Verizon at about 26% of the unit. Plan on being out of contact and tell someone your route.

Nevada rules that decide your day

Summarised from NDOW regulations. They change — read the current regulations and your permit-tag before you hunt.

Legal shooting hours

Big game may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset.

Motorized retrieval

Nevada has no general off-road retrieval allowance; travel stays on existing routes.

Tagging

Validate and attach the tag before the animal is moved.

Leaving meat

Wasting edible meat is illegal.

Where you may not shoot

Occupied structures — No shooting within 5,000 feet of an occupied dwelling without permission in some counties; no shooting from or across a highway.

Pronghorn: where to put the shot

Broadside, straight up the front leg, a third of the way into the body. Pronghorn are shallow-chested and the lungs sit forward.

Shots to refuse

Range it, then range it again. Open country makes 400 yards look like 250.
Wait for the buck to stop. Nobody kills a running pronghorn cleanly on purpose.
Mind the backdrop. A miss carries a long way across a flat.

Plan the carry: roughly 30– 45 lb of boned-out meat, before head and hide — one large cooler with ice already in it. ProHunt planning estimate, not an agency figure.

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Pronghorn Success Rates

Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon: 28 of 30 hunters afield (93%); Horns longer than ears, archery: 3 of 4 hunters afield (75%); Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader: 2 of 2 hunters afield (100%). Figures are NDOW's own, from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

Pronghorn Draw Odds

Season	Tags	Applicants	Draw %	Pts (n/p)
Rifle — Early Season buck only (resident)	30	199	15.1%	—
Rifle — Early Season buck only (nonresident)	3	72	4.2%	—
Rifle — Early Season doe/fawn (resident)	9	216	4.2%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (resident)	1	0	0.0%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (nonresident)	7	0	0.0%	—
Archery — Early Season buck only (resident)	3	5	60.0%	—
Archery — Early Season buck only (nonresident)	1	5	20.0%	—
Muzzleloader — Early Season buck only (resident)	2	5	40.0%	—

Open in Draw Odds Engine

From NDOW's 2025 Big Game Hunt Data. Demand is NDOW's count of tags awarded plus first-choice applicants who did not draw; its draw rate is tags over demand.

Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon — Residents: 199 demand for 30 tags, a 15.1% draw rate; Nonresidents: 72 demand for 3 tags, a 4.2% draw rate.
Horns longer than ears, archery — Residents: 5 demand for 3 tags, a 60.0% draw rate; Nonresidents: 5 demand for 1 tag, a 20.0% draw rate.
Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader — Residents: 5 demand for 2 tags, a 40.0% draw rate.

NDOW's hunt data publishes no points-required figure, so none is given here.

Unit Logistics & Expectations

Planning Notes

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Water

GNIS names 38 springs inside the group. Desert springs go dry; carry water and treat what you find.

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Road Conditions

NV 140, Jackson Creek Ranch Road and US 95 are the longest named roads in the group. About 37 mi paved, 38 mi gravel, 38 mi high-clearance or 4WD.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features run from 4,041 to 9,066 ft across the unit. More than 4,000 feet of relief, so plan the pack-out before the shot.

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Weather

Season normals from the group's largest unit: Sep 82/41°F, 0.4 in.; Oct 68/30°F, 0.8 in.; Nov 53/24°F, 0.7 in.; Dec 42/18°F, 1 in..

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Nearest Town

Winnemucca (28 mi), Grass Valley (28 mi), Orovada (35 mi)

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Permit Notes

A tag for this group is good only inside units 035. Check NDOW's current regulations for season dates before you go.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which units does a Nevada bighorn sheep tag for 035 cover?

NDOW draws it as one unit group: unit 035, about 1,704 square miles in Humboldt County. The tag is good anywhere inside that line and nowhere outside it.

What was hunter success for bighorn sheep on units 035 in 2025?

On NDOW's largest 2025 bighorn sheep hunt here, the any ram hunt (any legal weapon), Sep 01 - Oct 31, 8 of 9 hunters afield filled their tag, 89%. That is NDOW's figure from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

How hard is the bighorn sheep draw for units 035?

For the any ram hunt (any legal weapon) NDOW counted 1,853 resident demand for 8 tags in 2025, a 0.4% draw rate, and 4,580 nonresident demand for 1, 0.0%. NDOW publishes no points-required figure in that data.

Which units does a Nevada mule deer tag for 035 cover?

NDOW draws it as one unit group: unit 035, about 1,704 square miles in Humboldt County. The tag is good anywhere inside that line and nowhere outside it.

What was hunter success for mule deer on units 035 in 2025?

On NDOW's largest 2025 mule deer hunt here, the antlered hunt (any legal weapon), Oct 05 - Nov 05, 14 of 27 hunters afield filled their tag, 52%. That is NDOW's figure from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

How hard is the mule deer draw for units 035?

For the antlered hunt (any legal weapon) NDOW counted 137 resident demand for 30 tags in 2025, a 21.9% draw rate, and 40 nonresident demand for 1, 2.5%. NDOW publishes no points-required figure in that data.

Which units does a Nevada pronghorn tag for 035 cover?

NDOW draws it as one unit group: unit 035, about 1,704 square miles in Humboldt County. The tag is good anywhere inside that line and nowhere outside it.

What was hunter success for pronghorn on units 035 in 2025?

On NDOW's largest 2025 pronghorn hunt here, the horns longer than ears hunt (any legal weapon), Aug 22 - Sep 07, 28 of 30 hunters afield filled their tag, 93%. That is NDOW's figure from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

How hard is the pronghorn draw for units 035?

For the horns longer than ears hunt (any legal weapon) NDOW counted 199 resident demand for 30 tags in 2025, a 15.1% draw rate, and 72 nonresident demand for 3, 4.2%. NDOW publishes no points-required figure in that data.

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Sources & Verification

Every fact on this page is tied to a primary source below. Last fact-checked 2026-10-25.

Hunt Information Sheet — California bighorn sheep, 035C — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Access, Recommended hunting areas, Biologist comments · accessed 2026-10-25
2025 Nevada Big Game Hunt Data — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Seasons, quotas and tags issued, Demand and draw rate by residency, Hunters afield, successful hunters and hunter success, Days hunted · accessed 2026-10-25
NDOW Hunt Unit Boundaries — unit groups (ArcGIS) — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Units 035, 1,704 square miles · accessed 2026-10-25
Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the group — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Tenmile Hills, Slumbering Hills, Jackson Mountains, Quinn Peak 9,066 ft, DeLong Peak 9,008 ft · accessed 2026-10-25
Hunt Information Sheet — Mule deer, 035 — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Access, Recommended hunting areas, Biologist comments · accessed 2026-10-25