Nevada Pronghorn Mule Deer

Unit 041, 042 (Seven Troughs, Selenite and Trinity Ranges)

Nevada Hunting Guide — Pronghorn, Mule Deer

Units 041, 042 cover about 3,900 square miles between Gerlach and Lovelock, east of Highway 447 and west of Interstate 80. NDOW rates antelope densities average to high and names dozens of springs, canyons and guzzler areas across the Selenite, Seven Troughs, Trinity and Eugene country. Four-wheel drive is necessary, and camping on BLM land is unrestricted.

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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 041, 042

Where to Find Pronghorn in Units 041, 042: Seven Troughs Springs to the Kamma Mountains

Unit 041: Selenite, Nightingale, Sahwave and Seven Troughs

NDOW's rule of thumb here is water. Antelope are generally found within about two miles of a source, anywhere from the valley floors up to the higher elevations of each range. In Unit 041 the sheet names both sides of the Selenite Range and the Sahwave Mountains; Sage Hen Spring, Stonehouse Canyon and Tunnel Springs in the Nightingale Mountains; the west Trinity Range from Ragged Top north to the Eagle Pitcher Mine, with its big game guzzlers; and the east side of the Lava Beds. The Seven Troughs Range gets the longest list: Porter Springs, Vernon, Burnt Canyon, Stonehouse Canyon, Rocky Canyon, Egbert Canyon, Cow Creek and Mule Canyon. Placerites and Rabbit Hole and Barrell Springs round it out.

Unit 042: Trinity Canyon to the Eugene Mountains

In Unit 042, start in the northeast Trinity Range at Trinity Canyon, Blackrock Canyon and Sportsman's or Natchez Springs. Poker Brown Gap, the west side of Rye Patch Reservoir and Majuba Canyon are next, along with the country off the Imlay Summit and Antelope Summit roads. The Kamma Mountains and Eugene Mountains finish NDOW's list.

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

A pronghorn tag for this group is good in units 041 and 042, about 3,874 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Pershing County, Washoe County, Churchill County and Humboldt County. The named ranges inside the line are Selenite Range, Hannan Range, Antelope Range, Nightingale Mountains, Eugene Mountains and Truckee Range. The highest named points are Kumiva Peak (8,224 ft), Wolfram Peak (7,579 ft) and Seven Troughs Mountain (7,457 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 3,841 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 102 springs inside it, Cavanaugh Spring, Trego Hot Springs, Three Forks Spring and Dead Horse Spring among them.

Unit 041, 042 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Kumiva Peak (8,224 ft), Seven Troughs Range (7,785 ft), Wolfram Peak (7,579 ft), Seven Troughs Mountain (7,457 ft)

Holding ground: American Flats (5,992 ft), Texas Basin (5,991 ft), North Fork Woody Canyon (5,898 ft), Woody Springs, Box Canyon Spring Number Two

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 Units 041, 042: four-wheel drive, scouting and open BLM camping

Between Highway 447 and Interstate 80

The group lies east of Highway 447 and Gerlach and west of Interstate 80 and Lovelock, in Pershing and Humboldt counties. NDOW says access is good to all of it. The sheet is just as clear that four-wheel drive vehicles are necessary, so don't plan this hunt around a car or a light two-wheel-drive truck.

With that many springs and canyons on the list, NDOW's own advice is to scout first and learn the roads and the places animals are using before the hunt. Pair that with the two-mile water rule and a group this size shrinks to a short list of springs and guzzlers to check each morning.

Camps near water, services on I-80

Camping on public land administered by the BLM is unrestricted, which lets you set up close to the water you plan to hunt. Hospitals and motels are in Fernley, Lovelock and Winnemucca. Restaurants, fuel and convenience stores are in Gerlach, Fernley, Lovelock and Winnemucca, and at the Rye Patch Reservoir and Mill City/Unionville exits on Interstate 80. Fill the tanks and water jugs before you leave the pavement.

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: 60 resident and 7 nonresident tags. 64 hunters went afield and 57 filled their tag (89%). Hunters reported 2.5 days afield on average. 19% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.
Horns longer than ears, archery, Aug 01 - Aug 14: 15 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 15 hunters went afield and 9 filled their tag (60%). Hunters reported 2.6 days afield on average. 13% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.
Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader, Aug 15 - Aug 21: 6 resident tags. 5 hunters went afield and 3 filled their tag (60%). Hunters reported 2.6 days afield on average. 0% of the resident bucks had horns of 15 inches or longer.

Roads in and the nearest towns

The longest named roads through the group are 49, I 80;US 95 ALT, I 80;US 95 and NV 447. Our road inventory counts roughly 133 miles of pavement, 208 of gravel and 132 of high-clearance or four-wheel-drive track. The nearest towns are Imlay (13 mi), Humboldt River Ranch (14 mi) and Lovelock (29 mi), measured from the centre of the closest unit in the group.

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: 57 of 64 hunters afield (89%); Horns longer than ears, archery: 9 of 15 hunters afield (60%); Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader: 3 of 5 hunters afield (60%). 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)	60	1,014	5.9%	—
Rifle — Early Season buck only (nonresident)	7	399	1.8%	—
Rifle — Early Season doe/fawn (resident)	10	962	1.0%	—
Archery — Early Season buck only (resident)	15	24	62.5%	—
Archery — Early Season buck only (nonresident)	1	53	1.9%	—
Muzzleloader — Early Season buck only (resident)	6	13	46.2%	—

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.

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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.

Horns longer than ears, any legal weapon — Residents: 1,014 demand for 60 tags, a 5.9% draw rate; Nonresidents: 399 demand for 7 tags, a 1.8% draw rate.
Horns longer than ears, archery — Residents: 24 demand for 15 tags, a 62.5% draw rate; Nonresidents: 53 demand for 1 tag, a 1.9% draw rate.
Horns longer than ears, muzzleloader — Residents: 13 demand for 6 tags, a 46.2% draw rate.

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

Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 041, 042

Units 041, 042 cover about 3,874 square miles of Pershing, Washoe, Churchill and Humboldt counties between Gerlach and Lovelock. NDOW's mule deer sheet is blunt: densities are extremely low, though deer live in almost every range. The Selenite Range, Sahwave Mountains, Lava Beds and Seven Troughs in 041, and the Trinity Range, Majuba Canyon and Eugene Mountains in 042, are the named areas.

Where to Find Mule Deer in Units 041, 042: Selenite Range, Seven Troughs and the Eugene Mountains

Unit 041: Selenite Range, Sahwave Mountains, Lava Beds and Seven Troughs

NDOW rates deer densities in these units as extremely low. Even so, mule deer live in almost every mountain range in the group, and the sheet names the ones to start with. In Unit 041, those are the Selenite Range, the Sahwave Mountains, the Lava Beds and Seven Troughs.

Unit 042: Trinity Range, Majuba Canyon and the Eugene Mountains

In Unit 042, NDOW lists the Trinity Range, Majuba Canyon and the Eugene Mountains. That's the full extent of the sheet's where-to-hunt guidance. It doesn't name springs, drainages or seasonal movements, and it doesn't say which of these ranges holds the most deer.

So the detail is up to you. With deer this scarce, the sheet's own suggestion is to scout and get to know the roads and the areas animals are using before the hunt. Seven named places across two units is a lot of country for a low-density herd. Narrowing it down to one or two of them before the season, based on what you find while scouting, is how the sheet's advice turns into a plan. The group's hunts run from the August archery season into early November.

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

A mule deer tag for this group is good in units 041 and 042, about 3,874 square miles measured on NDOW's own boundary, in Pershing County, Washoe County, Churchill County and Humboldt County. The named ranges inside the line are Selenite Range, Hannan Range, Antelope Range, Nightingale Mountains, Eugene Mountains and Truckee Range. The highest named points are Kumiva Peak (8,224 ft), Wolfram Peak (7,579 ft) and Seven Troughs Mountain (7,457 ft), and the lowest named ground sits near 3,841 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 102 springs inside it, Cavanaugh Spring, Trego Hot Springs, Three Forks Spring and Dead Horse Spring among them.

Unit 041, 042 terrain and land status

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

Named features inside the unit

Glass from: Kumiva Peak (8,224 ft), Seven Troughs Range (7,785 ft), Wolfram Peak (7,579 ft), Seven Troughs Mountain (7,457 ft)

Holding ground: American Flats (5,992 ft), Texas Basin (5,991 ft), North Fork Woody Canyon (5,898 ft), Woody Springs, Box Canyon Spring Number Two

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 Units 041, 042: Four-Wheel Drive, Open Camping and Serious Scouting

Between Highway 447 and Interstate 80

Units 041 and 042 sit east of Highway 447 and Gerlach, and west of Interstate 80 and Lovelock. NDOW calls access good to all units but says four-wheel-drive vehicles are necessary, and it points to the Nevada Hunt Book for route details.

Expect a hard hunt

The sheet is direct: hunters should expect a challenging time finding mule deer, because the population is considered extremely low. Its advice is to scout ahead of the season and learn both the roads and the areas animals are using. That's more than a courtesy line here. With deer this thin on the ground, the time you put in before opening day is likely to count for more than anything you do once the season starts.

Camping is unrestricted, so you can set up close to whichever range you choose. Chukar are also open to hunt; check NDOW's Small Game Hunting Guide for dates and restrictions.

Services are spread around the group's edges. Hospitals and motels are in Fernley, Lovelock and Winnemucca. Restaurants, fuel and convenience stores are in Gerlach, Fernley, Lovelock and Winnemucca, and at the Rye Patch Reservoir and Mill City/Unionville exits on Interstate 80.

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, archery, Aug 10 - Sep 09: 15 resident and 2 nonresident tags. 14 hunters went afield and 4 filled their tag (29%). Hunters reported 6.5 days afield on average. 0% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.
Antlered, any legal weapon, Oct 05 - Nov 05: 10 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 10 hunters went afield and 5 filled their tag (50%). Hunters reported 4.0 days afield on average. 50% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.
Junior, seasonal weapon restriction, Aug 10 - Nov 05: 10 resident tags. 8 hunters went afield and 4 filled their tag (50%). Hunters reported 6.0 days afield on average. 50% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.
Antlered, muzzleloader, Sep 10 - Oct 04: 5 resident and 1 nonresident tags. 4 hunters went afield and 2 filled their tag (50%). Hunters reported 5.3 days afield on average. 100% of the bucks residents took carried four or more points on a side.

Roads in and the nearest towns

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, archery: 4 of 14 hunters afield (29%); Antlered, any legal weapon: 5 of 10 hunters afield (50%); Junior, seasonal weapon restriction: 4 of 8 hunters afield (50%); Antlered, muzzleloader: 2 of 4 hunters afield (50%). 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)	10	131	7.6%	—
Rifle — Mid Season bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	30	3.3%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry either sex (resident)	10	15	66.7%	—
Rifle — Limited Entry antlerless (resident)	15	27	55.6%	—
Rifle — Early Season either sex (resident)	10	18	55.6%	—
Archery — Early Season bull/buck only (resident)	15	18	83.3%	—
Archery — Early Season bull/buck only (nonresident)	2	11	18.2%	—
Muzzleloader — Early Season bull/buck only (resident)	5	9	55.6%	—
Muzzleloader — Early Season bull/buck only (nonresident)	1	5	20.0%	—

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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.

Antlered, archery — Residents: 18 demand for 15 tags, a 83.3% draw rate; Nonresidents: 11 demand for 2 tags, a 18.2% draw rate.
Antlered, any legal weapon — Residents: 131 demand for 10 tags, a 7.6% draw rate; Nonresidents: 30 demand for 1 tag, a 3.3% draw rate.
Junior, seasonal weapon restriction — Residents: 18 demand for 10 tags, a 55.6% draw rate.
Antlered, muzzleloader — Residents: 9 demand for 5 tags, a 55.6% draw rate; Nonresidents: 5 demand for 1 tag, a 20.0% draw rate.
Guided antlered, any legal weapon — Nonresidents: 3 demand for 1 tag, a 33.3% 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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Camp Sites

Developed campgrounds in the group: River Campground, Westside Campground.

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Water

GNIS names 102 springs inside the group. Desert springs go dry; carry water and treat what you find.

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Road Conditions

49, I 80;US 95 ALT and I 80;US 95 are the longest named roads in the group. About 133 mi paved, 208 mi gravel, 132 mi high-clearance or 4WD.

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Terrain Difficulty

Named features run from 3,841 to 8,224 ft across 2 units. 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 84/46°F, 0.2 in.; Oct 70/35°F, 0.5 in.; Nov 54/25°F, 0.5 in.; Dec 43/19°F, 0.7 in..

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Nearest Town

Imlay (13 mi), Humboldt River Ranch (14 mi), Lovelock (29 mi)

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Permit Notes

A tag for this group is good only inside units 041, 042. Check NDOW's current regulations for season dates before you go.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which units does a Nevada pronghorn tag for 041, 042 cover?

NDOW draws it as one unit group: units 041 and 042, about 3,874 square miles in Pershing County, Washoe County, Churchill County and Humboldt County. The tag is good anywhere inside that line and nowhere outside it.

What was hunter success for pronghorn on units 041, 042 in 2025?

On NDOW's largest 2025 pronghorn hunt here, the horns longer than ears hunt (any legal weapon), Aug 22 - Sep 07, 57 of 64 hunters afield filled their tag, 89%. That is NDOW's figure from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

How hard is the pronghorn draw for units 041, 042?

For the horns longer than ears hunt (any legal weapon) NDOW counted 1,014 resident demand for 60 tags in 2025, a 5.9% draw rate, and 399 nonresident demand for 7, 1.8%. NDOW publishes no points-required figure in that data.

Which units does a Nevada mule deer tag for 041, 042 cover?

What was hunter success for mule deer on units 041, 042 in 2025?

On NDOW's largest 2025 mule deer hunt here, the antlered hunt (archery), Aug 10 - Sep 09, 4 of 14 hunters afield filled their tag, 29%. That is NDOW's figure from its 2025 Big Game Hunt Data.

How hard is the mule deer draw for units 041, 042?

For the antlered hunt (archery) NDOW counted 18 resident demand for 15 tags in 2025, a 83.3% draw rate, and 11 nonresident demand for 2, 18.2%. 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 — Pronghorn antelope, 041,042 Access: — 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 041, 042, 3,874 square miles · accessed 2026-10-25
Geographic Names Information System — named features inside the group — U.S. Geological Survey · supports: Selenite Range, Hannan Range, Antelope Range, Kumiva Peak 8,224 ft, Wolfram Peak 7,579 ft · accessed 2026-10-25
Hunt Information Sheet — Mule deer, 041,042 — Nevada Department of Wildlife · supports: Access, Recommended hunting areas, Biologist comments · accessed 2026-10-25

Unit 041, 042 (Seven Troughs, Selenite and Trinity Ranges)

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Pronghorn Hunting in Unit 041, 042

Where to Find Pronghorn in Units 041, 042: Seven Troughs Springs to the Kamma Mountains

Unit 041: Selenite, Nightingale, Sahwave and Seven Troughs

Unit 042: Trinity Canyon to the Eugene Mountains

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

Unit 041, 042 terrain and land status

Named features inside the unit

How to Hunt Pronghorn in Units 041, 042: four-wheel drive, scouting and open BLM camping

Pronghorn Success Rates

Pronghorn Draw Odds

Mule Deer Hunting in Unit 041, 042

Where to Find Mule Deer in Units 041, 042: Selenite Range, Seven Troughs and the Eugene Mountains

Unit 041: Selenite Range, Sahwave Mountains, Lava Beds and Seven Troughs

Unit 042: Trinity Range, Majuba Canyon and the Eugene Mountains

The ground NDOW draws for this tag

Unit 041, 042 terrain and land status

Named features inside the unit

How to Hunt Mule Deer in Units 041, 042: Four-Wheel Drive, Open Camping and Serious Scouting

Mule Deer Success Rates

Mule Deer Draw Odds

Unit Logistics & Expectations

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